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The top 8 of the Club World Cup: The top 16 matches are clear, the European team is ready to take off, and may occupy 7 seats

4:11am, 1 July 2025Football

After 13 days of 48 games, the new Club World Cup officially decided to advance to the knockout round, including as many as 9 teams from Europe, 4 teams from South America, 1 Asian team and 2 Central and North America, and the African teams were wiped out. With the quarterfinals of 16 out, there will even be 7 European teams in the quarterfinals of 8.

There are 32 teams participating in the new version of the Club World Cup. Considering the strength of European football, they won a total of 12 places. Although these teams encountered certain obstacles in the group stage, most of them still qualified for the knockout round. Porto and Red Bull Salzburg returned home in the group stage, but Atletico Madrid's exit was a bit unexpected.

However, there are still 9 teams that dominate the knockout stage. Judging from the distribution of matchups, there is a clear gap between the opponents in Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Dortmund's top 16. Miami International where Messi is located is already an over-complete task to be able to break through the group stage. Their weak defense is likely to be unable to stop the offensive line led by Due and Kvaratshelia. Manchester City is the only team in the group stage to win three consecutive games. Reindes, Nuri, Sherki, and others who just joined not long ago also played the plug-and-play function. Blue Moon is once again ranked in the top three in the latest championship odds; even though Riyadh Crescent has the top Asian lineup and Inzaghi is in charge, it seems difficult to stop the Blue Moon facing the recovery.

Dorte's hard power is naturally not comparable to Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City. As long as it performs normally, it is not a big problem to pass Monterrey; at the same time, the situation includes Inter Milan and Bayern. Two European giants are likely to get tickets to the top 8. Chelsea plays Benfica and Real Madrid faces Juventus. No matter who wins and who loses, European teams will definitely get at least two qualifications to advance.

At the beginning of the Club World Cup, there were many voices from the outside world who believed that the Club World Cup would eventually become the "Champions League"; after qualifying, the situation was quite different. If nothing unexpected happens, it is a great probability that European teams will get 7 promotions in the quarterfinals. Even if they lose, they will be eliminated in an upset way. Neither they are the South American Liberators Championships in the League One, nor are they Miami International or Riyadh Crescent.

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