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

[CLS63]

The PSG-Real Madrid match was a total disappointment. I hoped for Real Madrid to revive in the second half but not much thing changed. Xabi Alonso is new there of course and hopefully they will get better in time.

Now for the finale I don't think Chelsea have much chance against this kind of a PSG. Chelsea also has a young squad but in terms of quality PSG are ahead of them anyway. I doubt Enzo Maresca's players can hold them off in their golden era.

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Side news.

Since we are in America you know...
We will have a Halftime Show like in the superbowl.

J Balvin, Doja Cat, Tems will sing if you are interested.


Now to the important stuff, prediction time.

Psg to win 4-0

Great to know that a Nigerian singer, Tems, will be performing in the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup final halftime show. Her name is Temilade Openiyi and she has shown to be one of the biggest artists in the world. These days PSG scores multiple goals against big teams in important games. Your predictions might be based on the current form of the French club. But we shouldn't underestimate Chelsea, and Mother Luck might be on the side of the English side.

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PSG has the opportunity to complete their trophy collection. This contrasts with what Mbappé faces. PSG, increasingly solid in all competitions in the 2024/25 season, won Ligue 1, the Champions League, and could potentially win the Club World Cup. Meanwhile, Mbappé, who decided to move, not getting a major trophy yet. After Mbappé out, PSG has instead discovered a more tactical approach and excellent teamwork. Although there were doubts at the start of the FIFA Club World Cup competition, PSG proved that winning the UCL was not a coincidence, but the hard work of the team.

Mbappe's move was unfortunate. Lol, he still loves Real Madrid no matter where he goes, but it's still a shame that wherever Mbappe goes, PSG won the UCL and became the most feared team this season.

There are no coincidences in a competitive tournament, because PSG's hard work, built from the start, has finally paid off, as they continue to win numerous trophies.
At least kudos to Luis Enrique for being the most tactically savvy when it comes to his team's strategy.

[Richbased]

PSG is now the most  likely to win the FIFA Club World Cup title. PSG will play against Chelsea in the final. Chelsea is not a weak team, but PSG is now in their best form. After defeating Munich and Madrid in the last two matches, winning the match against Chelsea will not be that difficult for PSG.

From the performance of PSG they are the favourite to win the competition since they have defeated most of the strongest opponents in the competition and since they stand as the best team in the competition they can defeat Chelsea to left the trophy if they show the same energy and performance they displayed against Real Madrid. Chelsea is not a team to be underrated if PSG makes any mistake in their defense Chelsea can turn the whole prediction around to win the trophy.

The winner of the FIFA club world cup was known after PSG won Real Madrid because that was the toughest match in this competition so i wonder how Chelsea can win such a composed team as PSG. Chelsea have got quite good records in finals but this one will hard them because they met PSG at a time when they are unstoppable. Talking about PSG's defense, they have only conceded one goal since they lifted the Champions League trophy which was the lose against Botafogo, apart from that match they haven't conceded any goals and have been winning their games on a clean sheet which shows how solid their defense is. For PSG to concede only 1 goal in their last 8 games in all competitions shows that they have a very strong defense that Chelsea cannot penetrate easily in the finals.

[Z-tight]

Mbappe's move was unfortunate. Lol, he still loves Real Madrid no matter where he goes, but it's still a shame that wherever Mbappe goes, PSG won the UCL and became the most feared team this season.

PSG became a better team when Mbappe, Neymar and Messi left, when they were at the club, the union never worked and everyone was playing with big egos and not for the team. Right now the coach has more authority over the team and there are no big egos in the team anymore, that is why PSG have worked hard to be the best team in the world.

Sunday's final should be easy for the French champions, i know Chelsea are not so bad, but i don't think they stand any chance against this PSG team, except a miracle of a final happens.

[Marvell1]

Mbappe's move was unfortunate. Lol, he still loves Real Madrid no matter where he goes, but it's still a shame that wherever Mbappe goes, PSG won the UCL and became the most feared team this season.

There are no coincidences in a competitive tournament, because PSG's hard work, built from the start, has finally paid off, as they continue to win numerous trophies.
At least kudos to Luis Enrique for being the most tactically savvy when it comes to his team's strategy.

