Will a South American team win the Club World Cup?

Flamengo brag Filipe Luis says a squad from South America tin triumph the Fifa Club World Cup aft an awesome commencement to the tourney by clubs from Brazil and Argentina.

After Botafogo defeated Champions League winners Paris St-Germain 1-0, chap Brazilian broadside Flamengo came from down to bushed Uefa Conference League winners Chelsea 3-1.

There are six teams from South America taking portion successful the caller 32-team format - Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense from Brazil, portion Boca Juniors and River Plate are representing Argentina.

All six are unbeaten aft 9 matches - with Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamengo and River Plate topping their respective groups.

No squad from Brazil has won the Club World Cup since Corinthians bushed Chelsea successful the last of the 2012 edition.

Since past each the winners person travel from Europe.

Meanwhile, nary squad from Argentina has won the tourney since it was founded successful 2000.

"First of each I'm amazed South American teams are unbeaten, due to the fact that I cognize the prime of European football," said Flamengo brag Luis aft masterminding a triumph implicit his erstwhile nine Chelsea.

"Anybody tin win. That's football. It wouldn't astonishment maine [if a South American squad won it]."

Could the information that it is mid-season successful South America person thing to bash with their bully results truthful far?

European teams went into the Club World Cup connected the backmost of agelong seasons.

Palmeiras apical Group A with 4 points from 2 games, portion Botafogo person won some their games successful Group B.

Boca Juniors' lone Group C crippled truthful acold ended successful a 2-2 gully with Benfica.

Flamengo apical Group D with six points from 2 games aft wins implicit ES Tunis of Tunisia and Chelsea.

Meanwhile, River Plate's lone crippled truthful acold ended successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, portion Fluminense held Borussia Dortmund to a 0-0 draw.

"I'm amazed astatine these results," added Luis.

"Sometimes the weather, they're not utilized to this, but the South American clubs are precise competitory and not ever the champion triumph the Copa Libertadores.

"There's antithetic grass, altitudes, truthful we person a batch of adaptations and are utilized to that."

Flamengo overturned a first-half shortage to decision Chelsea 3-1, with second-half goals from Bruno Henrique, Danilo, and Wallace Yan securing their 2nd triumph successful the tournament.

Their origin was helped by Nicolas Jackson's consecutive reddish paper soon aft the Chelsea substitute came on.

Thousands of Flamengo fans, who person travelled to the United States to cheer connected their side, celebrated wildly aft the last whistle astatine Lincoln Financial Field.

"The players are waiting to amusement 'I tin vie against European players'," erstwhile Flamengo midfielder Kleberson told DAZN.

Flamengo's squad included erstwhile Chelsea midfielder Jorginho.

"We were truly assured and we cognize successful these large games the details marque the difference," Jorginho told DAZN.

"Overall we were truly bully successful the archetypal fractional truthful we said astatine half-time, 'let's support pushing'.

"We recovered the small spots that could wounded them."

Botafogo, the 2024 winners of the Copa Libertadores, pulled disconnected the biggest astonishment of the tourney truthful acold with a 1-0 triumph implicit European champions Paris St-Germain.

"One squad was the champion of the Champions League, the different squad was the champion of South America," said goalscorer Igor Jesus, who had been powerfully linked with a determination to Nottingham Forest earlier this twelvemonth earlier opting to enactment with the Brazilians to play successful the Club World Cup.

"I deliberation I made the close prime to enactment successful Botafogo," helium added.

Botafogo defended superbly to support retired Luis Enrique's side.

"This PSG broadside is simply a acquisition to everybody successful shot and I told my guys to conscionable beryllium a team, enjoy, play together, onslaught together, support together," added Botafogo brag Renato Paiva.

"We showed the prime of Brazilian players and the coaches.

"This is simply a triumph of each the coaches that are moving successful Brazil, moving with large players and Brazil volition ever beryllium successful satellite football."