{"id":390234,"date":"2025-06-16T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=390234"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:22:37","slug":"fifa-club-world-cup-features-arab-brazilian-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/fifa-club-world-cup-features-arab-brazilian-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Club World Cup features Arab, Brazilian teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil and Arab countries together have nine teams in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA<\/a> Club World Cup held in the United States. They will face each other in the coming days, starting with Monday\u2019s (16) match at 10 PM (BRT) in Philadelphia, where Brazil\u2019s Flamengo will play Tunisia\u2019s Esp\u00e9rance in a Group D fixture. In the tournament\u2019s first stage, Al Ahly, Egypt\u2019s most popular club, will face Brazil\u2019s Palmeiras in a Group A match scheduled for Thursday (19) in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tournament\u2019s opening match held on Saturday (14), Al Ahly was held to a 0\u20130 draw against Inter Miami, whose squad includes stars like Argentine legend Lionel Messi. Yet to debut in the tournament, alongside Esp\u00e9rance, are Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates and Wydad Casablanca from Morocco, both in Group G, and Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia in Group H. Other Brazilian teams competing are Fluminense and Botafogo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More matches between Arab and Brazilian teams may occur starting in the round of 16, depending on how each team performs in the tournament. Over the weekend, only Al Ahly, out of the Arab teams, made its debut. Palmeiras drew 0\u20130 with Portugal\u2019s Porto on Sunday (15), the same day Botafogo defeated the Seattle Sounders 2\u20131. The competition features 32 teams from all continents, including European giants PSG, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and Bayern Munich, as well as Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate. The teams are divided into eight groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the round of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/the-top-footballers-from-the-arab-world\/\">The top footballers from the Arab world<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-390217\">\u00a9Roberto Schmidt\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The football tournament features five clubs from Arab countries and four from Brazil. Brazil\u2019s Flamengo and Tunisia\u2019s Esp\u00e9rance face off on Monday (16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":390217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[38660,13644,53508,48399,53510,53509,51625,9534,48455,53511,30856,38663,53512,53513,53514,27694,36464,53515,38665,6475,2166,53516],"class_list":{"0":"post-390234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-al-ahly-en-2","9":"tag-al-ain-en","10":"tag-al-hilal-3","11":"tag-arab-2","12":"tag-bayern-de-munique-2","13":"tag-boca-juniors-2","14":"tag-botafogo-2","15":"tag-brazil-en","16":"tag-egypt-2","17":"tag-esperance-3","18":"tag-fifa-en-2","19":"tag-flamengo-en-2","20":"tag-fluminense-2","21":"tag-inter-milan","22":"tag-lionel-messi-2","23":"tag-palmeiras-2-en","24":"tag-porto-en","25":"tag-psg-2","26":"tag-real-madrid-en","27":"tag-river-plate","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-wylad-casablanca-2"},"wps_subtitle":"The football tournament features five clubs from Arab countries and four from Brazil. 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