A Preview , analysis and Match Up of the Quarter Finals , plus the extreme weather conditions in some venues and players welfare in the FIFA Club World Cup in USA.

The Round of 16 matches of the on going FIFA Club World Cup was concluded on July 1, with 8 teams booking their spot for the quarter finals stage which starts tomorrow July 4 .
We have seen dream match ups of the champions league finals in this up coming quarter finals . European champions , PSG takes on 2020 champions , Bayern Munich , who got the better part of them five years ago
But a lot has been going with reference to payers welfare with the extreme heat in some of the venues .
No doubt , the debut expanded format of the FIFA Club World Cup in USA has been full of thrills and turns with major upsets both on and off the field , with under dogs truimph as well as captivating support from the Americans and Arabic fans .

The football world was stunned in what they felt was a European dominated campaign has turned out to be the surprise elimination of heavy weights of the champions league .
Some of the tournaments most thrilling stories have been scripted by the South American teams mostly the Brazilian sides and the Arabian team s , Flamengo, Fluiminense , Botafogo and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia with shock defeats to European champions league winners .

Man City was bulldozed out of the campaign by Al Hilal team in a seismic upset , involving a seven goals thriller , 4-3 during the round of 16 games , while Botafogo got the better part of PSG in the group games 1-0, while Fluiminense stunned Inter Milan with 2 un replied goals in the round of 16.
Inter Miami ended the 13 year unbeaten run of European teams against other clubs of other continent s, when they beat Porto 2-1 during the group games .
Botafogo and Flamengo got memorable victories over Chelsea ,3-1 and PSG 1-0 respectively , while Palmerias got their qualifying berth with a hard fought victory over fellow Brazilians , Botafogo ,1-0.

Extreme Weather Conditions In USA.

While on the pitch games have enthralled fans , but off the pitch challenges off the pitch have not favoured the players as there growing concerns over the hosting of the 2026 World Cup in some of these vennues with harsh weather condrion s up to 33 degrees Celsius .
The American weather condrion of extreme heat and thunderstorms which even disrupted die matches during this Club World Cup , example , the Chelsea vs Benfica match in Charlotte have e raised serious issue s about rhe viability of these venues for next year’s FIFA World Cup ,2026 in North America.
Players and Coaches especially the FIIFPRO..players global welfare union are exploring possibilities of extending the time out of cooling off during matches to 20 minutes .and.mote cooling breaks to protect players from.extreme best conditions in USA
Nine out of the 16 hosting cities for the 2026 World Cup face conditions of extreme heat that will not fsvour players and will expose them.to heat related sicknesses during the world cup next year ..Hence there should more safety cooling measures in place beifr the world cup next year .

Attendance to the matches have also been under whelming especially in the Chelsea vs Benfica knockout game ,the 26,000.capacoty was stadium was empty , for matches involving European teams with South American teams and Arabic teams , providing much of the vibrancy during matches .
While the excitement is on going in the pitch there are still serious eye brows raised about tickets not bought by fans which have been left , including up coming quarter finals as well as semi finals games .
This raises the question of the suitability of the USA hosting the World Cup next year , it seems that football in America lacks popular support as well as broader appeal of football in USA .
The Fifa public relations as advertising department need to do a lot of home work before next year’s football fiesta , as it has been a long time the USA hosted the World Cup , that was in 1994, their fans needs extra terrestrial publicity and apeal as an updated as the World will gather in US for more than one month for the World Cup
The Fifa Club World Cup 2025 , have really opened up enough can of worms as well as challenges of what we will expect in next year s tourney

A Preview , analysis and Match Up of the Quarter Finals , Semi Finals as well as Finals

Fluiminense s upset spoiled any rematch of an Inter Milan vs Manchester City , while minnows ,Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia continued with the upset by eliminating Man City 4-3
The only Premeishio team remaining in the Club World Cup, Chelsea , looking forward to play the spoiler in these line up of Cinderella stories for the rest of the tournament .

Real Madrid, looking for ward for a champions league rematch , but rather met Juventus in the Round of 16 , but they have another rematch to contend with against Borrussia Dortmund who dismissed Sergio Ramos La MX , Monterrey

Below is a detailed analysis of the quarter finals as the round of 16 matches ends .

FIFA Club World Cup Bracket

Al Hilal vs Fluiminense
Chelsea vs Palmeiras

Bayern Muinich vs PSG
Borrussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid

FIFA Club World Cup Schedule Quarter Finals matches .

Friday July 4, 2025 .
Fluiminense vs Al Hilal – 3 pm ET
Palmeiras vs Chelsea – 9 pm ET

Saturday ,July 5 2025 .
PSG vs Bayern Munich – 12 pm , ET

Real Madrid vs Borrussia Dortmund . ET.

See you tomorrow ,when the first quarter finals match kicks off .

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