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Check out all the fixtures, results and venues for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, including the knockout bracket.

FIFPRO has raised concerns over the effect of intense heat during the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States by saying that two games -- Paris Saint-Germain-Atlético Madrid and Chelsea-Esperance -- should have been postponed due to extreme heat.

James Olley reacts to Chelsea's 4-1 win over Benfica after a two-hour weather delay.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca questioned the choice of the U.S. as host of the Club World Cup and branded the two-hour weather delay in his team's win over Benfica as "a joke."

In the end, Chelsea triumphed in a match that ended a full four hours and 38 minutes after it began. "For me ... it's not football," an enraged Enzo Maresca said afterward.

Chelsea scored three times in the second period of extra time to beat 10-man Benfica 4-1 in their weather-affected last 16 Club World Cup clash.

The Club World Cup group stage is complete and the knockouts begin this Saturday. So let's review the good and bad of the tournament so far, and make some picks for who wins it all on July 13.

We're heading into the knockout rounds of the 2025 Club World Cup as the field of 32 splits in half this week. With updated odds and projections, here's why every remaining team will or won't win this thing.

Benfica defender Nicolás Otamendi has said he doesn't expect Argentina teammate Lionel Messi to miss the 2026 World Cup.

Benfica president Rui Costa says his club has not received an offer from Real Madrid for Spanish left-back Álvaro Carreras.
Liga Portugal Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sporting CP | 34 | +61 | 82 |
2 | Benfica | 34 | +56 | 80 |
3 | FC Porto | 34 | +35 | 71 |
4 | Braga | 34 | +25 | 66 |
5 | Santa Clara | 34 | +4 | 57 |
6 | Guimaraes | 34 | +10 | 54 |
7 | FC Famalicao | 34 | +5 | 47 |
8 | Estoril | 34 | -5 | 46 |
9 | Casa Pia | 34 | -5 | 45 |
10 | Moreirense | 34 | -8 | 40 |
11 | Rio Ave | 34 | -16 | 38 |
12 | Arouca | 34 | -14 | 38 |
13 | Gil Vicente | 34 | -13 | 34 |
14 | C.D. Nacional | 34 | -18 | 34 |
15 | Estrela | 34 | -26 | 29 |
16 | AVS | 34 | -35 | 27 |
17 | SC Farense | 34 | -21 | 27 |
18 | Boavista | 34 | -35 | 24 |
Team Leaders
Top Scorers
# | Player | Goals | M | A |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Vangelis Pavli.. | 19 | 34 | 7 |
17 | Kerem Aktürkog.. | 11 | 30 | 9 |
27 | Bruma | 8 | 27 | 7 |
Top Assists
# | Player | Assists | M | G |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 | Kerem Aktürkog.. | 9 | 30 | 11 |
14 | Vangelis Pavli.. | 7 | 34 | 19 |
10 | Orkun Kökçü | 7 | 33 | 7 |