Day of Shocks at Club World Cup: Manchester City and Inter Stunned by Underdogs
Monday brought two historic shocks to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup that rocked the football world. Manchester City and Internazionale, two of Europe's biggest clubs, were eliminated by underdogs in the Round of 16. Monday 2025 will go down in Club World Cup history as the day the giants fell. In the American heat, two European powerhouses Manchester City and Internazionale experienced the bitter taste of elimination from teams nobody considered realistic contenders. Favorites Fall: When Numbers Lie Manchester City and Internazionale entered the knockout phase of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as group winners. City were even the only team with a perfect record – 100% success rate in the group stage. Pre-Tournament Predictions The Opta supercomputer saw the future optimistically for both European giants before the knockout phase began. Only Paris Saint-Germain (20.6%) had a higher chance of winning the 2025 Club World Cup among the remaining 16 teams than City (20.4%) and ...