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Brazilian clubs fill the knockout bracket

All four sides make second round, with one guaranteed to reach final eight

Updated: 2025-06-27 10:27
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Fluminense midfielder Martinelli (top) fights for the ball with Mamelodi Sundowns defender Keanu Cupido during a FIFA Club World Cup Group F match in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday. AFP

SAO PAULO — One clear and unexpected force has materialized as the group stage of the Club World Cup comes to a close: Brazil.

Flamengo, Palmeiras, Botafogo and Fluminense — all recent Copa Libertadores winners — have advanced to the knockouts, each one going toe-to-toe with European powerhouses and exciting tens of millions of fans back home.

There's renewed hope after years of defeats against European teams in FIFA competitions.

Flamengo and Palmeiras topped their groups — Flamengo stunned Chelsea 3-1 to become the first team to qualify for the knockout rounds. Botafogo, which shocked Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain, and Fluminense qualified in second place.

"Our first objective was the round-of-16, but that isn't the final objective," Fluminense midfielder Jhon Arias said Wednesday after his side's 0-0 draw with South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns. All four clubs from Brazil have similar expectations for the knockout stage.

Botafogo and Palmeiras will face off on Saturday, a game that guarantees at least one Brazilian club a spot in the quarterfinals, and Flamengo takes on Bayern Munich on Sunday.

Fluminense, meanwhile, will face Champions League finalist Inter Milan on Tuesday.

Corinthians was the last Brazilian club to win the world club title, beating Chelsea in 2012.

That tournament format was much smaller than the current 32-team competition, which now features clubs from five continents.

New optimism

Reigning Copa Libertadores champion Botafogo produced the biggest group-stage upset with its June 19 win over PSG. Brazilian fans and soccer pundits had expected the French and European champion to bulldoze the Carioca side, which has had an up and down year.

"Botafogo was the team that best defended against us in the entire season," PSG coach Luis Enrique said. "They deserved it."

Two factors have helped Brazilian clubs: They're halfway through the season, unlike the European clubs which have already wrapped up their domestic schedules, and they're familiar with the kind of heat that has blanketed the tournament.

Still, Brazilian coaches, executives, players and fans weren't showing much optimism before the tournament began. That has also changed, as Flamengo fans showed in Philadelphia by chanting "the time is coming" for Bayern Munich, after the German club was confirmed as their next opponent.

"The cemetery of football is full of favorites," Botafogo coach Renato Paiva said after his side's victory over the European champion. "Almost nobody can openly face PSG. Could I try that? I could, but that was a big risk in a competition of this kind."

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca said he wasn't surprised by his team's loss to Flamengo. The Brazilians controlled the match and had nine shots on goal compared with just four from the English club.

Atletico Madrid's late 1-0 win over Botafogo was the only defeat for a Brazilian club in the group stage.

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