Say what you will about the Club World Cup (and there is so, so much to say), but the format, inflated as it may be at 32 teams, does offer a truer sample size of how different confederations stack up against each other than the eight-team format did.

Palmeiras and Porto ended the second match without goals so far in the 2025 Club World Cup, following the draw between Al Ahly and Inter Miami in the opening match, also in Group A.

Palmeiras found an inattentive rival in the first minutes.