{"id":655981,"date":"2025-06-21T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=655981"},"modified":"2025-06-21T01:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:50:00","slug":"friday-the-club-world-cup-boca-juniors-rock-miami-flamengo-upset-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/21\/friday-the-club-world-cup-boca-juniors-rock-miami-flamengo-upset-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday the Club World Cup: Boca Juniors Rock Miami, Flamengo Upset Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/20\/botafogo-defeat-psg-ending-europes-club-world-cup-excuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">impressive run of results<\/a> for South American sides at the FIFA Club World Cup continued on Friday. In Philadelphia, Flamengo dominated the second half against Chelsea, easing past the expensive English side with a 3-1 victory. Flamengo\u2019s midfield featuring former Chelsea man Jorginho, proved decisive, exposing weaknesses in Chelsea&#8217;s defense and overturning a 1-0 deficit. Neto had opened the scoring for Chelsea, but second-half goals from Bruno Henrique and Danilo within two minutes flipped the script. Wallace Yan sealed the result with a late goal in the 83rd minute. The win kept South American clubs unbeaten at that point in the tournament and reinforced Flamengo\u2019s claim as Brazil\u2019s biggest, best, and wealthiest club.<\/p>\n<p>The passion of Flamengo\u2019s supporters helped define the moment. And frankly, their win wasn\u2019t a major shock , Brazilian clubs have been outstanding throughout the 2025 Club World Cup, with Palmeiras styling and profiling, and Botafogo coming off an upset win over PSG. Flamengo secured knockout stage qualification with their win against Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Philadelphia hosts fans from around the world for FIFA Club World Cup matches\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woakNkMJ8EA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Later that night in Miami, Boca Juniors poured their hearts into a spirited performance against Bayern Munich. Though they ultimately fell 2-1, conceding late, Boca clearly punched above their weight. Dominated in possession and trailing early after a Harry Kane goal, Boca refused to fade.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Una &#039;mini Bombonera&#039; en Miami: Boca prolonga su fiesta antes del duelo contra el Bayern (V)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZQwDHOWzLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With 63,000 fans packed into Hard Rock Stadium, the vast majority Boca Juniors supporters, the <a href=\"https:\/\/videos.marca.com\/v\/x9lo41g-boca-juniors-fans-takes-hard-rock-stadium-at-miami\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">venue was shaking<\/a>. Their chants and bouncing created an atmosphere reminiscent of the fiercest Supercl\u00e1sicos or Copa Libertadores finals. It was a fitting return to the same stadium where Argentina lifted the Copa Am\u00e9rica, and under calmer circumstances, Boca fans nearly willed their team to a famous result. Miguel Merentiel equalized in the second half, sending the crowd into raptures after breaking free and slotting home. But Bayern\u2019s Michael Olise scored in the 84th minute to break Boca\u2019s resistance and secure a hard-fought win for the Bundesliga champions.<\/p>\n<p>The way Boca Juniors fans took over Miami was a powerful reminder of the club\u2019s deep bond with its supporters. Though they lack the financial firepower of Bayern and other European giants, Boca\u2019s players gave everything to compete, and the financial rewards of this tournament could help narrow the gap going forward. The players spoke on this clearly after the game. From <em>USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2025\/06\/20\/fifa-club-world-cup-first-sellout-bayern-munich-boca-juniors\/84295709007\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cI&#8217;m grateful to all the people who came here to Miami, the United States, who made a huge trip to be with us,\u201d Boca goalkeeper Agusti\u0301n Marchesi\u0301n said after the loss. \u201cThey always make you feel it on every pitch, and it proves once again that this is the greatest team in Argentina, without a doubt.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Added Kane: \u201cI love playing in front of these fans. One of the best in my career, for sure. Credit to them, credit to the Bayern fans. The Bayern fans tried to help us as much as possible, but it was hard with all the Boca fans there. So, credit to them. They made it a special night. Of course, they&#8217;re not going to go home happy, but I think they saw a great game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the tournament progresses, it\u2019s clear that South American teams are making this Club World Cup truly special. Esperance de Tunis also earned a statement win over LAFC, further proving that non-European sides are fighting hard for knockout round spots. But it\u2019s Brazilian giants like Flamengo who continue to lead the charge.<\/p>\n<p>And if this trend keeps up, Europe might finally have to admit: the rest of the football world is not going to fade quietly into the night when facing Europe&#8217;s best teams.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Copyright: xSamxNavarrox Imago Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impressive run of results for South American sides at the FIFA Club World Cup continued on Friday. In Philadelphia, Flamengo dominated the second half against Chelsea, easing past the expensive English side with a 3-1 victory. Flamengo\u2019s midfield featuring former Chelsea man Jorginho, proved decisive, exposing weaknesses in Chelsea&#8217;s defense and overturning a 1-0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":655982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2132,1364,11,2],"tags":[32322,53,2215,32407,46,1701,1322,2949,32406,264,32405,32408],"class_list":["post-655981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup","category-bayern-munich","category-chelsea","category-featured","tag-2025-club-world-cup","tag-bayern-munich","tag-boca-juniors","tag-bruno-henrique","tag-chelsea","tag-club-world-cup","tag-danilo","tag-flamengo","tag-hard-rock-stadium","tag-harry-kane","tag-miguel-merentiel","tag-wallace-yan"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655983,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655981\/revisions\/655983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}