2025 CWC

6 additional minutes for Boca to avoid humiliation

 

Watched Benfica beat Bayern for the first time in their history in 96 degree heat and it was a great game!

 

Game over

Auckland City 1-1 Boca Juniors

 

Was like watching USMNT against any team that bunkers.

 

Did Auckland City use their pros and Boca their amateurs or vice versa?

 

As bad as it was for Boca they were eliminated already so it's arguably cooler that the underdog got a goal and a result.

 

Auckland City FC took some real inspiration from Ted Lasso vs Boca Juniors

 

Well this all depends on Fifa's ultimate goal is. Do they simply want to scrape UEFA's knees or do they want to cut UEFA off at their nuts?

If its' the latter Fifa could hold this thing every two years and come up with some qualification scenarios for league champs from the biggest leagues in the world. Or they have the CWC every 4 years, and then have qualification 2 leg playoffs between league winners or something. Expand to 48 teams, keep the original qualification for the 32 clubs like this years edition, and then hold those 2 leg playoffs to determine the other 16 teams.

Don't underestimate Fifa's desire to knock UEFA down a few pegs, and also sifon off some money from their cash flow as well.

 

Nice to see Auckland City with a positive result in what is probably their last CWC match ever.

 

Why last?

 

Why are the Europeans whining non stop about the weather and the fields? Everyone is playing in the same weather. Everyone is playing on the same fields. And do they think it'll be much cooler when Brazil or Spain hosts? Just unbearable whining from both fans and players. Expect much more of this next year.

 

Pro sides from nz will be eligible by next time.

 

Well to be fair if it was Brazil, then yes as it's the beginning of their winter.

 

Gol de LAFC.

 

Flamengo gets one back.

 

Manaus is hot year round.

 

Benfica won their group. I think we wrote off the entire Portuguese league based on one result against Miami.

 

Yea but about 10-15° less this week looking at the 10 day forecast. It's a big country though.

 

The first official hydration break was in Manaus at the 2014 World Cup.

 

Well Boca which couldn't beat an amateur team also had a 2-0 lead on them at one point and held on to a draw.

 

I'm impressed with your trivia skills. To bad we're not at a bar and able to win some cold Michelob Ultra drafts, sponsors of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup.

 

Should have brought Boca Seniors instead of the youth squad.

 

In summary - for LAFC. They excelled when they got the MLS Leagues Cup treatment in the play-in against Club America. Not so much once they got the Liga MX Leagues Cup treatment in the tournament proper.

(I.e. three different away venues in nine days)

 

Good results against Chelsea and Flamengo. Bad half day at the office in the second half against Tunis.

Overall slightly worse than expected.

 

Auckland City player Christian Gray returning to his school where he's a teacher, after scoring a goal in the Club World Cuppic.twitter.com/VDxBydXRr5

— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) June 24, 2025