The results of the second round of Group A of the Club World Cup, this Thursday (19), created an unusual situation: Palmeiras and Porto, once favorites, can no longer advance together with the round of 16.
In practice, the traditional Portuguese club to dream of a rating in the competition. See the table below to better understand:
Direct confrontation is the first tiebreaker
FIFA has defined that it is direct confrontation. As Porto lost to Inter Miami and can only reach the same four points that, there is no way to exceed it.
It remains to Porto to have an Inter Miami victory over Palmeiras. In this scenario, Portuguese and Brazilians, who tied in the debut, would have the same number of points, and the tiebreaker would be in the goal balance or in the number of goals scored.
The same goes for Al Ahly, who can’t move along with Inter Miami because he lost to Palmeiras. The Egyptians need the victory of the São Paulo team to dream of the historic vacancy.
Last round games are simultaneous
In case of a tie between Palmeiras and Inter Miami in the last round, both teams pass, with Alviverde in the first position.
Remember that the games of each group in the last round of the World Cup are simultaneous. Palmeiras x Inter Miami and Porto x Al Ahly will be played next Monday (23), at 22h (Brasília).
