The results of the Arab teams varied in the first and second rounds of the first round of the 2025 Club World Cup, which will be held in the United States and will continue until July 13, in an expanded version, witnessing for the first time the participation of 32 teams.
In the wake of the completion of the second round of the first round competitions, the Arab clubs did not achieve remarkable results, but most of them were disappointed the aspirations of the fans, as the race quickly left both Moroccan Wydad and Al -Ain Al -Emirati, while the opportunity of Esperance, Saudi Al -Hilal and Al -Ahly remains a list in qualifying for the final price despite the difficulty of the task.
Esperance guides the Arabs the first victory
And the Arab clubs have played 10 games in the Club World Cup, in which they achieved a single victory that came thanks to the Tunisian Esperance, who kidnapped the three points against Los Angeles Galaxy, in the second round of Group D 1-0.
Esperance’s victory was the first Arab victory in the Club World Cup in its new form, as it was in a group that includes both Chelsea, Brazilian Flamingo and Galaxy.
In exchange for the only victory achieved by Esperance, the Arab teams received 6 full defeats so far and tied on 3 occasions, as the Moroccan Wydad and Al -Ain Al -Emirati lost two games each, while Esperance and Al -Ahly received the loss in one match, and Al -Hilal succeeded in maintaining its record so far free of defeats by drawing in its first two matches.
Difficult tasks and mixed fortunes
The opportunity of the Egyptian Al -Ahly, who plays in the first group, with Inter Miami, the Brazilian Miras, and Porto Porto, seem very difficult to qualify, after he drew in the first confrontation against Lionel Messi’s comrades without goals, while losing his match in the second round against Palmeiras with a clean double.
Al -Ahly is ranked 12 times – the fourth and last place in the first group with one point, but nevertheless has a little chance in making the miracle and reaching the second round in its match against Portuguese Porto tomorrow, Tuesday, in the third and final round.
Hussein Al -Shahat’s comrades must beat Porto, with a result of the difference in the goal of 3 goals, with Palmeras to win at the same time over Inter Miami with any result.
In the event that Inter Miami tied or wins against Palmeiras, Al -Ahly’s chances will become completely non -existent in the final price, considering his loss in the direct confrontation with Palmeiras.
On the other hand, Esperance is the best and best Arab club in reaching the second round, although its mission in the face of Chelsea, the 2021 world champion, does not seem easy at all.
The comrades of the Algerian star Youssef Blaili greeted their hopes of qualifying after beating Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in the second round, to raise the team to 3 points.
The hypotheses of Esperance appear to be the round of 16, as it must beat the London team to achieve an unprecedented achievement in its last three participation in the championship.
“We did not enter the Club World Cup in order to qualify, but rather to provide an honorable face of our team and the Tunisian and Arab football, we succeeded in our mission and play each match separately, because we consider that our just being in a championship that includes the best 32 teams in the world is the achievement,” said Sameh Al -Derbali, the former Esperance star and the first team manager.
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In exclusive statements to Al -Jazeera Net, Al -Derbali considered that “the Chelsea confrontation will not be easy, but Esperance played a difficult first match against the Brazilian Flamingo through which we realized some of the mistakes that we will not make against Chelsea. We play all the matches without pressure, and in the event of qualification it will be a great achievement, otherwise our participation is very honorable for Esperance and Tunisia.”
Al -Derbali participated with Esperance in 3 copies of the Club World Cup 2011, 2018 and 2019 and contributed to the team’s fifth place on two occasions.
The Saudi Crescent … an opportunity
In turn, Al -Hilal will be in front of a task that does not seem difficult against the Mexican Pachuca in the third round next Thursday, but qualifying for the second round will be hostage to its victory over its opponent and waiting for the result of the second match of the eighth group between Real Madrid and the Austrian Csalburg.
After a tie with Real Madrid and then Salzburg, Al -Hilal won two points, and in the event of a victory over Pachuca, one of the two parties to the Real and Selburg match will be waiting for qualification in second place, and he also has the opportunity to cross for the next round if he won two goals or more with Real Madrid and Salburg tie.
The arrangement of the difference in each group is determined based on points in the group stage, and if two or more teams are equal, direct confrontations are adopted, then the goals difference, then the number of goals scored for each team.
In the event that equality continues, the clean play points are resorted to all the group matches, by deducting only one point for each yellow card, 3 points for each indirect red card (the second yellow card), and 4 points for the direct red card, then the lottery is resorted to determining the qualified team in the event of an equality.
Participation for forgetfulness
The results of the Moroccan Wydad and Al -Ain Al -Emirati were the worst in the Arab participation during the World Cup 2025, as the two teams, who were put in place together in Group Seven, left the race quickly after losing in the first two games.
Wydad lost in his first confrontation against Manchester City 0-2, before bending in his second match against Juventus 1-4, while Al Ain Al-Emirati was his outstanding outcome, as his net was shaken 11 times with a loss against Juventus 0-5 and City 0-6.
Wydad and Al -Ain, next Thursday, will meet in the third and final round match of the first round in a confrontation free of any bet, as both of them will keep face water in a post that seems to be forgotten for both.