The second day of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup showcased dominant performances from European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, while South American clubs Botafogo and Seattle Sounders delivered an exciting encounter.
Bayern Munich 10–0 Auckland City
Bayern Munich opened their campaign with a heavy 10–0 victory over New Zeland's Auckland City at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati.
It's all about 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧 🤝@AucklandCity_FC | #FIFACWC pic.twitter.com/55aDsxeI9q
— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) June 15, 2025
Jamal Musiala made a significant impact, scoring a hat-trick after coming from the bench in the 61st minute.
Thomas Müller, Kingsley Coman, and Michael Olise each contributed two goals, while Sacha Boey also scored.
Despite the heavy loss, Auckland City approached the chance of playing at the global stage. The players of the team have regular day jobs to financially assist and support their families.
Auckland City GK Conor Tracey on playing at the CWC:
"I’ve got to do a combination of annual leave and leave without pay. I'll be suffering a bit with the rent and bills and stuff like that, but to play against Bayern, Benfica and Boca, 100% it's worth it.
What a story 👏 pic.twitter.com/Zo6K9V7Lip
— george (@StokeyyG2) June 15, 2025
Auckland City FC’s captain is a supermarket salesperson pic.twitter.com/dGiOOKaNws
— Bayern & Football (@MunichFanpage) June 15, 2025
The team are representing the Oceania confederation, and they are among the top participating teams in the previous editions of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Massive respect to Auckland City FC and their players 👏
They travelled all the way from New Zealand and took annual leave from their jobs, even risked not being able to pay their bills just to be able to play against Bayern Munich. pic.twitter.com/SGZRtkYh6s
— Bayern & Football (@MunichFanpage) June 15, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Atlético Madrid
UEFA Champions League title holders Paris Saint-Germain delivered an impressive performance, defeating Spain's Atlético Madrid 4–0.
C’est toute l’équipe qui célèbre ! ❤️💙#FIFACWC pic.twitter.com/uQkNYljx0U
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) June 16, 2025
Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring early, followed by goals from Vitinha, Senny Mayulu, and Lee Kang-in.
Mayulu Time ⏱️ pic.twitter.com/qleu4xXrnW
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) June 16, 2025
Botafogo 2–1 Seattle Sounders
In a closely contested match, 2024 Copa Libertadores winners Botafogo edged out Seattle Sounders 2–1. Jair and Igor Jesus scored for Brazil's Botafogo, while Cristian Roldan pulled one back for Seattle.
Igor Jesus celebrated Botafogo's second goal in 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒁 style ☄️🌟 pic.twitter.com/pJtuK3uKSH
— 433 (@433) June 16, 2025
The match saw Seattle's goalkeeper Stefan Frei make crucial saves to keep his team in the game, but Botafogo held on for the win .
Primeiro gol de um clube brasileiro na história da Copa do Mundo de Clubes é do Botafogo e de Jair.
🎥 @DAZNFootball pic.twitter.com/OCBtEsPMUf
— Planeta do Futebol 🌎 (@futebol_info) June 16, 2025
This game was promoted as a clash between the Americas.
Palmeiras 0-0 FC Porto
This game was one of the top-watched games in Egypt, as this game is the conclusion for round 1 competitions for Group A, where Al Ahly enlisted.
It was a tightly contested match, with both teams showing moments of brilliance. However, both teams failed to find the nets.
Porto with the triple save to deny Palmeiras ⛔
(via @DAZNFootball)pic.twitter.com/iUDEDbwqHI
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 15, 2025
Another goalless draw in Group A as neither Palmeiras nor Porto were able to find the breakthrough ❌ pic.twitter.com/6i4QhGEidY
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 16, 2025
With this goalless draw, Al Ahly finished the first round by leading the group due to fair play.
Al Ahly were held to a goalless draw with Inter Miami, yesterday.
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