FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Real enters the "death" bracket in the round of 16

Real Madrid and Al Hilal had important victories in the final round of Group H to win the last two tickets to the round of 16.

Vinicius Junior shines to send Real Madrid into the round of 16 of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Source: Getty Images

The Spanish Royal team beat FC Salzburg 3-0 in a "life and death" match for both teams.

In the match at the same time, Salem Al-Dawsari and Marcos Leonardo took turns scoring to help Al Hilal defeat Pachuca 2-0 to narrowly escape the narrow door to advance.

With this result, Real Madrid won first place in Group H with 7 points, while Al Hilal ranked second in the group with 5 points.

Al Hilal are also the only Asian representatives to continue their journey after Urawa Red Diamonds, Al Ain and Ulsan HD were eliminated.

In Group G, the much-anticipated match ended with Man City's resounding 5-2 victory over Juventus.

This is the first time since 1976 that the blue team from Manchester has defeated the "Old Lady". This victory helped Man City become the only team to win all 3 group stage matches, ranking above Juventus in Group G.

Previously, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup also determined 12 other teams participating in the next round, including Palmeiras, Inter Miami (Group A), Paris Saint-Germain, Botafogo FR (Group B), Benfica, Bayern Munich (Group C), Flamengo and Chelsea (Group D), Inter Milan, Monterrey (Group E), Borussia Dortmund, Fluminense (Group F), Manchester City and Juventus (Group G).

According to the bracket, with the top position in Group H, Real Madrid will face Juventus in the round of 16. This is considered a very difficult challenge for Coach Xabi Alonso and his team.

In addition to Real Madrid and Juventus, this bracket also includes other strong teams such as Champions League defending champion Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

The remaining bracket is not easy at all. Man City is highly appreciated after convincing victories in the group stage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. Pep Guardiola's team's chance to continue is very high when their opponent in the round of 16 is only Asian representative Al Hilal.

The other 3 matches of the bracket promise to be very tense as the teams are quite evenly matched.

Palmeiras and Botafogo will battle it out in the Brazilian football derby for the first ticket to the quarter-finals.

Benfica and Chelsea will also have to enter a "European civil war" to determine the winner.

The remaining match will be a battle between Europe and South America as Inter Milan take on Brazilian side Fluminense.

According to the schedule, the matches of the 1/8 round of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will take place from June 28 to July 2. The opening match of this round is the Palmeiras-Botafogo match and the closing match is the Borussia Dortmund-Monterrey match.

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