Club World Cup 2025 nears 1.5 million tickets sold milestone
The new FIFA Club World Cup™ has started with a powerful demonstration of club football’s global appeal, as over 340,000 fans have generated electric atmospheres, passionate support, and unforgettable scenes across the first three matchdays. As of Tuesday, 17 June, FIFA has sold close to 1.5 million tickets — and the momentum continues to grow, […]
Inter eye fresh start
“Football always gives you the chance to start over.” Right now, this could well be FC Internazionale Milano’s mantra. Losing the final of the UEFA Champions League 5-0 against PSG was a tough blow for Inter Milan, but the FIFA Club World Cup™ now offers a shot at redemption, both for what happened in Munich […]
Thiago Silva: I think Fluminense deserved more
Had you offered Thiago Silva a point pre-game, he’d have instantly accepted. So, too, he says, would the entire Fluminense FC squad. They got that against Borussia Dortmund – UEFA Champions League finalists only last year – in their FIFA Club World Cup™ curtain-raiser at Metlife Stadium. Given how the game played out, however, the […]
Jimmy Butler on Club World Cup impact and PSG support
Jimmy Butler went to the 2016 Olympics with one obsession and came back with another. The night before helping Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Team USA conquer the 500-gram, laurel-leafed gold medals on which he’d been fixated, he went to watch men’s football decider at the Maracana. Jimmy ‘Buckets’ was transfixed watching Neymar […]
Kobel outlines where Dortmund must improve
If Borussia Dortmund are to make a deep run in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, goalkeeper Gregor Kobel believes that the energy levels and intensity will need to go up a few notches. The Switzerland international delivered a top performance for the Germans in their Group F opener against Fluminense FC, helping his side […]
River overcome determined Reds
CA River Plate 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds | Group E CA River Plate Goals: Facundo Colidio (12), Sebastian Driussi (48), Maximiliano Meza (73) Urawa Red Diamonds Goal: Yusuke Matsuo 58 (pen) River Plate made a perfect start by holding off a spirited, second-half comeback from Urawa Red Diamonds in their FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ […]
Rayners reigns supreme for Sundowns
Ulsan HD 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns FC | Group F Goal: Iqraam Rayners (36) Mamelodi Sundowns FC surged to the top of Group F after a first-half strike from Iqraam Rayners secured a deserved victory over Ulsan HD to begin their FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ campaign in style. Following the goalless draw between Fluminense FC […]
Musiala leading Top Goal Scorer race
Jamal Musiala has surged into an early lead in the race to be named Top Goal Scorer presented by Bank of America at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. The FC Bayern München man stepped off the bench in the second half of the 10-0 romp against Auckland City FC to bag a rapid hat-trick, […]
Fantasy Focus: The Muller and Musiala show
Clear skies broke over Cincinnatti but on the TQL Stadium turf, it was raining fantasy points on day two of the FIFA Club World Cup™. Remarkably, half a dozen FC Bayern München stars bagged double-figure returns to handsomely reward owners that had invested heavily – including many who targeted this fixture with the 12th man […]
Jo eager to repeat Germany heroics against Dortmund
For Korea Republic goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo, 2020 was a tough year. Before the start of the season, he transferred from Daegu FC, the club where he made his professional debut, to Ulsan HD, one of the top contenders for the K League 1 title. Jo went on to deliver outstanding performances in his first season […]