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

[Sandra_hakeem]

Don't you think Chelsea must have learnt a severe lesson from their previous defeat to flamengo and would make all necessary adjustment to avoid something like that to happen again and moreover flamengo is probably the strongest team in the Brazilian league so their is that fact, so Chelsea might just have the upper hand in defeating them.

The problem y'all have is that you underestimate these teams and expect too much from a game, only to get disappointed with it. Chelsea shouldn't have lost to the flamengos then if that was the case -- but the truth is, we still don't know how well they've adjusted/ how penetrable their opponents defense will be.

Brazilian teams are built different and for whatever it takes, they'll score goals if they had to. I feel like Chelsea is not in the right form to go past this phase in this competition. I don't wanna lie to myself, but we can all see the pattern of play -- unless it takes a different shape tomorrow, Palmeiras will win and qualify.

[Issa56]

I think Palmeiras will win, but Fluminense definitely should be eliminated.

Hope you know Palmeiras will be playing against Chelsea? I don’t really think the match will be a easy one for the two teams, and with the way things are currently, I can’t really say Palmeiras will be winning the match, I will say the two teams have equal chances of getting a win in the match, and if I will be honest, then I prefer Chelsea to get a win, but right now, we don’t really know who will be winning, and they both have equal chances.

Fluminense vs Al Halal match has started already, and currently they both have not been able to get a goal in the match, I was thinking the match won’t really be so difficult for Al Halal, but with the way the match is going, the match won’t really be easy, but let’s see how the first half of the match goes.

[Adbitco]

Don't you think Chelsea must have learnt a severe lesson from their previous defeat to flamengo and would make all necessary adjustment to avoid something like that to happen again and moreover flamengo is probably the strongest team in the Brazilian league so their is that fact, so Chelsea might just have the upper hand in defeating them.

The problem y'all have is that you underestimate these teams and expect too much from a game, only to get disappointed with it. Chelsea shouldn't have lost to the flamengos then if that was the case -- but the truth is, we still don't know how well they've adjusted/ how penetrable their opponents defense will be.

Brazilian teams are built different and for whatever it takes, they'll score goals if they had to. I feel like Chelsea is not in the right form to go past this phase in this competition. I don't wanna lie to myself, but we can all see the pattern of play -- unless it takes a different shape tomorrow, Palmeiras will win and qualify.

Yeah, coming to the realisation that this competition has also thought me not to always believe that it's the bigger team that will emerge victorious. So many games here has shown us that we should brace up for uncertainty because we will still see it so long as this competition is concerned. The South American teams has really shown zeal and commitment, even the only Saudi side that's left has also made a statement of fact that they can't be overlooked anymore. Sooner or later we will see them competing against the very best teams in the world.

[Richbased]

Flaminense faces off Al Hilal in this encounter and it's currently taking place, I predict a both teams to score match and the Saudi Arabia side to proceed to the next round, I pick them as my favourite in this tie because of how tremendous they've performed so far. They haven't yet lost a game and their draw against Real Madrid in their opening game shows they are serious in this competition and to crown it all the defeated one of the competitions favourites in a seven goal thriller. Although I'm not undermining Flaminense in this game but I just picked Al Hilal to come out on top in this.

The match between Fluminense and Al Hilal is ongoing now and i can tell you that both teams ain't finding it easy at all. Statistics shows that they are 50/50 in ball possession and haven't fired any shot on target against each other which shows that both defense is intact and doesn't want any mistake that will lead to an early goal so they are both being very careful and vigilant. Al Hilal have been predicted by many people as the likely winner of this match but from the way things are going, Fluminense might win in this game and am not really seeing any possible signs of goals coming from both side as you predicted.

[Polkeins]

Flaminense faces off Al Hilal in this encounter and it's currently taking place, I predict a both teams to score match and the Saudi Arabia side to proceed to the next round, I pick them as my favourite in this tie because of how tremendous they've performed so far. They haven't yet lost a game and their draw against Real Madrid in their opening game shows they are serious in this competition and to crown it all the defeated one of the competitions favourites in a seven goal thriller. Although I'm not undermining Flaminense in this game but I just picked Al Hilal to come out on top in this.

