'Death' bracket at FIFA Club World Cup

Bayern's historic defeat to Benfica In the early morning of June 25, Benfica defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 to take the top spot in Group C, FIFA Club World Cup 2025™.

In the early morning of June 25, Benfica defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 to take the top spot in Group C of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. The Portuguese representative will face the second team in Group D in the round of 16. With the current situation, Flamengo has already secured the top spot in Group D, while Chelsea has many advantages to take the second place.

The defeat to Benfica was disastrous for Bayern, as it pushed the German team into a draw that included PSG and potentially Inter Milan, Manchester City, and Real Madrid. The winner of the Bayern-Flamengo tie will face the winner of the PSG-Inter Miami tie in the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, if the situation in groups E, G and H remains unchanged after the final round of matches, Inter Milan (second in Group E) will meet the first team in Group F in the round of 16, while Real Madrid (first in Group H) will meet Manchester City (second in Group G) in the round of 16.

The winner of the Group H and Group G match in the round of 16 will face the winner of the Group F and Group E match.

PSG and Bayern are likely to meet in the quarter-finals (black matches are hypothetical based on the current standings).

With the current situation, the prospect that Inter or Man City will not fall into the same bracket as PSG or Bayern is that these two clubs must win the top spot after the final round of matches.

Currently, Inter (4 points) are behind River Plate (also 4 points) in terms of goal difference in Group E. The same thing happens to Man City (6 points), when they are behind Juventus (6 points) in terms of goal difference in Group G.

However, if Man City win the top spot in Group G, Bayern and PSG's bracket will also welcome Juventus, a team in extremely high form.

If Real Madrid want to avoid the draw with PSG and Bayern, they will have to give up the top spot in Group H to finish second, which is unlikely. Real Madrid currently have four points after two matches, ahead of Salzburg (also on four points) on goal difference. However, even if Real finish second, they will still have to face the top team in Group G (either Juventus or Manchester City).

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