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

[GiftedMAN]

The match that took place yesterday in the FIFA Club World Cup was definitely crazy because we observed in this match that PSG defeated the Germans with a small number of players. However it goes without saying that it was through this match that Bayern Munich lost their jewel namely Jamal Musiala who was seriously injured in this match. This player's injury must have been horrific because I observed that his left ankle was clearly broken and dislocated. So it seems that this player has suffered a serious injury at such a young age, meaning he has a fibula break, which will definitely keep him out of the game for a long time. However the next round of this Club World Cup match may be much more competitive because PSG and Real Madrid are rivals, so which team is your pick in this match?

What a bad day for Jamal Musiala, I feel his pain cause such injury would make him miss out on lots of competitions. It's so sad losing one of the key players in a team, I could remember what happened to our defense last season when we lost Martinez to a long-term injury similar thing could happen to Bayern Munich if they don't find a good replacement for Musiala. PSG performance was impressive if they keep up with this energy they could win the competition.

With the current situation the best thing for bayern munich to do is to look for a replacement for him before the new season kick starts but I was not impressed with bayern munich performance yesterday night it was really poor , company has to look for a way and make this team to play well

That's on point. They have got no time to waste to ponder on whether to get a replacement for him or not because the damage on him is much and he's not expected to get back to playing soon. Bayern Munich was not in their best yesterday though they played against a stronger team that can beat any team at the moment but it has also reminded Vincent Kompany the need to improve the team and do better next season.

[ILuckyGuyI]

We are in the semi final stage... As for my favourites: Chelsea and PSG. I think Chelsea will get a similar result to the last one. For the other game, I expect a draw in regular time and a win by PSG after it. Really tough one to predict surely. 

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.

Then you'll continue to hate Fluminense as they beat Al-Hilal.    I don't get it man. Al-Hilal eliminate Manchester City but get eliminated by Fluminense? For real?

Chelsea won in just the way I expected. But I must admit it wasn't an easy win. Thanks to an own goal...

[stompix]

Apart from that, Fluminense is also very experienced in the Club World Cup. Because in the previous Club World Cup, Fluminense made it to the final round and they lost in the final round at that time to Man City. It turns out that their achievements in the previous Club World Cup were not just luck. But their abilities turned out to be very great. Even though they are not a well-known team, they have the same strength as giant clubs in Europe.

Lol, they have experience?
Did they reach the finals in 2023? Such wow!
Do you have a clue how the Club World Cup looked in 2023?

It was a 7-team cup, Fluminese played a match against Al Ahly and one against Manchester, which they lost 4-0!



These are their Brazilian Championship placements, much impressive again!

So it is very natural if we favor Fluminense compared to Chelsea.

Lol!
Fulminense is an accident, accidents can still win a cup like Denmark or Greece did, but will still be accidents!

[adultcrypto]

Chelsea vs PSG finals would not be a shocker. PSG and Real Madrid game will be the real questionable one, Real Madrid has been quite decent with Xabi and there aren't that many missing players. now their new defender is red carded so they are going to face that issue once again, and their defense was the issue all season long and could be the issue once again.

Chelsea vs PSG final is like the popular opinion but like you rightly said, it is not a good idea to assume that Real Madrid is a push over for PSG because Real Madrid is a good team and have demonstrated that in the few recent matches. If at the end of the day Madrid wins PSG, it will not come to me as so much shock because Madrid is capable of achieving that against PSG the European champion. Both teams have quality players, almost same grade of players so it will be a very big match to watch that day.

[Helena Yu]

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

PSG are a complete team, this season their strength and defend are top notch, Real Madrid's defense even worse than PSG. The only time PSG get concended was against Botafogo, other than that, they always clean sheet. Real Madrid were struggle in previous match against Dortmund.

PSG will high likely to win, I don't see any weakness in their squad in this season.

[Fiatless]

Chelsea vs PSG final is like the popular opinion but like you rightly said, it is not a good idea to assume that Real Madrid is a push over for PSG because Real Madrid is a good team and have demonstrated that in the few recent matches. If at the end of the day Madrid wins PSG, it will not come to me as so much shock because Madrid is capable of achieving that against PSG the European champion. Both teams have quality players, almost same grade of players so it will be a very big match to watch that day.

