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

[Jatiluhung]

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.

Xabi Alonso has so far shown that he is able to manage Real Madrid quite well. because we don't see a decline in quality in the Real Madrid squad even though Xabi Alonso is new here. But he is like a coach who already knows the Real Madrid squad well. However, we still cannot be sure about Real Madrid's performance whether it will be consistent enough or not. As for PSG, at least they have proven that they have quality that they can maintain so far.

A very fierce match will really make it a match we shouldn't miss. The sensation of the final match will be felt in this match even though it is not the final. But I think these two teams are the strongest among all those remaining in the semi-finals at this time. But yeah that's just my opinion and the reality is later after we see the final result.

[snipie]

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.

It was an unfortunate collision and Bayern Munich lost again one of its best players for several months. Hopefully he will be healed fast and not lose his form..

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 expect Chelsea to pass to the final game too. I am aware about Fluminense qualities but I find Chelsea more convincing.

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.

That game is hard. PSG had an excellent season and Real Madrid changed a bit comparing to the previous season. I would say PSG looks favourite to me before the changes in Real Madrid and right now I still think they can make it.

[Pablo-wood]

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.

This is a semi-final full of unpredictable outcome. Madrid is a bit balanced now compared to last season, although PSG looks like the favourite due to their outstanding performance in the just concluded champions league. I just feel  Xavi Alonso will do his best to win this has his first trophy in Madrid. If PSG must go beyond the semi finals then it will cost them a game beyond skills but extreme determination.

[Derekfunds]

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.

This is a semi-final full of unpredictable outcome. Madrid is a bit balanced now compared to last season, although PSG looks like the favourite due to their outstanding performance in the just concluded champions league. I just feel  Xavi Alonso will do his best to win this has his first trophy in Madrid. If PSG must go beyond the semi finals then it will cost them a game beyond skills but extreme determination.

You are absolutely right, the Full time result or score can not be predicted easily and the winner of the match is not even known for now because PSG has proven themselves over and over again last season and they are still operating in that high frequency but Real Madrid is not a child's club, is a club full of wonders and surprises and so no matter how strong or inform PSG is they will fight it on the pitch that day and people who luck is on their side will come out as winners that faithful day and it can be any of them but right now I don't know who to even call favorite because both team is currently okay and balanced as it stands, I will just anticipate till that day.

[GbitG]

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.

Xabi Alonso has so far shown that he is able to manage Real Madrid quite well. because we don't see a decline in quality in the Real Madrid squad even though Xabi Alonso is new here. But he is like a coach who already knows the Real Madrid squad well. However, we still cannot be sure about Real Madrid's performance whether it will be consistent enough or not. As for PSG, at least they have proven that they have quality that they can maintain so far.

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Yeah, exactly!!!
PSG is currently in his best form. They won a UEFA Champions League title and the French League, and the remaining title for them is FIFA Club World cup and that's why they will use all of his energy to grab the remaining title. Besides that, the PSG team is absolutely dominant their morale is on top. So that's why I will give a little bit more favor to the PSG side rather than Real Madrid....

Real Madrid team is also looking good, but after swapping their new coach, they are a bit concerned whether they will continue to perform good or not because Xabi Alonso is still struggling with his team for better version of displays. Like still he needs some good signings for his team to make them trustworthy for the next season.

[Issa56]

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.

I also feel Chelsea and PSG are the two teams which we are going to be seeing in the final. Chelsea will be playing against Fluminense in the semi final of the tournament, the match won’t really be easy for the two teams, but Chelsea should be able to win Fluminense in the semi final, and we going to be seeing them in final.

PSG vs Real Madrid might really look so different to predict because the two teams are really playing well, their is already improvement in Real Madrid’s performance, so they are just going to give PSG difficult time, but PSG should be able to get a win, even if it’s going to be with a slight goal difference, but am expecting PSG to reach the final.

Because whoever wins, has a higher chance of beating Chelsea at the final game.

When it comes to competition final, I don’t underestimate Chelsea, their performance might not really be too good before they get to final, but immediately Chelsea is playing final, everything about them is always different, and if Chelsea gets to the final, then I expect the final to be a tough one, and I won’t be surprise if Chelsea wins it.

[red4slash]

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.

Huijsen's red card could be a problem for now but Madrid is still Madrid with all the strength they have and their mentality I think they are still strong despite losing one player in their backline.

The match between PSG and Madrid is an interesting situation where Madrid with its current champion mentality must try to maintain it against PSG who are on fire.

Given the state of the semi-finals and the likelihood of the final happening I think this is an early final as this match would be more suited to the final than the semi-finals at the moment. But even so, the match must be played and they must fight to show who is the best at the moment and deserves to go to the final in this season's Club World Cup.

[Mate2237]

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.

Huijsen's red card could be a problem for now but Madrid is still Madrid with all the strength they have and their mentality I think they are still strong despite losing one player in their backline.

The match between PSG and Madrid is an interesting situation where Madrid with its current champion mentality must try to maintain it against PSG who are on fire.