Mbappe's misfortune is that Madrid has not won any title. However, Mbappe has been able to score a lot of goals with Madrid in his first season. Mbappe has become the top scorer in La Liga. This is definitely a big achievement. Although there are personal achievements, Mbappe has no team achievements. The team has not won a single title.

I considered Madrid as the favorite for the FIFA Club World Cup. Until facing PSG, Real Madrid has performed well in every match and won. But Real Madrid was defeated badly against PSG.
There is no doubt that PSG's players are hard workers. There is no star player in the squad. Every player is performing well. Every player has adapted very well to Luis Enrique's match strategy. And this is why PSG has succeeded

[Agbe]

Mbappe's move was unfortunate. Lol, he still loves Real Madrid no matter where he goes, but it's still a shame that wherever Mbappe goes, PSG won the UCL and became the most feared team this season.

PSG became a better team when Mbappe, Neymar and Messi left, when they were at the club, the union never worked and everyone was playing with big egos and not for the team. Right now the coach has more authority over the team and there are no big egos in the team anymore, that is why PSG have worked hard to be the best team in the world.

Sunday's final should be easy for the French champions, i know Chelsea are not so bad, but i don't think they stand any chance against this PSG team, except a miracle of a final happens.

You're right one big mistakes that the PSG management where doing was the idea of bringing big name players to the club with the hope of winning the champions League it never worked because a team is never built with Great players who plays individual football rather than a team work because looking at the Neymar and mpappe era it was charactarized by individuals football not as team work, what is making PSG stand out is the team work that this current coach has instilled in the team.

[Toro iskandar]

PSG has the opportunity to complete their trophy collection. This contrasts with what Mbappé faces. PSG, increasingly solid in all competitions in the 2024/25 season, won Ligue 1, the Champions League, and could potentially win the Club World Cup. Meanwhile, Mbappé, who decided to move, not getting a major trophy yet. After Mbappé out, PSG has instead discovered a more tactical approach and excellent teamwork. Although there were doubts at the start of the FIFA Club World Cup competition, PSG proved that winning the UCL was not a coincidence, but the hard work of the team.

Mbappe's move was unfortunate. Lol, he still loves Real Madrid no matter where he goes, but it's still a shame that wherever Mbappe goes, PSG won the UCL and became the most feared team this season.

There are no coincidences in a competitive tournament, because PSG's hard work, built from the start, has finally paid off, as they continue to win numerous trophies.
At least kudos to Luis Enrique for being the most tactically savvy when it comes to his team's strategy.

He is a reliable score scoring but as if he is like a curse for any club. As in the first time joining PSG, Mbappe can only give League 1 degree.
But after he left PSG, the club got a title in every competition. Now Real Madrid who have Mbappe also suffered the same fate in one full season without a title.
Xabi should have tried not to use Mbappe in several previous matches to compare how strong the club's performance was with Mbappe and without Mbappe.

Yes it was indeed not a coincidence but clearly Luis Enrique was successful with PSG without a player who was too reliable. But the results look more real.

[Lillominato89]

The PSG-Real Madrid match was a total disappointment. I hoped for Real Madrid to revive in the second half but not much thing changed. Xabi Alonso is new there of course and hopefully they will get better in time.

Now for the finale I don't think Chelsea have much chance against this kind of a PSG. Chelsea also has a young squad but in terms of quality PSG are ahead of them anyway. I doubt Enzo Maresca's players can hold them off in their golden era.

We all expected a more motivated Real Madrid, intent on reopening the match in the second half, but honestly, this PSG team is indomitable; they play with incredible confidence.
Undoubtedly, if they were to win the Club World Cup, it wouldn't be surprising, perhaps only if the opposite happened.
Chelsea is strong, but I doubt they can beat them. I'd love to be wrong! But in the meantime, I've already placed a bet on PSG to win + over 2.5

[Baki202]

PSG has the opportunity to complete their trophy collection. This contrasts with what Mbappé faces. PSG, increasingly solid in all competitions in the 2024/25 season, won Ligue 1, the Champions League, and could potentially win the Club World Cup. Meanwhile, Mbappé, who decided to move, not getting a major trophy yet. After Mbappé out, PSG has instead discovered a more tactical approach and excellent teamwork. Although there were doubts at the start of the FIFA Club World Cup competition, PSG proved that winning the UCL was not a coincidence, but the hard work of the team.

