Club World Cup updates, odds: PSG, Bayern Munich start strong

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is disconnected and running, with 3 beardown days of amusive and play already successful the books. So let's get you caught up with what you missed and what's up contiguous and tomorrow.

Check successful with ESPN passim the tourney arsenic we bring you the latest from the tourney each the mode up to the last astatine MetLife Stadium connected July 13.

The lead: PSG prime up wherever they near off

PASADENA, Calif. -- Atlético Madrid brag Diego Simeone fell to his knees connected the Rose Bowl touchline, caput successful his hands, arsenic striker Alexander Sørloth missed a aureate accidental -- unsocial astatine the acold post, with Paris Saint-Germain keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma beaten -- to enactment his broadside backmost successful the match. It was the benignant of accidental Sørloth buries successful LaLiga, wherever helium ended the play connected fire, scoring 7 goals successful 4 games. But present successful Pasadena, his changeable flew implicit the bar, and with it went Atlético's chances of getting thing from this opening crippled successful Group B.

Atlético were 2-0 down astatine that point; it ended 4-0. A lucifer that was billed arsenic the archetypal "big clash" of the Club World Cup -- possibly a small Eurocentrically -- was alternatively a stroll astatine the Rose Bowl for PSG. The UEFA Champions League winners were acold superior: controlling possession (74.2%), moving relentlessly hard disconnected the ball, and creating amended chances (13 successful total, to Atlético's four). Fabián Ruiz and Vitinha scored 2 classy first-half goals, exploiting immoderate slack defending, earlier substitutes Senny Mayulu and Lee Kang-In made definite the last scoreline reflected PSG's existent dominance.

A midday kickoff and hard stadium entree meant galore fans were inactive making their mode into the vast, factual arena successful the 19th infinitesimal erstwhile Ruiz enactment PSG ahead. Crowds of implicit 90,000 person filled the stadium for FIFA World Cup finals. Here, the authoritative attendance, eventually, was an awesome 80,619. Walking astir the concourse pre-match, seeing the fig of PSG shirts, and listening to the sound inside, it felt similar galore of them were supporting the European champions.

It was hot: 29 degrees Celsius astatine noon, and 32 by half-time. PSG brag Luis Enrique said it was a crippled "defined by the heat" but, arsenic Simeone admitted, that applied to some teams, and lone Atlético's show was sluggish. From kick-off, determination were grumbles from Atlético-supporting Spanish journalists successful the property box, questioning the team's deficiency of intensity. It felt much preseason affable than season-defining tournament.

The champion of Atlético came astatine either extremity of the pitch: from Julián Álvarez, who had a extremity disallowed, and goalkeeper Jan Oblak, who kept the scoreline somewhat respectable, tipping 1 changeable from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia onto the crossbar. The worst was defender Clément Lenglet, who inexplicably backed disconnected player-of-the-match Vitinha arsenic helium precocious to people PSG's second, and was aboriginal sent off.

PSG's triumph was collective; different objection of Luis Enrique's triumph successful molding a brilliantly cohesive, seamless team. Every subordinate delivered and the injured Ousmane Dembélé was not missed.

"The nine is hungry, the fans are hungry, and the players are hungry," Luis Enrique said postmatch. They haven't been sated by winning the Champions League. And this was a effect that -- if they weren't already -- instantly installed them among the favorites to triumph this competition. -- Alex Kirkland

Today's apical Club World Cup news

• PSG privation to marque 'more history' astatine Club World Cup
• Estêvão: Chelsea determination 'a dream' but focused connected CWC
• Inter Milan's Taremi stuck successful Iran, volition miss Club World Cup

Sights and sounds astir FIFA Club World Cup

Man City flying nether the radar successful Florida

BOCA RATON, Florida -- Manchester City are keeping a debased illustration astatine their grooming basal successful Boca Raton. Using the facilities astatine Lynn University, there's thing to suggest a Premier League squad are determination but for a fewer nine crests astir 1 of the shot fields.

Players and unit aren't utilizing marked buses to get to and from the squad hotel, and alternatively the nine person hired coaches from FloridaTours.com. There were lone a fistful of cameras contiguous for City's archetypal grooming league connected Friday greeting and they were outnumbered by section constabulary who arrived connected motorcycles to guarantee information was successful hand.

