⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽

[Danica22]

Real Madrid played well. But Real Madrid is still not effective in completing attacks. There are still many missed opportunities. But I think with Xabi we will see a great Real Madrid again. And I am happy that Real Madrid has not experienced any decline in performance at all. In fact, I see positive improvements in their back line.

Juventus played defensively. And we know that this team has a very strong defense. So naturally it was not easy for Real Madrid to score in this match. Mbappe was not in the starting XI. If Mbappe was in the starting XI, Madrid's attacks would have been more intense.

Madrid managed to score one goal. Madrid's young forward Gonzalo Garcia managed to score the only goal of the match. However, I expected a better performance from Vinicius. However, it is true that Madrid's defenders played well in this match. I am waiting to see how Madrid's defenders perform against Dortmund in the next match. Dortmund will not play defensively like Juve

[Pandu Geddon]

Juventus needs a top striker going into the Seria A that will start in the coming new season Juventus as a team has been experiencing a decline for some seasons now

The last two seasons Juventus actually did not perform badly. They were always able to be in the top 4 of the Serie A standings. It's just that they did have problems in the attack line. They finished after losing to Madrid, and losing by 1 goal was actually not a very bad result for Juventus, who faced a big team like Madrid. After this, they will focus on Serie A and the Champions League. They do want to improve the squad, especially in the attack line. But it seems like there won't be many changes for next season. But reportedly, Juventus has reached an agreement with the Lille striker.

[bias]

Playing a good football with out creating chances to score goals is of no use and a waste of efforts by an team because the ultimate goal of football is scoring goals Juventus has lacked a top striker that can do the finishing touches for a long while

Juventus needs a top striker going into the Seria A that will start in the coming new season Juventus as a team has been experiencing a decline for some seasons now

I guess that if Kolo Muani turns his 7th-minute opportunity into a goal, things will be different. Then, would Juventus have a world-class striker or not? Just because a striker can lose a chance doesn't make him useless or amateur. Plus, they already signed David from Lille, but they will probably lose Vlahovic.

[Uruhara]

It’s something I find very interesting, how Al-Hilal from the saudis managed to beat Manchester City just when we saw these guys firing from every corner of the pitch. Indeed I expected that game to be an easy one for Manchester where they could get 4 goals and maintain a clean sheet but nope, it was a score and conceive game where Manchester managed to see it to extra time but, Al-Hilal still managed to get a 4th goal and seal the deal.

Although many people know that Al-hilal is one of the strongest teams in the SPL. And Al-hilal also has quite good squad depth. But well, no one expected Man City to be defeated by Al-Hilal. In fact, I don't hesitate to favor Man City in this match. But unexpectedly, the match turned out to be a fierce match. Which even makes me think that Al-Hilal's strength is really on par with Man City. And even by proving that Al-hilal managed to win in this match, we can now say that Al-hilal is slightly stronger than Man City at the moment. And I think Simone Inzaghi's role is really clear there. He is indeed a coach who is good at maximizing existing players to their best level. Everyone who pays attention to Inter Milan from season to season must be aware of this too, and now at Al-Hilal Inzaghi is also proving his quality as a coach.

[ndutndut]

Real Madrid won against Juventus, and as a Juventus fan I'm not surprised at all, I'm actually glad we managed to lose only 1-0, all thanks to Di Gregorio, Juventus' goalkeeper who did some very good savings, if it wasn't for him we would have lost at least 4-0. The difference between the two teams was clear. I am always very disappointed by Gonzalez and Koopmeiners, so much money wasted for these 2 players...

Those who watched the match between Real Madrid vs Juventus live and especially those who are Real Madrid fans must have thought about how their team could perform so poorly. I have seen how well-organized Real Madrid football is before but if they watch the highlights of the haphazard football they played against Juventus, they might regret how they played such a game. Madrid won and secured the next round, that is a different matter, but we did not see a good performance from Real Madrid, that is probably a regret and it also seems that if they perform the same in the quarter-finals, they might have to lose there.