Psg did well by setting this kind of agenda because for some reasons people did not really acknowledge them and see the kind of performance. For them to be able to defeat even psg is not something the we all expected and for a very long time this is like one of there best season because defending the champions league and now this. Because I don't think Chelsea have to balls to win this game.

And how would mbappe be feeling because after leaving PSG a lot of things are now looking different and he left because he wanted to see if he would be able to win some trophy and since Madrid was one of the perfect Club that he will.be able to archive exactly what he wanted but to his disappointment nothing yet for Madrid since he joined. And it seems psg have worked on there challenges and they are flying all high because banging three trophy is no joke. And the final is going to be interesting but easy for them.

[emrecemsan]

I know it's so easy to just bet on PSG to win the final match... But I don't want to do that. I'm looking for more excitement. 

That's why I'm going for Chelsea win @5.20 or Chelsea/Draw @2.30. I'll decide on one of them sooner or later.

You know Chelsea. Sometimes they like to surprise the world. Let's see if this is one of those times.

[Zoomic]

The PSG-Real Madrid match was a total disappointment. I hoped for Real Madrid to revive in the second half but not much thing changed. Xabi Alonso is new there of course and hopefully they will get better in time.

I also did have such a hope but we were all disappointed. But we can still say that Real Madrid was better second half, if not, the score would have been 6 goals to nil. Being able to stop more goals from entering their net and doing lesser number of mistakes was improvement. The most amazing part of the match isn't that PSG won Real Madrid. Rather, Real Madrid played full 90 mins with Vini and Mbappé on the pitch without scoring a goal but conceding 4.

Now for the finale I don't think Chelsea have much chance against this kind of a PSG. Chelsea also has a young squad but in terms of quality PSG are ahead of them anyway. I doubt Enzo Maresca's players can hold them off in their golden era.

By performance, Chelsea is no match for PSG this season. But statistically, Chelsea is a champion. They won the Conference League while PSG won the champions league, so this is a final of champions. So, anything can happen.

[Adbitco]

I came across a post which revealed a statement Enrique made after Mbappe left PSG for Real Madrid. He said "I would rather have four players who scored 12 goals than one who scores 40. To me this is a very deep statement that has a lot of important and necessary meaning. If that one player fails to perform in a game the team finds it difficult but if one player out of the four fails, three is always there to cover up for the team. That's why a club needs to have a team and not individual players.

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You're right one big mistakes that the PSG management where doing was the idea of bringing big name players to the club with the hope of winning the champions League it never worked because a team is never built with Great players who plays individual football rather than a team work because looking at the Neymar and mpappe era it was charactarized by individuals football not as team work, what is making PSG stand out is the team work that this current coach has instilled in the team.

Like your words.
Sometimes, even very good players do not progress the team because if there is only self-achievement in the game, the team does not progress, it only has personal achievement.
But team achievement requires teamwork, which is possible through good understanding among the players of the entire team. In this case, sometimes there is a bit of a stubbornness among the players who perform well, which basically becomes an obstacle to the team's achievement.

[Obari]

The PSG-Real Madrid match was a total disappointment. I hoped for Real Madrid to revive in the second half but not much thing changed. Xabi Alonso is new there of course and hopefully they will get better in time.

Now for the finale I don't think Chelsea have much chance against this kind of a PSG. Chelsea also has a young squad but in terms of quality PSG are ahead of them anyway. I doubt Enzo Maresca's players can hold them off in their golden era.

Paris Saint-Germain will come out ontop because they've been the best leading club in the world when it comes to performance. They've been extremely counting good scores and winning games, always been on streak winnings. Everyone is underestimating the rating of Chelsea when it comes to the club world cup. It's been an erratic time to be a Chelsea fan because they're still building their team from scratch and there comes with formidable changes. Enzo Maresca have been an important member for Chelsea, with his presence, they've been able to be on streak winnings and accumulating trophies.

