Club World Cup - Summer 2025

bobbyowenquiff said:
The dinosaurs in the English media have made fools of themselves as usual. They are fixated on the past like so many of our politicians. No wonder the press and broadcasters are mostly failing commercially. They seem incapable of change and modernisation. The entire concept of BBC Sport is flawed. They don't broadcast any images from our national sport apart from the hoplelessly outdated Match of the Day. They don't have coverage of the PL, CL, most international matches, the Championship, not even non-league football, no foreign football, and no Club World Cup. A joke of an organisation. The BBC has faded as football has grown into a global success. And yet we have to pay for this sub-standard coverage.
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Imagine what the fee would be if they had to buy the rights to the PL!
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
There’s a good chance the left side of the draw will include PSG, Bayern and Chelsea. Possibly Inter too, so second place (right side) might be better even if it means Real Madrid next round.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. If we beat Juve, Real will end up finishing 2nd and we'll play them. If we lose or draw with Juve then Real will win their group and we'll end up playing them. We can't avoid those bastards.
 
supercity88 said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. If we beat Juve, Real will end up finishing 2nd and we'll play them. If we lose or draw with Juve then Real will win their group and we'll end up playing them. We can't avoid those bastards.
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I think they will want to avoid the left side if it’s stacked with European teams. Both us and RM might try to avoid it if there’s 4x big names in there already so yes, good chance we’ll meet. We might not get to play a South American team which will be disappointing.
 
It is frustrating that we have won the first 2 games 2-0 and 6-0 and yet are 2nd in the group. I think if we beat Juve we will play Al Hilal who have looked strong so far but group H is a lot closer and more difficult to predict our group.

Our group has 2 good sides and 2 poor sides but many of the groups contain South American sides who are much stronger than the Asian clubs. The knockout stages are going to be very competitive.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
I think they will want to avoid the left side if it’s stacked with European teams. Both us and RM might try to avoid it if there’s 4x big names in there already so yes, good chance we’ll meet. We might not get to play a South American team which will be disappointing.
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You could see from the reaction post-game that we wanted the extra goal to give ourselves the chance to finish top. Based on that, it's not a leap to think Pep had said we have to win the group and avoid Real.

Juve will be a good measure of where we are though, so it's not a bad thing we have to win the game. It's very rare we play for a draw with Pep in charge.

The South American teams, particularly those from Brazil are unsurprisingly doing well but I think things might even out as the competition progresses. They're hitting peak fitness with their season being 10 games in, where European sides are fatigued. We have so many options in the squad if we go deep we shouldn't be as impacted as other teams. I'd just like to avoid Real so we have something different to be honest.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Gotta beat I’ve to be #1 now!

1 more goal and we could have gone through as #1 with a draw!

Regardless, RB Salzburg & Real Madrid will know who will be 1 and 2 in our group and who they want to face!

If we end up 2nd, the Madrid DRAW or WIN means we play them.

If we beat Juve, we go 1st, do Madrid would have to LOSE to play us!

In short, if we WIN against Juve, Madrid would have to LOSE to face us in the Round of 16!

Haaland could have made it 10 all by himself, but he was not alone in missing hilt-edged chances to put it waaaay out of sight!
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Real could still be 2nd in their group with a draw with Salzburg if Al-hilal win with a 3 goal margin
 
Dates/Times of the knockouts (UK Times so people don't get confused!):

Beat Juve and Win Group

Last 16 - 1st July 2am Orlando
QF - 4th July 8pm Orlando
SF - 8th July 8pm New Jersey
Final - 13th July 8pm New Jersey

Lose/Draw to Juve and Runner Up in Group

Last 16 - 1st July 8pm Miami
QF - 5th July 9pm New Jersey
SF - 9th July 8pm New Jersey
Final - 13th July 8pm New Jersey
 
supercity88 said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. If we beat Juve, Real will end up finishing 2nd and we'll play them. If we lose or draw with Juve then Real will win their group and we'll end up playing them. We can't avoid those bastards.
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Real will struggle to finish 2nd without losing, which will probably put them out.

If they draw Al Hilal will need to score at least 3 and win by at least 2 to top the group.
 
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