Fluminense vs Al Hilal: FIFA Club World Cup – teams, start time, lineups

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Who: Fluminense vs Al Hilal
What: FIFA Club World Cup 2025
Where: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, United States
When: Friday, July 4 astatine 3pm (19:00 GMT)

How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up connected Al Jazeera Sport from 12pm section (16:00 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded substance commentary stream.

The archetypal of the FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals gets nether mode with the gathering of 2 mighty continents arsenic South American giants Fluminense instrumentality connected Asian powerhouse Al Hilal.

As palmy arsenic some sides person been successful their ain continents, however, their quality successful the past 8 has travel courtesy of some upsetting the likelihood – and successful peculiar European ace clubs – to scope this stage.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine the archetypal of the quarterfinals arsenic FIFA’s billion-dollar tourney closes towards its finale.

How did Fluminense scope the quarterfinals?

Fluminense finished 2nd successful Group H down Borussia Dortmund with a triumph against Ulsan and draws against the German array toppers and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.

That acceptable up a round-of-16 gathering with defeated Champions League finalist Inter Milan.

German Cano’s third-minute onslaught was followed up by a 2nd from Hercules successful the 3rd infinitesimal of added clip to seal a daze 2-0 win against the Serie A runners-up.

FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Inter Milan v Fluminense - Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. - June 30, 2025 Fluminense's German Cano scores their archetypal extremity past Inter Milan's Yann Sommer

Who did Al Hilal bushed to scope the quarterfinals?

Al Hilal secured 2nd spot down Real Madrid successful Group H aft draws against the Spanish giants and Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg, and a triumph against Mexico’s Pachuca.

A daunting trial against defending Club World Cup champions, Manchester City.

A thrilling 4-3 win aft other clip sent the Saudi Pro League nine into the quarterfinals with 1 of the top upsets successful the tournament’s history.

Who could Fluminense oregon Al Hilal look successful the semifinal?

The victor of this lucifer volition look the victor of the 2nd quarterfinal, England’s Chelsea oregon Brazil’s Palmeiras, successful the past four.

That necktie volition instrumentality spot astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia instantly aft the Fluminense and Al Hilal match.

Who completes the Club World Cup quarterfinal lineup?

Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund implicit the quarterfinal lineup, with the winners of those ties facing each different successful the semifinals.

Fluminense skipper Thiago Silva’s pre-match thoughts

“I deliberation we’ve played precise good successful this competition. It’s not casual to play against European teams, but the information for america is different,” Silva said. “I’m precise arrogant of my squad and myself arsenic well, due to the fact that 10 days agone I had a hamstring injury. Now, we request to retrieve good because, aft 3 oregon 4 days, we person to play again. I’m not young, you know? So I request to retrieve well.”

FIFA Club World Cup - Round of 16 - Manchester City v Al Hilal - Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida, U.S. - June 30, 2025 Al Hilal's Marcos Leonardo scores their archetypal goal

Al Hilal’s Marcos Leonardo’s pre-match thoughts

“I’ve had a hard clip successful the past 2 months,” said Al Hilal’s two-goal leader against Manchester City. “My parent spent 70 days successful the Intensive Care Unit. Today, she’s fine, convey God. When I scored those 2 goals, I thought of her – she was capable to ticker the match. We person to deliberation astir our families – radical who privation the champion for us. If they weren’t watching, I wouldn’t beryllium present today.”