Today, Friday, the quarter -finals of the 2025 Club World Cup, held in the United States of America, will start today, in an atmosphere of burning between European football giants, and continental hopes suspended on the representatives of South America and Asia to break the European hegemony that has been going on for more than a decade.
Various continental representation
The qualifying teams are distributed to the quarter -finals on three continents, as Europe represents five clubs: Paris Saint -Germain, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, Germany, while South America represents the Fluminness clubs and Palmes from Brazil, while the Saudi Crescent is the only representative of the Asian continent.
Long European control
Although the Brazilian clubs took control of the first three copies of the championship, the supreme word has turned into European clubs since 2007, when the Italian Milan crowned the title of the championship for the first time for the continent of Europe. Since 2013, the cup has not left the old continent, as its team won the last 11 copies.
Real Madrid and amazing history
Real Madrid enters the championship, which is the most culminated in the history of the Club World Cup with 5 titles, followed by Barcelona with 3 titles. The English clubs also succeeded in crowning the championship 4 times, with a title of Manchester United (2008), Liverpool (2019), Chelsea (2021), and Manchester City (2023).
Arab and Asian dreams
The Arab clubs have not succeeded in winning the title before, but they reached the final 3 times through the Moroccan Raja, Al -Ain Al -Emirati, and the Saudi Hilal, who is participating today with the aim of making an unprecedented achievement by winning the first title in the history of Asia, and his gift to its fans and the entire continent.
Brazilian struggle to restore glory
Flumini and Miras team seeks to end the European monopoly and restore the title to South America after a 12 -year absence, since the last continental crowning of the hero from the Latin continent.
Paris ambitions and promoting hegemony
Paris Saint -Germain hopes to achieve its first title in the championship, after achieving a historic trilogy this season, including the French League, the French Cup and the Champions League, while Real Madrid seeks to strengthen its historical number with a sixth title. Chelsea teams, Bayern Munich and Dortmund are also betting on devoting Europe’s dominance of the world title.