I wouldn't take these matches too seriously because we are at the end of the season and this tournament is like a friendly competition for European teams. Real Madrid are being managed by a new coach, he's been there for a few weeks, the team is tired, the players want to go on holiday, the way they perform now is irrelevant for the next season. We are seeing some crazy results like PSG losing to Botafogo, City losing to Al Hilal, etc, everything can happen at the end.

In my opinion, the Club World Cup is not like a friendly match, in fact, it is a competition that will be prestigious later because this competition is followed by various teams from all over the world. When Man City and PSG lose, it does not mean that this competition is a friendly match, you can see for yourself when Man City lost to Al Hilal, this match showed a very competitive match. So I do not agree if you say this competition is like a friendly match.

For me, this is an unfounded statement, what is clear is that this is the first new format with the Global Major tournament for the Club World Cup and moreover it is only held once every 4 years.
In terms of prestige, this is the most important and prestigious cup. It's just that many people protest about this competition, not the level, but the intensity of the match which is too much with too little rest time for European teams. Moreover, the Club World Cup is good because the prize money is large for Club income.

[EL MOHA]

I guess that if Kolo Muani turns his 7th-minute opportunity into a goal, things will be different. Then, would Juventus have a world-class striker or not? Just because a striker can lose a chance doesn't make him useless or amateur. Plus, they already signed David from Lille, but they will probably lose Vlahovic.

Seriously Kolo Muani would have actually changed the scope of the game right from the start, he has always find himself in positions like at crucial moments when the team needs him but his decision making always lets him down because they are always the wrong ones, like yesterday he decided to go for a dink which wasn’t the good idea, but does that makes him a poor striker? I would say No, just need to improve him self more.

As for juventus not actually signing another striker, they can’t do that now financially. Juventus are yet to come out of their financial crisis and cannot afford to buy those top strikers like that and not get sanctioned again. In fact even Manchester United Sancho is getting to sign for them as they even offer other players in swap deal for him and Manchester United aren’t even looking at that direction

[Nahl]

I think Al Hilal can be called as the dark horse team in this competition it because people didn't considers them as the favourite but in fact Al Hilal have done well and they have been met 2 big clubs in Europe and the results is unexpected because Al Hilal can playing draw from Real Madrid and the latest is they can dramatially beat Manchester City
The result from Manchester City make Al Hilal deserve to qualified to the quarterfinal and their upcoming opponent is Brazilian club Fluminense and for this match i still support Al Hilal and for betting option the odds for Al Hilal is very tempting to bets 2.55

[Adiljutt156]

Yesterday I watched the full match and I must admit that I was extremely surprised by the way Al Hilal played: they were not afraid of Manchester City, they attack them anytime the could, they were not wasting time, at the end they actually deserved to win this match. Simone Inzaghi has been managing the team only for a couple of weeks but what he's already done is quite insane, let's not forget the also drew 0-0 against Real Madrid!

Alhilal Saudi Club won the football match in the end because that team did more goals than opponent team. Manchester City football team did 3 goals in this match and many players performed well in this match. Leonardo was top performer of this match because he did 2 goals in this match. He was a person who did his first goal at 46 minutes and that was in the second half and in the first half, no player of that team could do any goal in this match. Silva was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 9 minutes and after rest of goals were in the second half. Leonardo did last goal of the match when both teams score was equal.Both teams needed goal to win the match and Leonardo did goal at 112 minutes.

[GIF-JOBS]

Inter Milan would play against Fluminese tonight and normally they are the favorites because of the fact that they're not just an European club, they also have a good squad but if we're being honest with ourselves, they haven't been giving us the performance we know they are capable of in this competition, rather it seems as if they are struggling to get back to the way they were before last season ended and before they even lost the champions league to PSG.

Inter Milan is already one goal down from a third minute goal by German Cano. The Brazilian side is not showing any sign of sowing down even after scoring the leading goal. It may be too early to call but I'm very skeptical about Inter Milan winning tonight because have not too spectacular in this competition. If the are able to equalize in this first half, then they have a good chance of winning the match from the second half. It will really be a poor one for Inter Milan if they are eliminated by Fluminese.

