Fluminense continues dreaming and reaches the semi-finals of the 2025 Club World Cup

Fluminense continues dreaming in the Club World Cup after defeating Al Hilal 2-1 and reaching the semi-finals.

The Brazilian team continues to make great progress and will have to wait for the winner of the Chelsea vs. Palmeiras to find out their semifinal opponent.

If Palmeiras win, the Brasileirao would ensure they have at least one team in the final and two of the four semifinals of the inaugural Club World Cup.

Meanwhile, the Saudi Super League is left without participants after Al Hilal's elimination.

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Fluminense beat Al Hilal

Fluminense managed to take advantage of the mistakes made by Al Hilal, a team that had won in extra time against Manchester City, to gain a lead in the match.

Flu took the lead in the first half with a goal from Matheus Martinelli in the 40th minute, just before the end of the first half.

The Brazilian received the ball on the edge of the area and with a left-footed shot put it in the top corner that Bono could not stop.

Al Hilal knew how to respond in the second half and managed to do damage through the air. Koulibaly headed in a corner and laid the ball off for Brazilian Marcos Leonardo who only had to tap it in to level the score in the 60th minute.

Both teams had chances to take the lead, but the goalkeepers took center stage until a clear defensive error that Fluminense made no mistake about.

Samuel Xavier headed a ball that the defense hadn't expected and left Hércules all alone. With a subtle right-footed shot, he beat Bono, who was unable to save the Arabs as he had in the match against Manchester City.

Fluminense ended up keeping all of Al Hilal's aerial balls in their goal after the seven minutes added by the main referee.

Flu is the first team to register its name in the semifinal and increases the feat of Brazilian teams in this first edition of the international tournament.

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