[Dzwaafu11]

If you said Chelsea had faults in their defense, I won’t doubt you. But having hope that Chelsea will win this trophy is a 1% chance out of 100%. Bro, this is not the previous PSG we all knew, these are the beasts, and no one can stop them. Didn’t we all see what happened the previous day in their game against Real Madrid? This is like a game of a pro with a newbie. How do you expect the newbie to win?

For you to say if Chelsea and PSG are going to be playing the final game of this competition, it will be as if newbies and professionals are playing. That shows how you underestimate Chelsea, and that is not totally true. Just because PSG are in good performance does not mean Chelsea will be like newbies while playing with them. No one argues with you about PSG, but saying Chelsea will be newbies while PSG will look professional in this game is what I totally disagree with.

However, just the way you said PSG are now a beast and not the PSG we normally know, I can tell you that Chelsea have also improved in performance recently.

[Issa56]

The PSG-Real Madrid match was a total disappointment. I hoped for Real Madrid to revive in the second half but not much thing changed. Xabi Alonso is new there of course and hopefully they will get better in time.

Even if Real Madrid were suppose to lose in the match, they were not suppose to concede so many goals in the match, it’s really a disgrace for Real Madrid to concede that amount of goals. PSG were able to score 3 goals in the first half of the match, seriously I expected many goals in the second half of the match also, but they were able to score just a goal in the second half of the match, but to be serious, PSG humiliated Real Madrid in the semi final of the FIFA club cup World Cup.

PSG next match will be against Chelsea, the match might not really be what we expected, it won’t really be easy for PSG, and we won’t really be seeing many goals in the match, what we will be seeing in the match, might be different from what we saw when PSG played against Real Madrid.

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For you to say if Chelsea and PSG are going to be playing the final game of this competition, it will be as if newbies and professionals are playing. That shows how you underestimate Chelsea, and that is not totally true. Just because PSG are in good performance does not mean Chelsea will be like newbies while playing with them. No one argues with you about PSG, but saying Chelsea will be newbies while PSG will look professional in this game is what I totally disagree with.

However, just the way you said PSG are now a beast and not the PSG we normally know, I can tell you that Chelsea have also improved in performance recently.

Rather than completely underestimate Chelsea in the final, I'd give them a 30% chance of winning. Chelsea have a good, competitive squad, but their performances haven't always been up to scratch. Improvements are always a priority and they've done just that, but facing PSG in the final won't be easy. PSG's chances of winning the title are very high - that's worth it with the performance they've shown so far, but anything can change in 90 minutes.

Let's see what happens in 90 minutes - we all need to be entertained. I don't want to see PSG play as well as they did when they beat Inter in the Champions League final or beat Real Madrid in the semifinals - the final should be more thrilling.

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Paris Saint-Germain will come out ontop because they've been the best leading club in the world when it comes to performance. They've been extremely counting good scores and winning games, always been on streak winnings. Everyone is underestimating the rating of Chelsea when it comes to the club world cup. It's been an erratic time to be a Chelsea fan because they're still building their team from scratch and there comes with formidable changes. Enzo Maresca have been an important member for Chelsea, with his presence, they've been able to be on streak winnings and accumulating trophies.

There is no doubt that Paris Saint-Germain has a better chance of winning this match, but overconfidence can be dangerous and Chelsea should definitely not be underestimated. Because they didn't come here automatically as you already mention that they starting from the scratch and as well the maintained performance took them to this final match. Maybe the Chelsea team we see now will be even stronger in a few years.

And besides, I wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea were able to beat Paris Saint-Germain tomorrow, I've already explained the reasons. But the expected result is PSG will win.

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Although PSG certainly deserved to win the Club World Cup this time, I can't wait to see how they fare in the final. A final is sure to be very exciting, even though the two teams have different strengths. I also have more confidence in PSG because their performance so far has been extraordinary, so Chelsea will have to find a truly different approach to beat PSG in this final. Because PSG really uses all its abilities to be able to win in this event and in the final match PSG will also play with full strength to be able to win again.

It is very normal and okay to believe that PSG will win the trophy because so far their performance has made it okay to agree to that assumption. For PSG this is a very critical one for them to achieve and they will stop at nothing to achieve it so I don't expect  they will perform any lesser than expected of them but they hopefully do not take Chelsea for granted so they don't get surprised in the end.