The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is off and running, and has produced plenty of talking points and storylines already. Let's catch you up on what's happening, what you've missed and what's still to come.
We will update this file throughout each matchday with the latest reporting, analysis and fun from the competition.
The lead: Alonso's Real Madrid find their groove to win their group
PHILADELPHIA -- As the rain fell in Philadelphia, Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid started to take shape. This was, by some distance, Madrid's best group stage performance at this Club World Cup, with a new formation -- Alonso's favored three-at-the-back -- a new sense of certainty of purpose, and a reborn Vinícius Júnior scoring a superb goal, and providing a backheel assist for Federico Valverde.