2025 Club World Cup Preview (2): Who is most likely to win the top two in the group in E-H?

Yesterday, we analyzed the 16 teams in the A-D group of the 2025 Club World Cup in the 2025 US Club World Cup, and briefly talked about who is most likely to be qualified for the top 16 in three games in the group stage. Today, let’s talk about the basic situation of the other 16 teams in the remaining 4 groups of E-H.

Group E: Riverbed (Argentina), Urawa Red Diamond (Japan), Monterrey (Mexico), Inter Milan (Italy). Among these four teams, Inter Milan is the team with the largest influence and global fan base. In the past few years, Inter Milan has also performed well in the Champions League. Even though they lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final 0:5 this year, they almost persisted in the championship in the Serie A and entered the semi-finals in the Italian Cup. Head coach Inzaghi left the team after the Champions League final, but for this team with deep background, it is not difficult to win a group first place.

Argentine Riverbed has been much more effective in talent training than Boca youth in recent years. It not only provides talents to the Argentine national team, but also maintains strong domestic leagues. This team won the top two with Inter Milan, and there is no big problem. Although the team from Asia, Urawa Hong Brick has won two AFC Champions League titles, the team performed very poorly last season and finally ranked 13th in the league. Although they have improved this season and are currently ranked second, they want to score points in Hepc and Inter Milan to qualify for the knockout stage, and they are afraid that they have very low hopes. Monterrey from Mexico is one of the most invested in Central and North American clubs. There are many players in the team who have experience in the top European clubs, such as Real Madrid's main defender Ramos, Real Madrid's Sergio, Lucas who played for AC Milan, Torres who played for Atletico Madrid, etc., and in addition to local players with potential in Mexico, this team may have the possibility of a small upset.

Group F: Fluminense (Brazil), Dortmund (Germany), Ulsan (South Africa), Mamerodi Sunset (South Africa). Dortmund is still the most competitive in this group. Although his performance last season was average, they reached the finals in the 23-24 Champions League. Not long after changing the coach, he bought back the potential Job Bellingham. What level Dortmund has achieved in the Club World Cup is still worth looking forward to.

Brazil's Flumenense advocates the style of offensive football. The high-pressure and assists from full-backs make the entire offensive rhythm faster. In the defense, there is also a Chelsea veteran captain Thiago Silva who is pushing the team. There is a South African team in this group, Mamelodi Sunset, which has always been called Little Brazil. It looks very similar to Brazilian players in terms of the style of the game and the way of playing football. This club even borrows the colors and styles of the Brazilian national team in the design of the team uniform.

And Ulsan Hyundai wants to win the hope of winning the knockout round, perhaps it can only be achieved by defeating Mamelodi Sunset.

G Group: Manchester City (UK), Casablanca Vidard (Morocco), Ain (UAE), Juventus (Italy). Among these four teams, Manchester City and Juventus will basically not bear much test. Although De Bruyne left, as Rodri returned from injury and Manchester City's transfer intensity increased, he had enough bench depth in personnel reserves. After Juventus changed its head coach in March, the team's playing style changed - the pace was accelerated. The other two teams in the group, Ain of the UAE and Casablanca Vidard of Morocco, are basically difficult to compete for the opportunity to qualify in the group.

Group H: Real Madrid (Spain), Riyadh Crescent (Saudi), Pachuca (Mexico), Salzburg Red Bull (Austria). This group is actually very interesting. Real Madrid's meritorious head coach Ancelotti was dismissed due to the Champions League defeat, and the one who took over him was Real Madrid's former player Xavi Alonso. This is the first major competition Alonso encountered after taking over the team. How he reconciled the position and cooperation of several players in the midfield and frontcourt is a very test of his skills. In addition, Real Madrid spent 10 million euros to bring Arnold back one month in advance, with the goal of winning the Club World Cup. This pressure is really not small for Alonso.

Riyadh Crescent's head coach is Inzaghi, who has coached Inter Milan. He is currently the world's highest annual salary and is highly expected by the Saudi team. Although he was unable to bring Bruno Fernandez back from Manchester United for 200 million euros, Ruben Neves in the team is the main player of the Portuguese national team. Cancelo, who had played for Manchester City, Kulibali, who had played for Chelsea, and Milotvic, who had played for Fulham, are all core players in the team. Riyadh victory certainly hopes to go further in this year's Club World Cup, and entering the knockout stage is their first goal.

Pachuca from Mexico is relatively unfamiliar to many people, but this team has the potential to be upset. Their youth training system has been firm and powerful in the Mexican football league and on the road to delivering talents to the national team. This group of Red Bull from Salzburg, Austria, may find it difficult to get a advantage when they face off against Pachuca from Mexico.