2 wins Europe South America has not won the European history for 13 years Boca wins South America s first defeat

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Xiaozhong reported in the first round of the Club World Cup group stage, six participating teams in South America remained unbeaten. In the second round of the Club World Cup group stage, 4 South American teams have played so far. The 2024 Libertadoes Cup champion Botafogo has revealed the biggest upset in this Club World Cup so far, beating the 2024/25 new Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. South American teams, which have been unbeatable for 13 years since Corinthian defeated Chelsea 1-0 to win the championship, won the championship. Afterwards, Flamenco reversed Chelsea 3-1 and won the second victory of the South American team against European teams in this Club World Cup. With two wins in two games, Flamenco also became the first team to qualify in this Club World Cup.

Flamengo fell behind with one goal, and Bruno Enrique, who came on the bench, equalized the score.

Palmeiras defeated Cairo nationals 2-0, and the Boca youth once stubbornly equalized the score when they were behind 1-0, but Bayern was still better and finally won 2-1, qualifying early for two games. Boca's defeat was the first loss of the South American team in this Club World Cup, and also set the South American team's unbeaten record in this Club World Cup in 9 games.

As of now, South American teams have played 6 times with European teams. In the first round of the group stage, Palmeiras in Group A tied Porto 0-0, Boca youth in Group C tied Benfica 2-2, and Fluminense in Group F tied Dortmund 0-0. In the second round of the group stage, Botaforgo of Group B defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0, Flamenco of Group D defeated Chelsea 3-1, and Boca of Group C lost to Bayern 1-2. Six times against European teams, South American teams won 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

South American team's other 4 games, Botafogo in Group B beats Seattle Bayer 2-1, Flamenco in Group D beats Tunisia Hope 2-0, Riverbed in Group E beats Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1, and Palmeiras in Group A beats Cairo Nationals 2-0. The results of South American teams against four teams, including North America, Africa and Asia, were all wins in four games. As of the current 10 games, South American teams have 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

In the Champions League final, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Milan 5-0 to win the championship. In the first round of Group B of the Club World Cup group stage, Paris Saint-Germain beat Atletico Madrid 4-0. In another game in the first round of Group B, Botaforgo only narrowly defeated the Seattle Bayer 2-1. Therefore, many people believe that Botaforgo, like the Seattle Bayerns, is just a role in accompanying the prince to study. In the battle against Paris Saint-Germain on June 19, Botaforgo won and won. But unexpectedly, Botaforgo's defense was extremely tenacious and extremely successful. In the 36th minute, taking advantage of the rare counterattack opportunity, forward Igor Jesus passed the level alone and cut his throat with one sword. Brazilian and international media praised this victory for Botafogo as a "historic victory."

Paris Saint-Germain played against Botafogo, and Paris Saint-Germain had an absolute advantage, which also reflects the huge gap between South American teams and the top European teams. In possession time, Paris Saint-Germain is 68%, and Botaforgo is only 24%. Paris Saint-Germain shot 15 times, while Botaforgo only had 4 times. The number of shots can be directed, Paris Saint-Germain 2 times, but Botafogo shots all of them directly.

European teams tied or lost, and liked to make excuses for themselves. There are several excuses: the weather in the United States is too hot, while the summer in Europe is not that hot, European teams are not adaptable, American teams are relatively more adaptable; European football is in the New Year's Eve system, a tense and busy high-intensity season just ended, and the teams came to play the Club World Cup before they had time to rest. European teams were too tired, while American teams, especially South American teams, mostly single-year competition system, and now in the middle of the season, the team is in good shape; European teams do not pay much attention to the Club World Cup; in addition, there is also the time difference factor, North American teams are fighting at home, and South American teams are almost in the same zone, and time zone factors have a greater impact on European teams.

Europeans say this makes sense, but there are also problems. The Europeans did not mention that they were the richest and included all the top experts in the world. All the top players in South America have gone to Europe. It is even more commendable that the remaining good players can challenge European teams in the Club World Cup and even win in the battle. And since they participated in the Club World Cup, can European teams not pay attention to it? Can you not want to win?

Indeed, in the second game of the group stage, both Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea made four or five personnel rotations. But after falling behind 0-1, Paris Saint-Germain replaced the main players such as Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves and Fabian Ruiz, but still failed to score and failed to win in the end. Even if there was a rotation, Chelsea still shouldn't have lost to Flamengo 1-3.

Regarding why Botaforgo could defeat Paris Saint-Germain, after the game, the Portuguese head coach of the Brazilian League team, Renato Paiva, gave an explanation. He said that Botafogo used his own way to cure himself and won Paris Saint-Germain with overall football.