What is the guarantee that Chelsea will even beat Fluminense FC? The Brazilian side has proved to be a strong side that shouldn't be underrated. They were able to beat Inter Milan by two goals, so Chelsea should be ready for a fight.

I will not conclude that PSG will defeat Real Madrid.  Maybe because of their recent exploit in the UEFA Champions League. Los Blancos have what it takes to surprise the current European champions. 

[Unknown01]

Fifa is trying to sell the Club World Cup as a success and states that an average of 35,000 fans watch the games and maybe that is a success for the USA, but in Europe the stadiums are sold out for CL games and 35,000 fans are actually not a lot, we probably have more fans in the stadions on average per match in the top leagues.

I also think the Club World Cup is unnecessary and haven't watched a single game yet.

[X-ray]

Xabi Alonso was most useful to Arda Güler, if Ancelotti had continued, Arda Güler would have had a hard time seeing this day. The match showed the attacking power of both teams, but the individual talents of Real Madrid's star players brought the victory and naturally there is the squad quality, the superiority of individual players brought Real Madrid this round. Mbappe's critical goal was very important. Alonso's vision in giving young talents a chance is very good, he is really comfortable in this regard.

Very happy to see how Xabi maintain all of his young lads by give all of them fair minutes. Arda played well with his beautiful assists, F garcia with his goal, and looked like a fresh player, and Gonzalo who deliver excelent performance.

Only feel badly when Huijsen got a redcard for unnecessary foul. He should not do that, and he is now putting his team into the 50:50 condition compared to the PSG.

[dezoel]

Chelsea vs PSG finals would not be a shocker. PSG and Real Madrid game will be the real questionable one, Real Madrid has been quite decent with Xabi and there aren't that many missing players. now their new defender is red carded so they are going to face that issue once again, and their defense was the issue all season long and could be the issue once again.

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

After having last four teams in remaining event things are clearly indicating about final between PSG vs Chelsea but still surprises are possible because Chelsea is having good depth but Fluminense is also doing good specially after win against Inter Milan and having win against Al Hilal their confidence level is high they can be over through Chelsea as well.

In second semifinal of this event, PSG vs Real Madrid things are balanced with Real Madrid is doing good under Xabi Alonso and chances are high they could be play aggressive game against high-flying PSG which is on good streak after winning Champions League, and they are now having another level of quality and consistency which is allowing them to have good results with good confidence in all events.

[Cityhunter34]

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

PSG are a complete team, this season their strength and defend are top notch, Real Madrid's defense even worse than PSG. The only time PSG get concended was against Botafogo, other than that, they always clean sheet. Real Madrid were struggle in previous match against Dortmund.

PSG will high likely to win, I don't see any weakness in their squad in this season.

Normally as is stance now PSG still remains the favorite team in this Club World Cup, so everything is quite possible to happen in this semifinal. Although sometimes football is unpredictable more especially in this stage of going to final, no team should be underated because what Real Madrid played against other teams in the beginning most not going to be what they would play with PSG.

[mv1986]

Apart from that, Fluminense is also very experienced in the Club World Cup. Because in the previous Club World Cup, Fluminense made it to the final round and they lost in the final round at that time to Man City. It turns out that their achievements in the previous Club World Cup were not just luck. But their abilities turned out to be very great. Even though they are not a well-known team, they have the same strength as giant clubs in Europe.

Lol, they have experience?
Did they reach the finals in 2023? Such wow!
Do you have a clue how the Club World Cup looked in 2023?

It was a 7-team cup, Fluminese played a match against Al Ahly and one against Manchester, which they lost 4-0!



These are their Brazilian Championship placements, much impressive again!

So it is very natural if we favor Fluminense compared to Chelsea.

Lol!
Fulminense is an accident, accidents can still win a cup like Denmark or Greece did, but will still be accidents!

So it is very natural if we favor Fluminense compared to Chelsea.

With all due respect, taking that statement seriously is too tough to handle for my brain.

How some people derive their conclusions and what data they retrieve to construct their argument is terrifying.

