Your daily update on the Club World Cup: Al Hilal FC was the only non-European club to leave the field with their heads — slightly — held high last night. The rest of the African, Asian, and American clubs were not as fortunate — with some receiving a crushing blow.

Group G: Manchester City kicked off the first of their matches with a 2-0 victory over Morocco’s Wydad FC — yet it wasn’t enough to claim the lead, which went to Juventus, who demolished UAE’s Al Ain 5-0.

Group H: After a neck and neck face-off between Al Hilal and Real Madrid, the match ended in a 1-1 draw, with Al Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bounou blocking Valverde’s penalty shot in the final minutes of the match. Both clubs left the field with one point, leaving Salzburg to claim the lead with three points after defeating Mexico’s Pachuca 2-1.


Al Ahly will kick off the second round of the group stage against Palmeiras tonight at 7pm. The match will take place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, and will be followed by the second Group A face-off between Inter Miami and Porto at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlantia at 10pm.

Group A scoreboard: All four teams stand on equal ground with one point and zero goals each, following a series of scoreless draws in the first round.

Staying up? These are the matches happening at dawn. Group B’s Seattle Sounders and Atlético Madrid will meet at Seattle’s Lumen Field Stadium at 1am. Group leaders PSG and Botafogo will see if they can break their tie at the Rose Bowl Stadium in California later at 4am.

Group B scoreboard: PSG is in the lead with three points and a +4 goal difference, closely followed by Botafogo with the same points but a +1 goal difference. The Seattle Sounders and Atlético Madrid remain at the bottom with zero points to show.