US EditionMurky marketing part of the game as FIFA Club World Cup drops in South Philly
- Philadelphia hosted the first of eight matches in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Lincoln Financial Field beginning Monday night.
- The tournament expanded to 32 top club teams worldwide and will hold over 63 games in 11 cities, serving as a lead-up to next summer's World Cup.
- Flamengo from Brazil, a 2022 Copa Libertadores winner, faced Tunisian side Espérance Sportive de Tunis, the CAF Champions League titleholder, in the opening group stage game.
- Attendance for the match was recorded at 60,927, and tickets started as low as $27, with Lincoln Financial Field also hosting multiple group-stage games and a quarterfinal.
- The event tested Philadelphia's capacity for global hosting and gained FIFA's cautious praise, though some viewed the tournament as financially motivated and controversial.
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The Killeen Daily Herald
Luiz Araujo leads Flamengo to a 2-0 win over Esperance de Tunis at Club World Cup
Luiz Araujo and Giorgian de Arrascaeta each scored a goal and Flamengo beat Esperance Sportive de Tunis 2-0 in the Club World Cup. After dominating possession for 17 minutes, de Arrascaeta opened the scoring after finishing off a cross from…
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Murky marketing part of the game as FIFA Club World Cup drops in South Philly
Global soccer is about to come to Philadelphia. It’s going to bring with it all the attention and controversy of a FIFA branded event, one year before the World Cup comes to town. Philadelphia will host the first of its eight matches in the FIFA Club World Cup on Monday, when Brazilian club Flamengo and Tunisian side Esperance Sportive de Tunis come to town for a group stage game. It will, as is expected, herald both excitement and controversy. …
Flamengo defeated for 2 to 0 Tunisia's Esperance in the Financial Field of Philadelphia, in a match corresponding to the first date of Group D of the World Cup of Clubs 2025. In a first time when the South American group dominated the ball and noticed it uncomfortable to attack against a rival who closed the spaces, Giorgian De Arrascaeta was in charge of opening the scoreboard for the Rio de Janeiro painting. The Uruguayan flyer received a pass…
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