Renato Pyva said: "I think we killed Paris Saint-Germain with the same poison as they used. They are a great team, everyone plays together, they are united, everyone defends, everyone attacks, it is the biggest mystery of Paris Saint-Germain. So we use the same poison to deal with them. They fight that way and win. We do the same in this game."

Renato Pyva

Renato Pyva

Renato Pyva

Nato Peva continued: "Tactical, we did it perfectly. It's a game where you want to control the ball and take the initiative to attack, but we also have to know who the opponent is and how it plays. Paris Saint-Germain is the best team in the world today because it is the most comprehensive. When playing against them, you have to play smart. We have less time to control the ball, so we need to be resilient."

Our team lost, but at the post-match press conference, Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique did not make excuses. He congratulated Botaforgo on the winning streak and praised the Baltic League as the best team to defend against it. This attitude of the Spanish coach also won praise from the Brazilian media.

Luis Enrique said: "Over the whole season, the opponents we encountered in Ligue 1 and the Champions League were included. Botaforgo was the best team to defend against us. They played very efficiently and always maintained the possibility of offense and defense conversion until Igor Jesus scored that great goal. That goal boosted their morale and we failed to create the opportunity we could create against a low-level defensive team. Botaforgo did a great job, and I would like to congratulate them for this."

In recent years, Portuguese coaches have become popular, and the Brazilian team has become a fashion for asking Portuguese coaches. Joje Jesus coaches Flamenco and Abel Ferreira coaches Palmeiras, both of which have achieved impressive results. One of the reasons Brazil's national team has not performed well in recent years is that Brazil does not have a good coach. Looking at South American football, in addition to Brazil, there are nine other national teams in South America, basically all of Argentine coaches. However, in this Club World Cup, Brazilian local coaches have made themselves famous with good results.

First in the first round of Group F, Flumenensee, coached by Brazilian coach Renato Gaucho, drew 0-0 with Dortmund in the Bundesliga. According to statistics from FIFA's official website, in that game, Fluminense controlled 45% of the time and Dortmund 47%, and the two teams almost equally. In terms of the number of shots, the Brazilian teams have 14 times and the Bundesliga teams have 7 times. The number of shots was positive, Fluminense 6 times, and Dortmund 3 times. The score is 0-0, but Fluminense has the advantage. If the goalkeeper had not performed well, Dortmund would have lost.

Many people think that against Paris Saint-Germain, Botafogo will become the first South American team to lose against European teams and the first South American team to lose in this Club World Cup. But Botafogo was upset and won 1-0. Botafogo and Flamenco are both Rio teams, and there is hostility between the fans of the two teams. Botaforgo won the ball, and the pressure was given to Flamengo. If you lose to Chelsea and become the first South American and Brazilian team to lose in this Club World Cup, fans of other strong teams in Rio, especially those of Botafogo, will definitely mock Flamengo. However, Flamenco won, and it was a 3-1 comeback.

Flamengo's head coach is Brazil and Atletico Madrid's former left-back Felipe Luis. He played for a year at Chelsea in the 2013/14 season but failed to gain a foothold at Stamford Bridge. At the end of 2023, Felipe Louis hung up his boots in flamenco and served as the head coach of the flamenco U17 and U20 youth teams in the first half of last year. He only took charge of the first team of Flamengo in September last year.

As a player, Louis Phillipe played in Europe for nearly 15 years. Before and after, he played in Brazil for another seven or eight years. To make a comparison of the level of football in Europe and South America and even Brazil, Philippe Luis is eligible.

At the post-war press conference against Chelsea, Felipe Luis said: "In world football, there is a group of elite teams, they have 8 to 10 teams, and they are much better than other teams. Apart from these elite teams, Brazilian teams are at the same level as the European Group 2. It is obvious that those elite teams are much better than us, but on the court, anyone can win. (The outstanding performance of South American teams) surprised me because I know The level of European teams, especially elite teams, is so high. I am surprised to have such a result, but South American teams are very competitive. "The Boca Youth is not surprising to be the first South American team to lose in this Club World Cup, because its opponent Bayern is too strong and belongs to what Philippe Louis calls the unique elite team group in the world football world.

According to statistics from FIFA official website, Bayern played against Boca, with the former possessing the ball for as high as 64%, while Boca only had 26%. Boca is at an absolute disadvantage and relied on Uruguayan striker Miguel Merentire's wonderful personal breakthrough to tie the score. The goal Bayern won was to pass multiple passes inside and outside the penalty area and scored with Olisse's left foot, showing Bayern's absolute advantage in passing control.

However, Boca, who has 1 draw and 1 loss in 2 games, still has a chance to qualify. The Portuguese Super League team is afraid of the German team. In the last round of the group, if Benfica loses to Bayern, Boca only needs to beat Auckland City and have more goals than Benfica, and can qualify as the second in the group.