Given the state of the semi-finals and the likelihood of the final happening I think this is an early final as this match would be more suited to the final than the semi-finals at the moment. But even so, the match must be played and they must fight to show who is the best at the moment and deserves to go to the final in this season's Club World Cup.

This match is going to be an exciting game because this game is between two teams that are on top of their game PSG been European champions and Madrid under a new manager is trying to find their form back let see who is going to Carry the day and go into the final I expected that this kind of match was to be a final with what I see the winner of this game is likely going to be the winner of the club world cup.



I feel that the Alonso effect is going to play out here madrid is going to take the day and move into the final but this game is an open game that is open for both teams to win

[rdluffy]

As for the Fluminense game, the chances are very low, but once again the team could spring a surprise and qualify

Fluminense's opponent Chelsea is definitely a strong opponent. Even so, I am optimistic about the Fluminense team. The main strength of this team is that the players are very confident. And Fluminense players are able to perform well even against big teams.

Have you seen the Inter Milan vs Fluminense match? Fluminense won the match 2-0. I was impressed by Fluminense's performance. Inter Milan had 69% ball possession. They also attacked a lot. Even then, they could not score a single goal. Fluminense's defense is also quite strong. So even though Chelsea is a renowned team, it will be very difficult to win against Fluminense.

Yes, of course I watched it hehehe 

I even commented here in the thread that every soccer fan and coach should watch this game, because it was a game in which Fluminense and their coach managed to make a great reading, change the way they played to suit Inter Milan and get a great win
Against Al-Hilal Fluminense did something similar

Some teams manage to evolve a lot during a competition, as we always see in the World Cup, and it's quite interesting to follow their development
Fluminense was considered one of the weakest teams in the World Cup and the weakest team in Brazil to play in the World Cup...

[nelson4lov]

I'm looking forward to the PSG vs Madrid game on Wednesday.

The current champions of Europe and the biggest UCL title holders
 It would definitely be a fun watch. I was expecting this match-up to come in the UCL but then Madrid got knocked out of the UCL by arsenal. Anyway, I will still take it.

I expect it to be a closely competitive semi finals but I still expect PSG to come out on top. Unlike Real Madrid, PSG has their shit sorted out and they're in a good shape and form while Real Madris still in a transition and experimentation phase for Alonso.

What are your predictions? Who do you guys think will come out on top?

[BIT-BENDER]

I'm looking forward to the PSG vs Madrid game on Wednesday.

The current champions of Europe and the biggest UCL title holders
 It would definitely be a fun watch. I was expecting this match-up to come in the UCL but then Madrid got knocked out of the UCL by arsenal. Anyway, I will still take it.

I expect it to be a closely competitive semi finals but I still expect PSG to come out on top. Unlike Real Madrid, PSG has their shit sorted out and they're in a good shape and form while Real Madris still in a transition and experimentation phase for Alonso.

What are your predictions? Who do you guys think will come out on top?

Real Madrid of Spain vs the European champions PSG of France at the FIFA world club cup will be a match to watch, both teams are European giants but Real Madrid is a bigger giant, if this was any other season I would have gone with Real Madrid but right now no team is playing better football than PSG.
The PSG team has managed to find a great balance in their play and they don't depend on anyone, they are good in the attack and great on recovery.
Luis Enrique is a better coach than Xabi Alonso and this will play a huge part in deciding who will come out top. Both teams will be having important team mates missing as they both got red card in the last game.
It will be interesting but PSG could easily embarrass real Madrid on Wednesday.

[MK-74]

I think the winner of the PSG - Real Madrid match will win the cup.
I don't think Chelsea and Fluminense can win against these two teams.
I want Real Madrid to win because our country's representative Arda Güler is playing there and is trying to prove himself by getting better playing time this year.
PSG - Real Madrid will be an enjoyable match.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Was Donnarumma fault? Terrible injuiry.

I thought nobody was going to talk about that terrible ankle dislocation... And why did they the broadcasters cut out that part immediately after the scene? I snoozed a bit and missed that part, but I was hoping I'll get a reply to see how serious it was.

Anyway, YouTube did me a favour and I just hope Jamal musiala rides through that rough wave. I can only imagine the pain he felt althrough that night, plus getting eliminated in the quarter finals.

Anyway Quaterfinals are now complete.

 It was a tough one indeed, but what are we expecting from the semi-finals? Some teams still needs to be eliminated, question is which?

[len01]

Bookmakers still strongly believe that PSG will win this competition. But look at the difference in Madrid's odds, it's not too far from PSG. This means that Madrid still has a chance to beat PSG. In your opinion, who will advance to the final round? PSG? or Madrid? My choice is still Madrid. In terms of betting, I will choose BTTS to avoid the risk of unexpected surprises.

BTW, has anyone tried betting on Chelsea as the winner of this competition? 

[GbitG]

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.

I also feel Chelsea and PSG are the two teams which we are going to be seeing in the final. Chelsea will be playing against Fluminense in the semi final of the tournament, the match won’t really be easy for the two teams, but Chelsea should be able to win Fluminense in the semi final, and we going to be seeing them in final.