I also think that both teams will score and Flaminense have already fulfilled their part of the deal by scoring to Al-Hilal and I think that now at half-time Inzaghi will make adjustments in the game of his team, because now it can be seen that for the last 10 minutes Al-Hilal can not even get to the other team's goal.

Now Al-Hilal need to take risks, because they need to score at least 2 goals to win, and so far Al-Hilal has not even score one goal.
The match becomes even more interesting because the referee are going to get a penalty to Fluminense.

P.s: After VAR referee decided not to get a penalty kick

[emrecemsan]

I made an early prediction about the matchup of the finale. It didn't take me too long to fail in predicting one of those 2 teams.    Manchester City are already out of the tournament.

Now I'm waiting on Real Madrid... By the way to me, another surprising score we have at the moment. Yes, the odds were very close. But I still thought Al-Hilal would be one step ahead. Still 1-0 behind they are.

Hopefully Chelsea won't let us down tonight.

[Tmoonz]

Don't you think Chelsea must have learnt a severe lesson from their previous defeat to flamengo and would make all necessary adjustment to avoid something like that to happen again and moreover flamengo is probably the strongest team in the Brazilian league so their is that fact, so Chelsea might just have the upper hand in defeating them.

The problem y'all have is that you underestimate these teams and expect too much from a game, only to get disappointed with it. Chelsea shouldn't have lost to the flamengos then if that was the case -- but the truth is, we still don't know how well they've adjusted/ how penetrable their opponents defense will be.

Brazilian teams are built different and for whatever it takes, they'll score goals if they had to. I feel like Chelsea is not in the right form to go past this phase in this competition. I don't wanna lie to myself, but we can all see the pattern of play -- unless it takes a different shape tomorrow, Palmeiras will win and qualify.

Hmm with the way things are going on this club world cup you can't just write these teams off just like that, like they really prove that they've also got what it takes to win this competition, yes Chelsea has the upper hands of winning this game but I don't see it to be an easy one on them, like those guys are definitely going to put up a fight and if care is not taken we might get the opposite of the result, and not this teams mostly that of the Brazilians and the Argentine they can do some unexpected wonders so in my best opinion I think Chelsea will have to take things serious with them rather than overlook them.

[Pumared]

Flaminense faces off Al Hilal in this encounter and it's currently taking place, I predict a both teams to score match and the Saudi Arabia side to proceed to the next round, I pick them as my favourite in this tie because of how tremendous they've performed so far. They haven't yet lost a game and their draw against Real Madrid in their opening game shows they are serious in this competition and to crown it all the defeated one of the competitions favourites in a seven goal thriller. Although I'm not undermining Flaminense in this game but I just picked Al Hilal to come out on top in this.

The match between Fluminense and Al Hilal is ongoing now and i can tell you that both teams ain't finding it easy at all. Statistics shows that they are 50/50 in ball possession and haven't fired any shot on target against each other which shows that both defense is intact and doesn't want any mistake that will lead to an early goal so they are both being very careful and vigilant. Al Hilal have been predicted by many people as the likely winner of this match but from the way things are going, Fluminense might win in this game and am not really seeing any possible signs of goals coming from both side as you predicted.

Fluminense is winning one to zero and I hope it stays that way until the end of the match. But even if they lose, in my opinion Al Hilal has lost. Just compare the payroll and the investment, they are very different.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I see a lot of confidence in Fluminense players now as they have been able to secure one goal against the their contenders. This is why i keep telling y'all -- it's not about what you think of the team, it's not even about how the game is going... A goal is expected from both teams as long as their effort isn't relentless in the game.

 We all saw what it was 20 minutes ago, and how the game took great shape after that wonderful goal by the 23 year-old Brazilian, M. Martinelli. It gave me arsenal vibes right at that moment btw (maybe they need another martinelli?)
Good game for the Brazilian team for proving themselves once again the first period, but who knows what the future holds??

[Ambatman]

I think Palmeiras will win, but Fluminense definitely should be eliminated. It's a team that only moved up in the Brazilian league because of corruption. There was a time they were in the third division, and the following year they were 'invited' to join the first division. In other words, it's a shady team... in my opinion, of course. I hate Fluminense lol.

