Manchester City from the English Premier League dominated Italian Serie A side Juventus in a comprehensive 5-2 win in front of an announced crowd of 54,320 at Camping World Stadium on the final match day of Group G play. There were five different goal scorers for the Sky Blues, including an own goal by the Italian side. The scoreline was tight for the first 45 minutes, but City blew the game open after the break.

Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, and Savinho all scored for City, which also got an own goal from Pierre Kalulu. Teun Koopmeiners and Dusan Vlahovic found the net for Juventus.

With the win, Manchester City wins Group G and will face the runner-up from Group H here Monday night. City won all three matches and look like a contender to take home the trophy if the Premier League side can continue getting performances like this one.

Bernardo Silva got the game’s first good look with an open header in the box on a cross from Rayan Ait-Nouri. Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was up to the early challenge, fighting it off. The play may have been offside in the buildup anyway. It was the first salvo in a wide-open start to the game.

Doku put the Engish side ahead just nine minutes in, taking a wonderful through ball from Ait-Nouri, cutting inside Kalulu, and curling his shot past Di Gregorio to make it 1-0 City.

Vlahovic missed a golden opportunity from the penalty spot just seconds after the restart, taking a pass from his right and scuffing his shot wide left.

The miss hardly mattered in the end, because Koopmeiners leveled it after a poor pass from Ederson on the ensuing goal kick. The goalkeeper missed his center back wide and Koopmeiners intercepted, and slotted home to tie the match in the 11th minute.

Kalulu’s nightmare didn’t end with Doku roasting him on the first goal. The French defender scored an awful own goal on a routine cross in from Man City’s attacking right side in the 26th minute, restoring the lead for the EPL giants.

Omar Marmoush nearly made it 3-1 in the 31st minute, shooting through traffic from the left. Di Gregorio was able to get to it, but only because the shot lacked power. More pace on the attempt would have had the English side up a pair of goals just prior to the first-half hydration break.

Man City’s dominance in possession started producing more scoring chances as halftime approached. Silva cut inside left to right in the 39th minute and fired a shot, but he hit it right at the goalkeeper. Two minutes later, Ait-Nouri sent in a bouncing effort toward the back post from the left. Di Gregorio didn’t initially see it but was able to fight it off as the skies opened up and the heavy rain poured down. Marmoush had the last good look at goal and sent a blistering shot toward the right post. Di Gregorio got a diving touch to it to send it inches wide of the post. City could not pay off the corner kick and the half ended with the English side ahead 2-1 on the Kalulu own goal.

Manchester City dominated the halftime stats, holding the advantage in shots (14-3), shots on target (5-1), corners (5-1), passing accuracy (93.4%-77.3%)

Erling Haaland subbed on at the break, raising the star power of the match. Juventus seemed more energized to start the second half, but Man City quickly re-established its territorial dominance.

Doku cut inside from the left and blasted a shot wide at the end of the 50th minute. Haaland got on the scoresheet a minute later. Matheus Nunes got goal side of his defender on the right side. He found a charging Haaland in front of goal, and even though he made a mess of his first touch, the Norwegian international managed to bundle it over the goal line to make it 3-1.

Kenan Yildiz fired wide from the top of the area after a brief spell of Juventus attacking possession shortly after the third Man City goal, wasting an opportunity to pull Juventus back within striking distance. In the 67th minute, Juventus should have found that lifeline back into the game. Vlahovic got in behind the defense and tried to chip Ederson, but the goalkeeper reacted quickly to get his hand up just enough to knock it down and keep it 3-1.

Second-half sub Phil Foden punished Juventus for the miss two minutes later. Haaland played a ball in on right side that Foden couldn’t reach, but it was laid right back onto his foot by Savinho for an easy finish. Foden’s goal made it 4-1 and effectively ended things for Juventus.

Despite the game being more or less out of reach, City wasn’t done scoring. Off a recycled corner kick in the 75th minute, Di Gregorio made a huge save to deny Haaland in close, but Savinho scored on the rebound with a blast from outside the area that hit the bottom of the crossbar and went in to make it 5-1.

Juventus got a consolation goal when Yildiz sent in a fantastic ball to put Vlahovic in on goal. The Serbian blasted his shot past Ederson and in to cap the scoring in the 84th minute. There was a lengthy check to see if Vlahovic was offside, but he was just kept on and the goal stood.

Rayan Cherki got in behind early in stoppage time and should have made it 6-2, but Di Gregorio came up with another big save to prevent further embarrassment for the Italians. Moments later, the final whistle mercifully ended things.

City dominated the final statistics, just as it did at halftime, finishing with more possession (74%-26%), shots (23-7), shots on target (10-3), corners (7-1), and passing accuracy (92.9%-78.5%).

