⚽ Catch up on the Club World Cup: Yesterday, the US’ stadiums saw four matches play out as part of the preliminary face-offs for Groups E and F.

A not-so–highly-anticipated disappointment. Of all the matches played yesterday, the one that audiences were looking forward to proved the most upsetting. Germany’s Borussia Dortmund and Brazil’s Fluminense left the field with a scoreless draw in the Group F opener.

The first African victory of the tournament went to the Mamelodi Sundowns. The South African FC managed to snag three points from South Korea’s Ulsan HD, earning the lead in Group F, and becoming the first African club to exit the field victorious, after the defeat of Tunisia’s Espérance and Egypt’s Al Ahly’s scoreless draw.

Argentina climbs up. Italy’s Inter Milan and Mexico’s Monterrey settled for a 1:1 draw, walking away with one point each and leaving Argentina’s Atlético River Plate in the Group E lead following its 3:1 victory over the Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds.

Matches we’re keeping an eye on tonight: The first round of group matches comes to a close tonight with four intense face-offs. England’s Manchester City and Morocco’s Wydad AC will go head to head in an attempt to secure Group G’s lead at the Lincoln Financial Field Stadium at 7pm. Group G’s Italian Juventus and Emirati Al Ain will also duel it out at 4am at DC’s Audi Field stadium.

Spain’s “royal” Real Madrid and Saudi’s Al-Hilal will be kicking off Group H matches at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium at 10pm. A little later at 1am, Cincinnati, Ohio’s TQL Stadium will play host to Mexico’s Pachuca and Austria's Salzburg in the second Group H match of the night.

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