Shocking how such team is leading against a Team that eliminated Manchester City and drew with Madrid
I haven't really watched their match so can't really tell.

Hopefully Chelsea won't let us down tonight.

I think I'm first hand seeing time difference confusion for the first time.
In our time, Chelsea's playing tomorrow
And to be sincere none of the matches are that predictable.
None of the big teams are in their best. So there would be shockers in those fixtures.

[doomloop]

Many of my friends also bet on PSG for this match. And yes, the reason is the same because PSG have proven their superiority since winning the Champions League. But Bayern Munich also seems to have a pretty big chance of winning this match. We really shouldn't miss this match because this match will really feel like a very fierce and exciting final match.

But today's match, namely the Fluminense vs Al-Hilal match, looks like it will also be very exciting. I want to know whether the team from Asia will be able to beat the team from Brazil. Al-hilal, who is in his best period, probably won't waste this match. So I think betting on Al-hilal would also be quite good.

Not a bad idea to be fair. They were the ones who won the UCL, in fact they won treble this season, so it looks like they have what it takes to win this entire thing too, not only this game. But, obviously it's football and anything could happen, we have no guarantees at all. We may see them have a win, or we may see them not have a win, we have no idea and we can't possibly know at all.

We need to realize that things are a bit difficult with these levels and we may not get what we need that easily. For this to work as good as we hope it would, we need to assume that people could make it get better results with time. I believe the best way to move forward betting would be keeping it safe, sure bet on whoever you want, PSG could win, but do not put too much money into it.

[Egii Nna]

Flaminense faces off Al Hilal in this encounter and it's currently taking place, I predict a both teams to score match and the Saudi Arabia side to proceed to the next round, I pick them as my favourite in this tie because of how tremendous they've performed so far. They haven't yet lost a game and their draw against Real Madrid in their opening game shows they are serious in this competition and to crown it all the defeated one of the competitions favourites in a seven goal thriller. Although I'm not undermining Flaminense in this game but I just picked Al Hilal to come out on top in this.

The game is already in halftime, and Fluminense are leading with a goal. But still, I have that hope also in Al Hilal, as I think they will definitely end up as the winners in the game. If we are to judge based on the performance we saw in the first half, I would say there is a chance for them, because Al Hilal tend to score more goals in the second half.

We can hope that the second half of the game will be tougher for Fluminense, but let’s wait and see what will happen. Fluminense is not a small team either, as they have also been playing an amazing game from the start, as seen.

[Frankolala]

Flaminense faces off Al Hilal in this encounter and it's currently taking place, I predict a both teams to score match and the Saudi Arabia side to proceed to the next round, I pick them as my favourite in this tie because of how tremendous they've performed so far. They haven't yet lost a game and their draw against Real Madrid in their opening game shows they are serious in this competition and to crown it all the defeated one of the competitions favourites in a seven goal thriller. Although I'm not undermining Flaminense in this game but I just picked Al Hilal to come out on top in this.

The match between Fluminense and Al Hilal is ongoing now and i can tell you that both teams ain't finding it easy at all. Statistics shows that they are 50/50 in ball possession and haven't fired any shot on target against each other which shows that both defense is intact and doesn't want any mistake that will lead to an early goal so they are both being very careful and vigilant. Al Hilal have been predicted by many people as the likely winner of this match but from the way things are going, Fluminense might win in this game and am not really seeing any possible signs of goals coming from both side as you predicted.

Fluminense is winning one to zero and I hope it stays that way until the end of the match. But even if they lose, in my opinion Al Hilal has lost. Just compare the payroll and the investment, they are very different.

Brazil is known to be part of the history of football and I expected such performance from them compared to the Saudis who just realized that football is a good sport to invest in to become popular in the world. If not for Ronaldo, we wouldn't know about SPL. I am surprised at their level of commitment and improvement by Al Hilal to be in good quality with other football nations who have been existing for long.

[boltz]

One funny fact about Fluminense vs Al-Hilal : More Brazilians scored for Al-Hilal instead of Fluminense which is crazy  but also impressive for team like Al-Hilal who is having quite a great team. That's why I do believe they will make a comeback in 2nd half and score at least once to push game into extra time or twice to actually win in 90th minutes. 