The group stage matches are over in Orlando, but the City Beautiful will host two knockout games. Manchester City will face the Group H runner-up, which will be decided tonight. If there is a winner between Real Madrid and Red Bull Salzburg, that team would win the group. Al-Hillal is still alive, just two points back, and could win the group with a win over Pachuca and a draw in the other match, depending on the final score.

It appeared the Group D match between LAFC and Flamengo would end in a scoreless draw, when some late fireworks instead resulted in a 1-1 draw at Camping World Stadium in front of a raucous crowd of 32,933. While they surely weren’t all Flamengo fans, it certainly felt like it.

Denis Bouanga gave LAFC a late lead against the run of play, but Flamengo hit back on Wallace Yan’s goal moments later and nearly had a winner in the span of about five minutes. In the end, the entertaining match ended in a deadlock mainly because of the Brazilian side bashing shots off the goal frame all night.

Neither team scored in the first half, but there was plenty of offense, mostly from Flamengo. The teams combined to hit the woodwork four times in the opening period, with three of those coming from the Brazilians.

The action didn’t take long to get started, as Flamengo won a free kick just to the left of the penalty area. The back-post service found Danilo, who redirected the cross off the right post. The rebound popped out to Luiz Araujo near the top of the area on the right, but he sent his shot fizzing over the crossbar in the fourth minute.

LAFC followed suit five minutes later. A free kick turned into a corner, and the MLS side played it short. Mark Delgado was left in space outside the area, and the midfielder fired a shot from the left toward the right post. The goalkeeper couldn’t quite reach it at full stretch, but it crashed off the right post in the ninth minute.

Two minutes later, Flamengo’s Giorgian de Arrascaeta found space on the left near the top of the area and smashed a shot toward goal that crashed off the crossbar. Flamengo kept the pressure on for much of the rest of the half. Guillermo Varela’s cross nearly forced an own goal in the 15th minute. Evertton Araujo was a late arrival at the top of the box moments later, but his shot was blocked out front by the LAFC defense.

Pedro hit the crossbar in the 30th minute on a play that should have opened the scoring. A good ball in over the top resulted in LAFC defender Eddie Segura, who was tracking Luiz Araujo, crashing into his own goalkeeper. With Hugo Lloris down as the result of friendly fire, the ball found Pedro in front at about the penalty spot, but he sent his effort off the woodwork yet again.

Lloris was down for several minutes getting treatment, but he was able to continue.

LAFC eventually had a prolonged spell of possession, and it turned into a scoring chance. Flamengo goalkeeper Agustin Rossi came off his line to try to punch away a chip pass over the back line. Marlon Santos collected it and slotted just inside the left post, but he was offside on the play and the game remained scoreless.

The closing minutes of the opening half were a bit quiet, and the teams went to the break level.

Flamengo held the halftime advantage in shots (9-2), corner kicks (4-2), and passing accuracy (94.3%-88.6%). Neither side put a shot on target, despite hitting the post and crossbar.

The second half was a bit slower and more cautious. The first real look at goal came in the 50th minute when Pedro fired from distance, but his shot was always going over the bar.

Seven minutes later, Bouanga crafted LAFC’s best chance of the game to that point, getting down the right, cutting inside, and firing a wicked shot toward the near post. The attempt went just wide and found the outside netting instead.

Flamengo came right back the other way and nearly created the opener. Everton took a layoff from De Arrascaeta and blasted it on frame. Lloris was able to fight it off. On the ensuing corner, Pedro sent an acrobatic shot just over the bar that would have made for a spectacular highlight goal had it been a little lower.

The Brazilian side then got its second shot on target in the 64th minute. Luiz Araujo fired from distance, but it was right at Lloris, who fielded it easily on one hop.

De Arrascaeta joined in the parade of shots off the goal frame in the 70th minute when he smashed his effort from the top of the box. Once again, a Flamengo shot came back off the crossbar. Ten minutes later, Leo Ortiz got his head to a free kick delivery in the box, but he popped his effort up high over the goal.

LAFC scored against the run of play in the 84th minute. Timothy Tillman was fouled near midfield in LAFC’s half. The MLS side took the free kick quickly, with Bouanga timing his run perfectly and taking the pass in stride. Alone on goal, he beat Rossi to put LAFC on top 1-0. It was LAFC’s only shot on target of the game.

The lead lasted only two minutes. Second-half sub Yan picked up the ball outside the box and no one closed him down. He sliced through the middle of the LAFC defense and slotted past Lloris to tie the match in the 86th minute.

Allan came within inches of giving Flamengo the lead in the 89th minute, running onto a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and sending a shot just outside the right post.

Neither side could create a clear-cut chance in the four minutes of stoppage time and the teams split the points in an entertaining affair.

Flamengo finished with the advantage in possession (59%-30% with 11% contested possession), shots (18-4), shots on target (3-1), corners (6-3), and passing accuracy (92%-87.4%).

