FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16 Fixtures
June 28, 23:00, Palmeiras vs Botafogo
3am June 29: Benfica vs Chelsea
11pm June 29: PSG vs Inter Miami
3am June 30: Flamengo vs Bayern Munich
2am July 1: Inter Milan vs Fluminense
8am July 1: Man City vs Al Hilal
2:00 a.m. July 2: Real Madrid vs Juventus
8am July 2: Dortmund vs Monterrey
Highlight Al Hilal 2-0 Pachuca
At the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Asian representatives performed very poorly. They were far inferior to their opponents in the same group. The two clubs Urawa Reds (Japan) and Ulsan HD (South Korea) disappointed when they lost all three matches.
Al Hilal is the only Asian team to advance from the group stage of the FIFA Club World Cup (Photo: Getty).
Al Ain (UAE) were eliminated after only two matches. However, the West Asian team also recovered a little when they won 2-1 against Wydad in the formal match in Group G.
In that context, Al Hilal is considered the only bright spot of Asian football at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Just before the tournament, the Saudi Arabian club appointed coach Simone Inzaghi from Inter Milan. Nearly a month ago, he had just reached the Champions League final with Inter.
In a short time, coach Inzaghi has transformed Al Hilal into a team that plays extremely solid defense. After a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the opening match, Al Hilal drew 0-0 with Salzburg, before winning 2-0 against Pachuca this morning.
Thus, Al Hilal won the ticket to continue with the second position in Group H with 5 points, 2 points behind the leading team Real Madrid.
What is impressive is that Al Hilal only conceded 1 goal in the group stage, no other club conceded less. That shows that coach Inzaghi is gradually turning this club into another version of Inter.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is one of Al Hilal's best players (Photo: Getty).
In the round of 16, Al Hilal will face a formidable challenge from Man City. Pep Guardiola's team showed their strength as a championship candidate by winning all 9 points and scoring 13 goals (the most in the group stage).
However, Al Hilal is also a team worth looking forward to when owning a squad of famous players in Europe such as Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Yassine Bounou, Malcom, Joao Cancelo, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Moreover, they are always dangerous with their lurking defensive style of play.
In the group stage, Al Hilal shocked Real Madrid by drawing. They can hope to repeat the same against Man City.
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