Whether you call it accident or outlier or I don't know, even if Fluminense won the Club World Cup, it would certainly not mean they could compete with European clubs on a daily basis.

[Akbarkoe]

Chelsea vs PSG finals would not be a shocker. PSG and Real Madrid game will be the real questionable one, Real Madrid has been quite decent with Xabi and there aren't that many missing players. now their new defender is red carded so they are going to face that issue once again, and their defense was the issue all season long and could be the issue once again.

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

Unusually, when playing against Borussia Dortmund, they had to fight harder to score goals and maintain their lead, even Real Madrid had to lose one of their mainstay players, D. Huijsen who got a red card when the match was almost over.

Real Madrid already has a solution for their front line, the return of Goncalo Garcia to the main Real Madrid squad, can really solve the team's needs when they have difficulty scoring goals. However, for the back line, of course this is still a major problem for Los Blancos.

However, the same thing was experienced by PSG, where their two mainstay defenders also had to be absent in the semifinal match against Real Madrid, L. Hernandes and W. Pacho got red cards when facing Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.

The match between Real Madrid VS PSG will be quite an interesting match to watch, especially since we haven't seen the two teams face each other for a long time and the last time they met was in the 2022 season. I can't wait to watch this match, whether the white king will be able to take back his crown after getting a bitter result at the end of this season.

[bitgolden]

Paris Saint-Germain  football team played very well against Bayern Munich in the last match which was organized in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Bayern Munich team could not do any goal in this match and Paris Saint-Germain players did back to back 2 goals in this match. Doué was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 78 minutes and in the first half, we didn't see any goal in this match. Dembélé was a person who did second goal of the match and he did this goal at 96 minutes. We saw one sided match and many players of Paris Saint-Germain team gave hundred percent effort to win this match in which they became successful and now  we are watching Paris Saint-Germain team at good level.

There is a reason why PSG was the winner of the UCL this season, and we have seen that reason once again. Bayern didn't do good at all at UCL this season and they didn't do good here neither. PSG was the much better team on paper before the game started and that is exactly what we are seeing at the moment as well.

If we could end up with the same thing then we are going to see the situation be a lot better for the long term for PSG because if they can keep this up, then they are a big chance to win UCL again next season. I know that is a small chance, we do not see back to back too much, very rare, but PSG has what it takes and depending on injuries, they may actually end up doing it, all they need is to hope everyone stays healthy.

[Sandra_hakeem]

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.

Unfortunately they couldn’t score 4 goals in the match, the match ended as 2-1, and the overall goals scored in the match is just 3 goals. I never expected so many goals in the match, I was expecting a team to win with a slight goal difference.

Unfortunately, I lost for the same reasons. I actually made a bet ( even though I wasn't assured of having them score plenty goals in the game). I think Al hilal had all the chances in the world to score goals as much as they needed, but they just ended up misusing their golden opportunities.

Thing is, you don't have to get very comfortable on the pitch to score a goal -- some goals are meant to be created in very impossible situations and positions. Those type of goals fall in for nominations and also in history, but Fluminense wouldn't even consider to give them a chance to shot on target, let alone score an equalizer.

Most people expected Al Halal to get a win in the match, but surprisingly Al Halal were able to score just 1 goal in the match.

[$weetne$$]

Normally as is stance now PSG still remains the favorite team in this Club World Cup, so everything is quite possible to happen in this semifinal. Although sometimes football is unpredictable more especially in this stage of going to final, no team should be underated because what Real Madrid played against other teams in the beginning most not going to be what they would play with PSG.

I want to wait until the finals,  so far PSG's performance has made them to be considered the favourite in this tournament but I still have a feeling they may not win this,  the opposition is going to come strong from Madrid. That unpredictable aspect of footage is my reason for not wanting to be exactly certain about PSG's chances of winning the tournament in the end. Even of PSG gets to the finals,  that is a very unpredictable stage of the game where some teams do hope to get lucky and not just about their performance,  it's very possible they could get a red card and their opponents will make sure to take advantage of that.