I never thought that Inter Milan would lose so badly against Fluminese in yesterday's match. Also, Fluminese scored a goal just 3 minutes into the game, which was a completely unexpected goal. Even in terms of performance, Fluminese was quite aggressive in the match, Inter Milan tried hard, but they needed to do better, Inter Milan is definitely a stronger team than Fluminese, but it is really surprising that they would lose the match in this way. However, overall, Fluminese played better than expected in the match, and in the end, Inter Milan lost the match 0-2, which is definitely very disappointing for them.

[Egii Nna]

Juventus performance was not bad in the first half of the game, although they wasted many chances to score. If Real Madrid had the early opportunities as Juventus did, I believe they would convert them into goals. Juventus were lucky to concede just one goal, if it weren't for their goalkeeper, I'm confident Real Madrid would have scored more than one goal with the way they attacked in the second half. The Juventus goalkeeper made 10 saves out of 11 shots on target. To be honest, Juventus played a great game, but their attacking seemed weak in terms of creating goals.

Yes, Juventus played better in the first half but they didn't create more chances than Real Madrid both in the first half and the second half, for chances created it was Real Madrid. Juventus only held more ball possession in the first half. Juventus first chance to score came in the 7th minute after that attack that saw Kolo Muani's chip get past Courtois but missed the post, in the entire match Juventus only managed 2 shots on target as compared to Real Madrid's 11 shots on target.

Playing a good football with out creating chances to score goals is of no use and a waste of efforts by an team because the ultimate goal of football is scoring goals Juventus has lacked a top striker that can do the finishing touches for a long while

To me, I don’t even think Juventus put up any tangible performance in this game. However, in the first half, they tried a bit. The way their performance is going, if they don’t focus more on getting a better striker, I don’t think they will be able to do anything meaningful in the Serie A this coming season. It just seems like they are losing their form.

Take the game they played against Real Madrid as an example, in the whole 90 minutes, they only had two shots on target, not even a goal. Is this supposed to be the Juventus we will be seeing play in the Champions League next season? I hope they improve based on their performance, because it’s getting out of hand.

As for Real Madrid, we hope to see Xavi Alonso take them to the Club World Cup finals..

[Dickiy]

I never thought that Inter Milan would lose so badly against Fluminese in yesterday's match. Also, Fluminese scored a goal just 3 minutes into the game, which was a completely unexpected goal. Even in terms of performance, Fluminese was quite aggressive in the match, Inter Milan tried hard, but they needed to do better, Inter Milan is definitely a stronger team than Fluminese, but it is really surprising that they would lose the match in this way. However, overall, Fluminese played better than expected in the match, and in the end, Inter Milan lost the match 0-2, which is definitely very disappointing for them.

What kind of crushing defeat? In terms of statistics, Inter Milan dominated everything but lacked in terms of maximizing every opportunity, on the other hand, Fluminense maximized every moment they produced very well until it became a goal, even their defense appeared very solid, I said Inter was unlucky to continue their adventure in this competition and had to stop in the round of 16, a round that I think is still early for a team of their class. Not only them, City also had to swallow a bitter pill in this round, maybe surprises like this will still happen and we have to be more observant in placing bets.

[Helena Yu]

Juventus needs a top striker going into the Seria A that will start in the coming new season Juventus as a team has been experiencing a decline for some seasons now

Soon they will have it, Jonathan David agree to join Juventus by free transfer. He had show a good performance in both national team and club, although it's just Ligue 1, Serie A isn't a tough league, so I think he can adapt it.

Seriously Kolo Muani would have actually changed the scope of the game right from the start, he has always find himself in positions like at crucial moments when the team needs him but his decision making always lets him down because they are always the wrong ones, like yesterday he decided to go for a dink which wasn’t the good idea, but does that makes him a poor striker? I would say No, just need to improve him self more.