On the different broadside of the Lynn campus, children of assorted ages are taking connected activities arsenic portion of a summertime camp, blissfully unaware that Phil Foden and Erling Haaland are lone a fewer feet away. City are flying nether the radar successful Florida. Probably conscionable however City brag Pep Guardiola likes it. -- Rob Dawson

Star subordinate of the day

Jamal Musiala

It whitethorn not person been the toughest crippled he'll ever play, but the Bayern Munich playmaker scored a 23-minute chapeau instrumentality aft coming successful arsenic a 2nd fractional sub successful Sunday's 10-0 rout of Auckland City. Musiala is the contiguous and aboriginal for Bayern Munich, committing to a caller declaration backmost successful February that volition support him astatine the Allianz Arena done 2030, and is the antheral who volition pb this ongoing rebuild of a titan successful transition.

Sunday's comfy triumph showed the champion of the 23-year-old and -- portion tougher trials and tribulations are inevitably successful his aboriginal -- you tin bash worse than enjoying the present and now. Having torn his hamstring successful April and missing the run-in, Sunday marked an contiguous instrumentality to fittingness and signifier for Musiala. His archetypal extremity was a neat curving effort acold excessively bully for keeper Conor Tracey, with a punishment and opportunistic decorativeness rounding retired his day. Though respective Bayern players stood retired connected a sunny day astatine Cincinnati's TQO Stadium, Musiala deserves his flowers successful peculiar aft a bumpy extremity to the 2024-25 season. -- James Tyler

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Did Bayern Munich disrespect Auckland City with 10-0 win?

Frank Leboeuf reacts to Bayern Munich's 10-0 triumph against Auckland City astatine the Club World Cup.

Match previews, likelihood for Tuesday

Chelsea vs. LAFC (Atlanta, GA; 3 p.m. ET)

Odds (via ESPN BET): Chelsea (-550), Draw (+550), LAFC (+950)

Neither squad has had overmuch mentation time, fixed LAFC lone qualified for the tourney connected June 1 aft winning a play-off against Club America. The spot became disposable erstwhile FIFA kicked retired Club Leon owed to being portion of the aforesaid ownership radical arsenic different squad successful the competition: Mexican broadside Pachuca. Chelsea get connected a precocious having finished 4th successful the Premier League earlier winning the UEFA Conference League. New striker Liam Delap volition privation to impressment aft completing a £30 cardinal determination from Ipswich Town and is aiming to pb Chelsea's attack, pursuing successful the footsteps of, among others, LAFC guardant Olivier Giroud. The 38-year-old spent 3 years astatine Stamford Bridge up to 2021. LAFC are underdogs but tin instrumentality assurance from a 10-game unbeaten tally crossed each competitions. -- James Olley

Boca Juniors vs. Benfica (Miami, FL; 6 p.m. ET)

Odds (via ESPN BET): Boca Juniors (+380, Draw (+280), Benfica (-140)

Boca Juniors participate the Club World Cup with a caller caput manager arsenic Miguel Angel Russo returns for his 3rd stint with the Argentine giants. He antecedently led the squad successful 2007 and 2020-21, inspiring Boca to the Copa Libertadores trophy and 3 different titles. Though Boca are coming disconnected a second-place decorativeness successful the archetypal signifier of the Argentine league and a quarterfinal exit successful the playoffs, Benfica should beryllium the favorites heading into the lucifer aft concluding the 2024-25 play successful 2nd spot with 80 points successful 34 games.

The Portuguese squad whitethorn beryllium stronger passim the 90 minutes, but thousands of Boca fans person made the travel to Miami to guarantee the Argentine nine spot an vantage disconnected the field. -- Lizzy Becherano

Flamengo vs. Esperance de Tunis (Philadelphia, PA; 9 p.m. ET)

Odds (via ESPN BET): Flamengo (-300), Draw (+425), Esperance (+700)

Eighteen years aft leaving Brazil for Italy, Jorginho returns to the state of his commencement successful style, astatine the biggest nine of all: Flamengo. The erstwhile Arsenal prima volition beryllium handed the keys to a midfield with plentifulness of creativity and method ability, with the likes of Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Gerson. Flamengo are historically Brazil's astir fashionable nine and their blend of veterans (many of them hardened successful Europe, specified arsenic Danilo, Alex Sandro and Luiz Araujo) marque them 1 of the toughest South American teams successful the competition. They instrumentality connected Esperance broadside who person not been shy astir attracting endowment from crossed Africa (South Africa guardant Elias Mokwana and Nigeria midfielder Onuche Ogbelu) arsenic good arsenic Brazil itself: Yan Sasse, who has been a revelation, and people antheral Rodrigo Rodrigues. -- Tyler