LAFC is out of the competition after going 0-2-1. Flamengo won Group D with a 2-0-1 mark. The Brazilians’ reward for winning Group D is facing Bayern Munich, the runners-up in Group C, on Sunday in Miami.

Camping World Stadium and Orlando have one more group stage match to host on Thursday, and it’s a big one. Juventus will take on Manchester City here at 3 p.m. in a battle for Group G supremacy. Both teams are on six points with +8 goal differentials.

Auckland City FC held out for a while, but all of the bending eventually caused the New Zealand club to break. SL Benfica dominated this 2025 FIFA Club World Cup match at Inter&Co Stadium. Angel Di Maria scored from the penalty spot deep in first-half stoppage time to break the scoreless deadlock and the ceiling fell in on Auckland City in the second half, as Benfica won 6-0 in front of an announced crowd of 6,730.

Di Maria completed his brace from the penalty spot deep in second-half stoppage time. Leandro Barreiro scored a brace in the second half two minutes apart, and Renato Sanches and Evangelos Pavlidis also scored for the Portuguese side, which found the net five times after a lengthy weather delay that began at halftime. Benfica momentarily takes the lead in Group C, pending the outcome of tonight’s Bayern Munich-Boca Juniors match.

As expected, Benfica dominated play against the New Zealand side, creating nearly all the game’s chances and keeping the ball for extended spells.

The first chance fell early to Benfica with Kerem Akturkoglu firing just wide of the left post and hitting the outside netting from the left. In the ninth minute, Nicolas Otamendi tried an audacious bicycle kick off a partial corner kick clearance, but sent his effort straight at 20-year-old Auckland City goalkeeper Nathan Garrow. Akturkoglu missed just wide to the right moments later.

Pavlidis should have scored in the 24th minute when he got in behind. The defense recovered just enough to effect his shot, which skipped just inches wide of the right post.

As the first half wound down, Garrow made several heroic saves to keep the game scoreless. He denied Barreiro, Otamendi and Orkan Kokcu with three of his better stops. Fredrik Aursnes thought he’d put Benfica ahead in the 43rd minute but he scored after a whistle for a collision with Garrow, who spilled his catch attempt. Gianluca Prestianni sent a header inches over the bar a minute later, putting it onto the roof of the net.

Just when it looked like Auckland City would survive the first half without conceding, disaster struck. Haris Zeb got on the wrong side of Prestianni in the box and stuck in a foot, bringing the Argentine down and conceding a penalty. Di Maria stood over the ball, took a stutter-step runup, and sent a soft shot down the middle to beat Garrow, who had made a dive to his right. Benfica led 1-0 in the eighth minute of first-half stoppage time.

Auckland City had a late set piece from about 25 yards out on the left in the dying minutes of the first half, but the service was overhit and out of play.

Benfica dominated statistically as well as territorially, finishing the first half with the advantage in shots (17-1), shots on target (9-0), corners (5-0), and passing accuracy (99.6%-74.4%).

One of Orlando’s omnipresent summer storms moved into the area as the halftime whistle blew, delaying the restart by about two hours.

When the game resumed, Auckland City finally put a shot on target. Off a long-range set piece, the ball found Zeb on the left side at the top of the box. His shot was saved at the near post by Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin. The Kiwi side could do nothing with the ensuing corner.

From that point on, it was once again nearly all Benfica, which eventually wore down Auckland City’s resolve. Pavlidis made it 2-0 in the 53rd minute when he took a pass from Kokcu and discarded Michael den Heijer to get free in on goal before slotting home.

Just 10 minutes later, Sanches scored with one of his first touches of the ball. Taking the ball from an Otamendi layoff at the top of the box, Sanches fired through the bodies in front. The ball took a deflection and went in, and the floodgates were fully opened.

The fourth and fifth goals both came from Barreiro in the 76th and 78th minutes, as Benfica was so confident that Trubin was playing near midfield and all 10 outfield players were in the attacking third most of the half. Both goals were easy finishes as the Auckland back line simply couldn’t keep up with the barrage of attacking movements. Pavlidis sent a good ball from the left across the six on the first one.

Moments later, the ball in behind the defense came from the right.

Auckland got in a weak shot or two from distance but didn’t threaten much after the early second-half set pieces. The game was done and dusted but Benfica wasn’t done scoring.

A penalty in the area in stoppage time wasn’t initially given, but upon video review, Benfica was awarded a second spot kick. Just like the first, Di Maria scored it in the eighth minute of stoppage time for the final tally.

The final whistle mercifully blew moments later to end the proceedings.

In the end, Benfica finished with a commanding advantage in shots (31-5), shots on target (20-2), corners (6-1), and passing accuracy (86.2%-70.3%).

That’s it for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup matches at Inter&Co Stadium. The next match in Orlando will pit MLS side LAFC against Brazilian giants Flamengo in Group D play at Camping World Stadium Tuesday at 9 p.m.