I guess the lack of minutes to play made him making mistakes in crucial moment. With the arrival of Jonathan David, I think Juventus won't want to sign Muani, he will back to PSG and will likely being loan to other teams since his contract expiry in 2028.

[bitgolden]

Inter Milan are really going through a lot and they better get their acts back together if they want to remain in the top spots in the coming Serie A season because this performance they gave in this tournament was nothing to write home about. They didn't show as much seriousness as was expected of an European club. If anything, it seemed like they just wanted to get the whole thing done with and return back to Italy.
I keep saying that the Brazilian teams are so invested in this tournament so much that you could see Fluminese celebrating their win over Inter as if they have won the finals.

Too many rumours and discussions and even transfers are going on. There are many teams that wants some of the players, and Inter wants to get the season started already, they do not want anyone to leave at late stage, they want to make sure they know who is staying and who is leaving so they would know where to make transfers. If there is a chance of anyone leaving, they want it to be done quickly.

Even Martinez came out yesterday and said "whoever wants to leave should leave, we need players who wants to play here" and that is a big dela if he is saying that, it must be something talked a lot in the locker room too. The moment they have all they want, and whoever leaves ends up leaving, remaining players will do a better job.

[bitzizzix]

I think Al Hilal can be called as the dark horse team in this competition it because people didn't considers them as the favourite but in fact Al Hilal have done well and they have been met 2 big clubs in Europe and the results is unexpected because Al Hilal can playing draw from Real Madrid and the latest is they can dramatially beat Manchester City
The result from Manchester City make Al Hilal deserve to qualified to the quarterfinal and their upcoming opponent is Brazilian club Fluminense and for this match i still support Al Hilal and for betting option the odds for Al Hilal is very tempting to bets 2.55

Including the Brazilian club, Fluminense, it can be said to be a dark horse team because both teams have the same achievements as Al-Hilal, namely being able to compete and also eliminate big European teams. Fluminense was able to beat Inter Milan with a score of 2-0 in the last 16, and the match in the quarter-finals between Al-Hilal and Fluminense will be an interesting match because both have the ability to qualify for the next round and both teams are indeed very surprising teams and also not favorite teams but managed to advance to the quarter-finals by eliminating big teams. And Al-Hilal is indeed favored in this match because it has a coach who is experienced in Europe, namely Simone Inzaghi who has tactics and strategies that can turn things around.

[Agbamoni]

Juventus needs a top striker going into the Seria A that will start in the coming new season Juventus as a team has been experiencing a decline for some seasons now

Soon they will have it, Jonathan David agree to join Juventus by free transfer. He had show a good performance in both national team and club, although it's just Ligue 1, Serie A isn't a tough league, so I think he can adapt it.

I saw the news today and was watching his highlights. He is not bad a striker after all they dont even have anyone that can say he is better than Jonathan David. Jonathan David is also tested and proven in European competition, not new to the type of play and clubs he will face. I like the deal, but I also need Juventus to get another striker, just in case of injury or under performance.

[BABY SHOES]

I think I will guess that those who will advance to the semifinals are PSG, Al Hilal, Chelsea and Real Madrid. but of course my guess could be wrong because of course these 8 teams have very strong strength and their performance is very good. now of course each coach will compete to make their strategy and formation well. which teams do you think will advance to the semifinals ...

i think al-hilal is the luckiest team in the last 8. they have achieved something very difficult by eliminating manchester city, but now they have the easiest path to the final of the tournament. if you look at the matches at the bottom, you see psg vs bayern munich, real madrid vs dortmund, al-hilal's side looks much easier.

i agree with you about the teams that will reach the semifinals, our predictions are exactly the same. i think the final will be very interesting.

Will Al Hilal reach the final? I think so as they do not have a steep path, if they keep playing consistently the final is possible... and hope this comes true.

The toughest opponents are probably PSG, Bayern and Madrid because Dortmund can probably be defeated by Real Madrid this is probably the steepest path because the European teams are like fighting in the champions league tournament.