The first thing is Chelsea vs Fluminense and then the final will be seen. Like Chelsea really needs to beat Fluminense to reach the final. The battle between thses two (Chelsea vs Fluminense) is not too big like it will be easy for Chelsea to smash them down the Fluminense team and recognize to the final of the club world Cup but still Chelsea needs to be careful because they already beat Al Hilal and Inter Milan which I think are not lay clubs....

Apart from this, if Chelsea succeeds in beating the Fluminense in the semifinal, then probably they will come to the final, but here we don't know who will come, Real Madrid or PSG because their match is also looking unpredictable, although PSG is looking super dominant.

But anyway, let's see what happens next.

[baeva]

It was on the last moment borussia Dortmund was working for an equalizer but already too late even if they have made it 3:2 now, this final stage has taking Real madrid name as the proceeding team, however there would be another amendment on the real Madrid defense when next they would play because Dean Huijsen will be excluded because of the card,  is it possible that if borussia Dortmund had made the game at 3:2 within 75 minutes we could have seen them completing it 3:3?. Real madrid will have a taste of there challenges on the last champions League since is PSG next.

PSG does not relax at the Club World Cup, so we are waiting for a very interesting match, because Real Madrid is also going forward at a steady pace. I don't really care which of them will be in the final, it will be beautiful football anyway.But if PSG make it to the final and win it, they will take the 4th trophy this season, phenomenal!

Yes they have not relaxed since from the first stage and that is also the same with Real madrid, they met strong and small but here they are almost at the last stage, i like the both team and i also like to see Mbappe meeting the club he left, I don't no if this is his first time against PSG since then, so considering the fact that Mbappe was with the club for years means that he might be the most flexible player among all the Real madrid team, although there would be players positioned for him but definitely he would create impact to show improvement than he was before.

let's look at the outcome of the match, in general opinions are divided at the moment, some believe that Real will not even reach the final, not that they can win anything. According to some publications - it is PSG will win this cup. But in fact I don't think it means anything to them, both for real and PSG. It's an inherently useless tournament in a global sense. FIFA has reduced the price of the final match by 30 times and now tickets will be sold cheaper than drinks at the stadium, that speaks volumes.

[SOKO-DEKE]

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.

Real Madrid’s match against PSG will not be an easy one. It's a match that is really hard to predict because both teams are currently doing well. With that, I feel that both teams have equal chances of winning.So the final could be Chelsea vs. Real Madrid or PSG vs Chelsea, and it would not be a shock to see any of these teams in the final.

If it had recently before Xabi Alonso taking over as coach, I might say that PSG will be the favourite to win. But at this point, with the performances I’ve seen from Real Madrid under Xabi, I don’t have the confidence that PSG has a higher chance of winning the match but let’s see what will happen.And as you mentioned, based on PSG red cards against Bayern Munich, it's very possible that their defensive line may not be that strong and these players will be absents.

[nelson4lov]

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Real Madrid of Spain vs the European champions PSG of France at the FIFA world club cup will be a match to watch, both teams are European giants but Real Madrid is a bigger giant, if this was any other season I would have gone with Real Madrid but right now no team is playing better football than PSG.
The PSG team has managed to find a great balance in their play and they don't depend on anyone, they are good in the attack and great on recovery.
Luis Enrique is a better coach than Xabi Alonso and this will play a huge part in deciding who will come out top. Both teams will be having important team mates missing as they both got red card in the last game.
It will be interesting but PSG could easily embarrass real Madrid on Wednesday.

Well, we'll see. I'm also of the opinion that PSG will win it. This current PSG team is something else and that's why they did what no other PSG team has done (even when Messi, Neymar anf and Mbappe powered their attack). Real Madrid is also a team that I won't underestimate because they have quality players that can produce individual brilliance to change the outcome of games.

We'll see. It's only a few days away. Are you going to be betting on it too? I'm going PSG Double chance just to be on the safe side.

[Sandra_hakeem]

The semifinals will be Fluminense Chelsea and PSG vs Real Madrid.

Fluminense have been so relentless lately, what's the probability of getting defeated by Chelsea? very slim I guess. Regardless, it's going to be a tough game and I don't wanna make any kind of prediction on this, cause of course every time I predict a team to win, they always lose. At a point, I feel like I'd lose more money if I dare to  engage in an outside-betting -- let's say with you or my folks over here (just an instance).

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

I'd be damned if PSG wins the FIFA club world cup just 2 months after winning the champions League. Maybe that's just going to serve as a lesson for every other team manager to sit up and build their teams for the next round of this great tournament.

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.

[TelolettOm]

That game is hard. PSG had an excellent season and Real Madrid changed a bit comparing to the previous season. I would say PSG looks favourite to me before the changes in Real Madrid and right now I still think they can make it.

The match between PSG and Real Madrid in the final round will certainly feel like the final round, indeed PSG has been more consistent so far and PSG is in a high winning spirit mode. Moreover, the competition between the two is not only in the game but there are several things that make them compete in several things. For example, when it comes to Mbappe to Real Madrid, even now RMA is eyeing Vintinha, and PSG's strong desire to eliminate Real Madrid wherever it is.