The first match of day two is Bayern Munich against Auckland City, a match with no Argentine players. The second match is the newly crowned Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain against Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.
A total of six Argentine players could take part in this match with Juan Musso, Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Correa, Nahuel Molina, Julián Álvarez and Giuliano Simeone all with Atletico. It is highly unlikely that Musso will play in goal.
Palmeiras of Brazil take on FC Porto with six Argentine players in that match. Agustín Giay, who has been playing at right back and in good form for Palmeiras is part of their team, as is Aníbal Moreno and José Manuel López. FC Porto have Alan Varela, Nehuén Pérez and Tomás Pérez.
In the last match of the day, once more, it is a Brazilian team, this time against a club from MLS. Botafogo with Álvaro Montoro and Alexander Barboza take on Pedro de la Vega and the Seattle Sounders.
Óscar Ustari saved a penalty and made eight saves for Inter Miam iin their 0-0 draw against Al Ahly in the Club World Cup.
Ustari was named as the Man of the Match for the Club World Cup opener, making several big saves for Inter Miami. It was Al Ahly who created most of the chances early on in the mastch.
Two one on one saves by the 38 year old kept Al Ahly from scoring. In the first half, Al Ahly were awarded a penalty kick.
The Argentine would save it and save the rebound to keep his clean sheet. He would go on to make several more saves.
Lionel Messi came close to scoring off a free kick but his effort hit the side netting. He would also have an effort on goal from distance which was saved.
Inter Miami play FC Porto on Thursday in their next match.
A total of 105 Argentine players will take part in the 2025 Club World Cup. Of those 105, 47 of them play outside of Argentina. The two most represented teams are Boca Juniors and River Plate with 29 Argentine players each, followed by Inter Miami with 9 Argentine players.
Nicolás Capaldo of Red Bull Salzburg misses out due to a hand injury. Here are the teams with Argentine players in group order:
Palmeiras, 3 Argentine players: Agustín Giay Aníbal Moreno José Manuel López
FC Porto, 3 Argentine players: Alan Varela Nehuén Pérez Tomás Pérez
Al Ahly, 0 Argentine players.
Group B:
Atletico Madrid, 6 Argentine players: Juan Musso Rodrigo De Paul Ángel Correa Nahuel Molina Julián Álvarez Giuliano Simeone
Botafogo, 2 Argentine players: Álvaro Montoro Alexander Barboza
Seattle Sounders, 1 Argentine player: Pedro de la Vega
Paris Saint-Germain, 0 Argentine players.
Group C:
Benfica, 3 Argentine players: Ángel Di María Gianluca Prestianni Nicolás Otamendi
Boca Juniors, 29 Argentine players: Sergio Romero Leandro Brey Javier Garcia Augustin Marchesin Marcelo Saracchi Marcos Rojo Nicolas Figal Marco Pellegrino Rodrigo Battaglia Lautaro Blanco Juan Barinaga Aryton Costa Mateo Mendia Lautaro di Lollo Walter Molas Ignacio Miramon Malcom Braida Agustin Martegani Alan Velasco Kevin Zenon Tomas Belmonte Camilo Rey Domenech Milton Delgado Santiago Dalmasso Joaquin Ruiz Exequiel Zeballos Milton Gimenez Lucas Janson Brian Aguirre
Monterrey, 3 Argentine players: Esteban Andrada Lucas Ocampos Jorge Rodríguez
River Plate, 29 Argentine players: Franco Armani Jeremias Ledesma Lucas Lavagnino Santiago Beltran Gonzalo Montiel Fabricio Bustos German Pezzella Federico Gattoni Leandro González Pirez Lucas Martinez Quarta Lautaro Rivero Marcos Acuna Milton Casco Enzo Perez Matias Kranevitter Rodrigo Aliendro Santiago Simon Maximiliano Meza Ignacio Fernandez Manuel Lanzini Gonzalo Martínez Giuliano Galoppo Franco Mastantuono Santiago Lencina Giorgio Costantini Facundo Colidio Sebastian Driussi Ian Subiabre Bautista Dadin
Urawa Red Diamonds, 0 Argentine players.
Group F:
Fluminense, 2 Argentine players: Germán Cano Juan Freytes
Mamelodi Sundowns, 2 Argentine players: Lucas Suárez Matías Esquivel
Borussia Dortmund, 0 Argentine players.
Ulsan HD, 0 Argentine players.
Group G:
Al Ain, 2 Argentine players: Mateo Sanabria Matías Palacios
Juventus, 1 Argentine player: Nicolás González
Manchester City, 1 Argentine player: Claudio Echeverri
Franco Mastantuono has joined Real Madrid from River Plate.
Mastantuono has signed a deal with the Spanish giants. Real Madrid announced the signing on Friday, stating that he will be joining them as of August 14 until June 30, 2031.
The Argentine will take part in the Club World Cup with River Plate later this month. At 17 years of age, he is the latest Argentine to join Madrid from the Argentine club.
He recently played his first match with the Argentina national team, having been substituted in during Argentina’s 1-0 win against Chile in the World Cup qualifiers.
