Club World Cup - Summer 2025

chesterbells said:
There’s plenty of games after midnight UK time. That’s why I was making the initial point about insomniacs, but I know the knockout phase is a bit different.
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True - but the majority aren't, even in the group stages. If we reached the final, we'd play either 1 or 2 games out of 7 later than 9pm.

Strangely nearly half of the very late games are on the final group matchday.
 
bluenova said:
It's a huge step up from the old yearly one, or the UEFA Super Cup.

Not as hard too win as the Champions League, but there are enough teams from Europe to make it competitive, and enough from elsewhere that you'd hope some will do well.

It's also only every four years which clearly makes it a little more special.
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Exactly my thoughts too.
 
I can't quite empathise with the people who aren't arsed.

If I really wanted City to win the Joan Gamper Trophy, then you can be absolutely sure I want us to win this. It might just be because I'm hyper competitive but I want us to win everything. Always.

If City rocked up to play a pre-season tournament against a bunch of High School teams in Thailand I'd want us to beat them all 40-0. I don't care who we're playing or why, I want us to win.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
I can't quite empathise with the people who aren't arsed.

If I really wanted City to win the Joan Gamper Trophy, then you can be absolutely sure I want us to win this. It might just be because I'm hyper competitive but I want us to win everything. Always.

If City rocked up to play a pre-season tournament against a bunch of High School teams in Thailand I'd want us to beat them all 40-0. I don't care who we're playing or why, I want us to win.
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I wanted us to win the simod cup back in the day in fact I just wanted us to win a game
 
Cobwebcat said:
Do the winners of the CWC qualify for the next one as Champions? I can’t find the answer anywhere?
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In my opinion, they deliberately haven't revealed the qualifying criteria for the next one because they're already planning on extending it to more teams.

That said, I'd be very surprised if they didn't let the reigning Champions defend their title. Especially given how Miami weren't even told they'd qualified until after they'd actually met the qualifying criteria - feels like they're just making it up as they go.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
In my opinion, they deliberately haven't revealed the qualifying criteria for the next one because they're already planning on extending it to more teams.

That said, I'd be very surprised if they didn't let the reigning Champions defend their title. Especially given how Miami weren't even told they'd qualified until after they'd actually met the qualifying criteria - feels like they're just making it up as they go.
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It is definitely a guiinea pig scenario.
 
Opening ceremony and today's games can be found here:
forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk

FIFA Club World Cup 2025 | Day 1 & 2 | 14/15 June '25

Starts tomorrow, well tonight really. All kick off times in BST, so the days might look a bit misaligned, tournament starts on Saturday night in America but Sunday morning in the UK. 12:15 - Opening Ceremony. 01:00 - Al Ahly FC v Inter Miami CF Hard Rock Stadium (Miami) Group A Channel 5...
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There will be a new thread each day.

We'll keep this thread for general City chat and tournament chat over the next 3-4 weeks.
 
I stayed up to watch the 1st half on TV. I was very impressed by the numbers of Al Ahly fans there. I couldn't tell if they were Egyptians living in the USA or fans who had travelled from Egypt. You could see what the game meant to the players by the huge level of commitment. I can see City players will have to be wary of injury.

Messi was a passenger in the 1st half but the BBC match report said he had a good effort in the 2nd half. In the 1st half Al Ahly missed a pen. and had the better chances counter-attacking with pace. It was a decent first half. It was too late for me to watch the 2nd half. My strongest impression from the game was the passion from the stands of the Al Ahly fans. I didn't expect to see tens of thousands of Egyptian fans there.
 
Marvin. said:
I stayed up to watch the 1st half on TV. I was very impressed by the numbers of Al Ahly fans there. I couldn't tell if they were Egyptians living in the USA or fans who had travelled from Egypt. You could see what the game meant to the players by the huge level of commitment. I can see City players will have to be wary of injury.

Messi was a passenger in the 1st half but the BBC match report said he had a good effort in the 2nd half. In the 1st half Al Ahly missed a pen. and had the better chances counter-attacking with pace. It was a decent first half. It was too late for me to watch the 2nd half. My strongest impression from the game was the passion from the stands of the Al Ahly fans. I didn't expect to see tens of thousands of Egyptian fans there.
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Despite the sneering from the BBC Reporter about empty seats almost 61,000 for a group match was a great turn-out.
 
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