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Two all-European clashes, Brazilian flair and a Saudi astonishment signifier the last-eight clashes of the Club World Cup.
Eight teams from crossed 3 continents person their sights acceptable connected the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 trophy arsenic the tourney enters the 2nd signifier of its knockout matches.
After an extra-time thriller, 2 large upsets, 3 adjacent encounters and 2 thumping wins, the quarterfinal lineup for the tourney has been completed arsenic Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund became the past 2 teams to seal their spots.
The last-eight signifier pits 4 European giants against each other, provides a Middle Eastern club the accidental to physique connected their deserved occurrence and 2 Brazilian teams the accidental to instrumentality the continent further.
Here’s however the Club World Cup quarterfinal lineup looks:
⚽ First quarterfinal : Fluminense vs Al Hilal
When: Friday, July 4 astatine 3pm (19:00 GMT)
Where: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
Emotions volition tally precocious and the stands volition beryllium replete with colour and sound erstwhile 1 of Brazil’s oldest shot clubs instrumentality connected Saudi Arabia’s shot giants Al Hilal astatine the 65,000-capacity venue successful Florida.
Al Hilal volition thrust connected the precocious of beating the tournament’s defending champions Manchester City 4-3 successful an extra-time thriller successful 1 of the biggest upsets successful the tournament’s past connected Tuesday.
Their Brazilian opponents, too, achieved akin occurrence arsenic they ousted Italian giants and UEFA Champions League finalists Inter Milan successful a 2-0 win.
There volition beryllium nary deficiency of sound and colour erstwhile fans of the 2 underdogs descend upon the Camping World Stadium connected Friday.
⚽ Second quarterfinal : Palmeiras vs Chelsea
When: Friday, July 4 astatine 9pm (01:00 GMT, July 5 )
Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Palmeiras, the 2nd Brazilian nine to participate the quarterfinals, volition look the erstwhile English champions Chelsea successful Friday’s 2nd quarterfinal successful Philadelphia.
Runners-up successful the past play of Serie A, the apical tier of Brazil’s nine football, Palmeiras bushed compatriots Botafogo successful a heated clash successful the circular of 16 and person been 1 of the strongest antiaircraft lineups successful the tournament.
Their opponents, who won the Club World Cup successful 2021, volition look to determination past a disappointing play astatine location and participate the concern extremity of the contention for a accidental to assistance a trophy.
The last-eight clash volition beryllium the last lucifer held astatine the 69,000-capacity Lincoln Field stadium.
The victor volition look the squad that emerges victorious from the Al Hilal vs Fluminense lucifer successful the archetypal semifinal.
A representation of the 11 big cities staging the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 [Al Jazeera]⚽ Third quarterfinal : PSG vs Bayern Munich
When: Saturday, July 5 astatine 12pm (16:00 GMT)
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Arguably, the biggest clash of the quarterfinals pits 2 of the 3 rubric favourites remaining successful the competition.
A triumph implicit German giants Bayern volition consolidate European champions PSG‘s pedigree arsenic 1 of the biggest clubs successful the satellite and connection them a accidental to implicit a sensational play quadruple.
Bayern are the associated apical goal-scoring squad successful the competition, with 16 goals successful their 4 games truthful far, but their onslaught volition beryllium tested against the French champions astatine the 75,000-capacity stadium successful Georgia.
⚽ Fourth quarterfinal: Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
When: Saturday, July 5 astatine 4pm (20:00 GMT)
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
The undisputed kings of the Club World Cup volition travel face-to-face with the German squad that consistently finds itself amongst the champion European clubs.
Real person welcomed backmost their prima guardant Kylian Mbappe and volition anticipation helium returns to his goalscoring signifier successful a pugnacious last-eight clash against a talented Dortmund team.
The lucifer astatine the tournament’s biggest stadium and the venue for the 2026 FIFA World Cup last volition supply a trial for the organisers, whether they tin capable up a immense stadium with fans of 1 of the astir wide followed clubs successful the world.
The victor of this clash volition conscionable the victor of the PSG-Bayern lucifer successful the 2nd semifinal.
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— FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) July 2, 2025
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