I will think about some bets in this quarter-final phase.

[Callido]

But to be honest, if it hadn't been for Manchester City's lack of consistency after dominating the entire ball possession, they would have won the game against Al-Hilal, but they allowed Al-Hilal to score another goal in the extra minutes of time, making it 3-4 as extra time was about to end, which was disappointing.

Lets talk about this season as they upgraded their squad. Manchester City are back to performing, Al Hilal was a big threat aside playing well the goal keeper they had amused everyone with nice saves that helped them qualify. If Manchester City returns to Premier League with actual performance, they will win several games to give them a top spot, Manchester City are also still progressing their performance, hopefully it will be another nightmare for teams up against City when the season begins.

[Justbillywitt]

Honestly, City itself needs to reconsider about the defense, not offense. How can you get scored on 4 goals against such a weak team. There is absolutely no way that we can consider Al Hilal as the better team, we all know they are not, we all know City is the better team, there is not even a doubt about it. They can play 100 times, and 90+ times City will win.

But they did lose here, correct? Well that means, something was wrong, and that was defense, defense played like they didn't give a shit about the game, and they did not wanted to run or defend, and that is very important. If they keep playing like this, without any desire or ambition, then they are going to be basically even worse than last year, they have to recover that.

Inter and Manchester City's elimination both were very unexpected. I can't imagine how bettors felt about these poor results. The ones who bet on the underdog wins more than the others lately. 

The Club World Cup isn't going on according to the expectations until now. There are surprising clubs reached the quarter finals.

Sincerely speaking this is the beauty of the club world cup, where smaller teams can rise to the occasion and shock the big teams. If things keeps going as everyone expects, and big teams keep winning, then there won't be any fun or any need for the club world cup. As it will look same like the Uefa competitions, were the big teams are always expected to get the better result against smaller teams. At least with these results happening those that were saying the FIFA club world cup is a waste are now beginning to see that it's not entirely a waste. I believe more surprises are still going to happen in this tournament.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I guess that if Kolo Muani turns his 7th-minute opportunity into a goal, things will be different. Then, would Juventus have a world-class striker or not? Just because a striker can lose a chance doesn't make him useless or amateur. Plus, they already signed David from Lille, but they will probably lose Vlahovic.

Losing Vlahovic is gonna be their best decision, but also bad if they can't recoup some money from him. He has been so bad. If you're watching his team's game against City. You may be familiar with that moment.
It was the moment when Vlahovic missed easy peasy chance. It might be a goal if he just pass it to the Koop.

No doubt many feel so desperate with him, and wanted him to leave.

[Akbarkoe]

Real Madrid played well. But Real Madrid is still not effective in completing attacks. There are still many missed opportunities. But I think with Xabi we will see a great Real Madrid again. And I am happy that Real Madrid has not experienced any decline in performance at all. In fact, I see positive improvements in their back line.

Juventus played defensively. And we know that this team has a very strong defense. So naturally it was not easy for Real Madrid to score in this match. Mbappe was not in the starting XI. If Mbappe was in the starting XI, Madrid's attacks would have been more intense.

Madrid managed to score one goal. Madrid's young forward Gonzalo Garcia managed to score the only goal of the match. However, I expected a better performance from Vinicius. However, it is true that Madrid's defenders played well in this match. I am waiting to see how Madrid's defenders perform against Dortmund in the next match. Dortmund will not play defensively like Juve

I want to say that Juventus has a pretty strong defense, but in fact when they played in the group stage against Man City, Juventus' defense was destroyed by Pep Guardiola's team with a final score of 5-2.

From what I see right now about Real Madrid, it seems like they are currently having a little problem with their attack line, where even though Real Madrid is filled with the best attackers and midfielders, in several matches they have had difficulty scoring a goal. But fortunately Real Madrid has a striker who can solve this need, Gonzalo Garcia really became a savior for the Los Blancos squad. I think he should have been in the main squad since last season, he performed better than Endrick.