[Sandra_hakeem]

I think I'm first hand seeing time difference confusion for the first time.
In our time, Chelsea's playing tomorrow

I think the confusion is from his own part, cause FIFA in general works with only one time frame to avoid confusions like this very one.

And to be sincere none of the matches are that predictable.
None of the big teams are in their best. So there would be shockers in those fixtures.

I love how you introduced a word that best describes what's about to happen tomorrow -- a shocker! I feel like they're still caught up in a serious delusional mindset, based off of the club's former victorious records and brilliance.. if Al hilal could defeat Man City, scoring 4 goals against them in a single match, why do they still believe that some premier league team with poor workings stands a chance to defeat Palmeiras?
Maybe we just need to wait a little more and see what the difference in plan would look like; maybe it'll work as an advantage for the blues.

[Joca97]

One funny fact about Fluminense vs Al-Hilal : More Brazilians scored for Al-Hilal instead of Fluminense which is crazy  but also impressive for team like Al-Hilal who is having quite a great team. That's why I do believe they will make a comeback in 2nd half and score at least once to push game into extra time or twice to actually win in 90th minutes. 

Al hilal was losing at halftime but i think overall they are better and they scored off the bat and now its 1-1 and i agree that Al Hilal can turn this around i think they are better then Fluminense . I have a bet for Al Hilal to win so i think they can turn this around by the end

[CLS63]

One funny fact about Fluminense vs Al-Hilal : More Brazilians scored for Al-Hilal instead of Fluminense which is crazy  but also impressive for team like Al-Hilal who is having quite a great team. That's why I do believe they will make a comeback in 2nd half and score at least once to push game into extra time or twice to actually win in 90th minutes. 

Al-Hilal made a quick start to the 2nd half and made it 1-1 already. I'm also hoping to see them in the semi finals. It doesn't matter for me how they do it. Regular time, extra time or even penalty shootouts maybe.

They can actually win it in regular time as you said. The win against Manchester City came after extra time. Fluminense can be defeated earlier than that by them technically. Their attacking line is more powerful.

[blomen]

al-hilal scored quickly after the start of the 2nd half to tie the score. at the moment they seem to be in control of the match a bit more, so they can take the lead at any moment. al-hilal is still my favorite team to go to semi-finals. they are also ahead in the stats.

by the way, i think al-hilal are making some simple mistakes in defense, since the start of the 2nd half they have conceded at least 2 critical positions due to simple mistakes. even if they go ahead they might not be able to keep the score if they continue like this.

[Mate2237]

One funny fact about Fluminense vs Al-Hilal : More Brazilians scored for Al-Hilal instead of Fluminense which is crazy  but also impressive for team like Al-Hilal who is having quite a great team. That's why I do believe they will make a comeback in 2nd half and score at least once to push game into extra time or twice to actually win in 90th minutes. 

Al-Hilal made a quick start to the 2nd half and made it 1-1 already. I'm also hoping to see them in the semi finals. It doesn't matter for me how they do it. Regular time, extra time or even penalty shootouts maybe.

They can actually win it in regular time as you said. The win against Manchester City came after extra time. Fluminense can be defeated earlier than that by them technically. Their attacking line is more powerful.

Al hilal is one team that really means business in this competition they have shown it again in this game back leveling things up this game is now open for both teams to win but I want Al hilal to go through because they are one of my favorite teams in this competition so far so I want them to go through


Flaminense too is one team that has shown enough brilliance in this competition they are the only south Americans team that is still remaining so a win for them too will be good for the south American football

[Sandra_hakeem]

That's why I do believe they will make a comeback in 2nd half and score at least once to push game into extra time or twice to actually win in 90th minutes. 

My stakes are on them to score more goals. I don't really care who wins at the end, if they can score 4 goals overall, then I'll be just fine by that.

IMO, I think we're yet to see more goals coming in this game -- Al hilal wouldn't just play and walk away without scoring at least 1 goal as the whole Fluminense team looks really charged up to score with any opportunity they can create.

The break is almost over and we'll be left to witness the chaos in the second period. I just hope things don't get worse for the away team like I said earlier.