[coinlocket$]

Was Donnarumma fault? Terrible injuiry.
Anyway Quaterfinals are now complete.
The semifinals will be Fluminense Chelsea and PSG vs Real Madrid.

Prediction time, Chealsea vs PSG final and PSG winning the cup.

They are such better team, they play in a weaker home league so they saved more energies during the season.
Their opponents needs a miracle to be able to compete with them.

[Jatiluhung]

Chelsea vs PSG finals would not be a shocker. PSG and Real Madrid game will be the real questionable one, Real Madrid has been quite decent with Xabi and there aren't that many missing players. now their new defender is red carded so they are going to face that issue once again, and their defense was the issue all season long and could be the issue once again.

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

Previously I thought Fluminense was not a team to be afraid of. In fact, I think Al-hilal will be able to overcome Fluminense in the quarter-finals. And yeah I was wrong in the end. Al-hilal has played well but Fluminense knows better how to win a match. So they can win and enter the semi-finals.

And Now Fluminense will face Chelsea. At first glance I thought Chelsea would be able to win the match. But now I'm starting to be unsure. Because after I researched it, Fluminense did have a good record in the previous Club World Cup. So I really think that they will likely be able to go even further than before.

And regarding the Real Madrid vs PSG match, last season Real Madrid had problems with their defense. And now their defense is improving. However, I'm still not sure whether their defense will be able to withstand every attack from PSG's forward players who are very aggressive and have quite creative ways of scoring goals. So it's possible that PSG will advance to the final. But I'm not sure who will be the opponent in the final whether it will be Chelsea or Fluminense.

[CLS63]

Was Donnarumma fault? Terrible injuiry.
Anyway Quaterfinals are now complete.
The semifinals will be Fluminense Chelsea and PSG vs Real Madrid.

Prediction time, Chealsea vs PSG final and PSG winning the cup.

They are such better team, they play in a weaker home league so they saved more energies during the season.
Their opponents needs a miracle to be able to compete with them.

It wasn't intentional by Donnarumma of course. It is really an unfortunate incident.    Musiala is expected to be out for around 5 months now. Bayern Munich will absolutely need a new signing to fill his place.

When it comes to the semi final matches I'm favouring Chelsea first of all. I don't expect Fluminense to give up easily but I think Chelsea can finish the job in 90 minutes.

I'm still not sure about the PSG - Real Madrid one. PSG are favoured slightly but there isn't actually a clear favourite in this.

[Frankolala]

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

PSG are a complete team, this season their strength and defend are top notch, Real Madrid's defense even worse than PSG. The only time PSG get concended was against Botafogo, other than that, they always clean sheet. Real Madrid were struggle in previous match against Dortmund.

PSG will high likely to win, I don't see any weakness in their squad in this season.

I know that PSG is in their best form currently, and Madrid is trying to pick form based on the severe injury that the team suffered from last season. From past record, Real Madrid has won PSG and that makes me doubt PSG victory over Madrid. However, Xabi Alonso is not Ancelotti, that I would have said he has a tactics in which he can use to win PSG. Therefore, PSG is the favorite in that match.

[Ndabagi01]

Chelsea vs PSG finals would not be a shocker. PSG and Real Madrid game will be the real questionable one, Real Madrid has been quite decent with Xabi and there aren't that many missing players. now their new defender is red carded so they are going to face that issue once again, and their defense was the issue all season long and could be the issue once again.

But their offense seems on top and still great, so PSG defense will have some trouble. PSG offense will need to score a lot to make sure that Real scoring doesn't change it. I do hope that it becomes a very fun game and we could definitely consider this would be the "real" final. Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

Don’t underestimate Chelsea too much in the finals of the competition, they may end up giving anyone who meets them in the finals a hard time winning them and they could be the champions who knows. Real Madrid vs PSG game will indeed be the one game that will be hard to decide because both teams are in their best form and will not be an easy one to eliminate sachets from each other from the competition.

Real Madrid defender that was red carded is a major player they need in that game, hopefully the replacement for him that day will do as much work has he has been putting into this competition. Real Madrid are one major player down and PSG will also face the same fate as they had two of their players red carded in their last game. They are both prone but the best team with the best approach will definitely prevail in this game.