3-2, 1-0! Crazy Night in Football: England dominates the European Youth Championship, Chelsea leads the Club World Cup, the game is controversial

In the early morning of June 29, 2025, the Club World Cup 1/8 finals and the European Youth U21 finals were held one after another. In a Brazilian civil war, with Paulinho's 100th minute goal, Palmeiras defeated Botafogo 1-0, thus becoming the first team to enter the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. In a strong European dialogue, Chelsea led Benfica 1-0, but the game was interrupted. In an U21 European Cup match, England defeated Germany 3-2 overtime and successfully won the U21 European Cup championship. Here is a brief overview of the three games.

Benfica vs Chelsea

European strong dialogue, 0-0 at the end of the half. Although Chelsea's offensive was strong, Benfica's defense was too outstanding. He resolved Chelsea's threatening crosses or shots many times. Antonio Silva and Otamendi performed quite well. In the second half, since the sports game could not be opened to Benfica's goal, Chelsea took a different approach. In the 64th minute, captain Rees James scored directly from the left-hand side of the frontcourt, and the Blues broke the deadlock and led Benfica 1-0. The match is coming to an end, and the match is suspended due to sudden changes in the weather. Faced with the sudden situation, the comment section was in full swing and fans were talking. Faced with the sudden end of the game, the organizer's series of actions were quite controversial.

England vs. Germany

This is the final of the U21 European Cup.

England achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, with a moderate performance, but defeated strong opponents in the knockout stage. (3-1 Czech Republic, 0-0 Slovenia, 1-2 Germany), (3-1 Spain, 2-1 Netherlands in the knockout stage.)

Germany is invincible in the group stage (2-1 England, 4-2 Czech Republic), (The knockout stage is even more difficult, Italy 2-1 overtime, France 3-0.)

In this game, England's starting price was 234 million euros, and most of the 11 people came from Premier League giants, including Manchester City James McCarthy, Liverpool Elliott, Ipswich Omari Hutchinson, Liverpool Quanza, Newcastle United Livramento, Arsenal Ennevari, Brighton New Sherwood, etc. The German team's starting price was 171 million euros. The match started and England got a fantastic start. In the 5th minute, England attacked the frontcourt, and the offensive player's first shot was saved, and Elliot, who followed in the middle of the penalty area, scored a goal.

In the 25th minute, James McCarty passed the ball, Omari Hutchinson scored with a low left foot from the left side of the penalty area, and England scored two goals in a row, 2-0. In the 45th minute of 2}

, the German team attacked from the left, Neber made a cross, Wei Pere at the back point scored a powerful header, and the German team scored a goal.

In the 61st minute, the German team's corner kick off the right was blocked, Neber got the ball from the left side of the penalty area, made a slight inward adjustment, and the shot from the defensive player was rubbed and flew into the net. The German team equalized the score, 2-2. In the 90th and 4th minute, Nebel refracted his shot and hit the goal frame, popping up and missing the chance to win, and the game entered overtime.

In the 92nd minute, England Morton made a cross from the right side of the frontcourt, Jonathan Ro from Ligue 1 Marseille leaned over and headed the ball to score, and England once again took the lead 3-2.

Later, the German team counterattacked with all their might but failed to score. In the end, the European Youth U21 final, England defeated Germany in overtime, won the U21 European Cup championship, and dominated the U21 European Youth Championship.

Palmeiras vs. Botafogo

As the first 1/8 final, it is a match between the Brazilian League giants. Palmeiras and Botafogo have a deep relationship and are full of grudges and revenge. In the last five games of both sides, Palmeiras has an absolute disadvantage, with two draws and three losses without a record, including two Liberators Cup games. The two teams are full of stars, Palmeiras has Colombian midfielder Rias, 18-year-old Brazilian teenager Estewan, and Paulinho, who had made Leverkusen at the age of 24. Botafogo even has Brazilian talent striker Igor Jesus.

From the beginning of this game, the two sides entered a real-life state. The battle between the two sides was quite fierce. Both sides received six yellow cards respectively. Among them, Palmeiras' central defender Gustavo Gomez turned yellow and was sent off. Even so, there were still many rough fouls in the game that were not valued by the referee, and even elbows to the head without taking the cards. This time, the fans finally appreciated the style of the Brazilian League team's confrontation. It is already very difficult to get out of the stadium after a game.

In this game, the ball possession rate between the two sides was almost the same. Palmeiras scored 47%, got 15 corner kicks and 19 shots, including 5 of which were on the right track. Botafogo goalkeeper John Victor performed quite well and made four wonderful saves. Botafogo shot 16 times and 2 times on target, but no goal was scored. With Paulinho's one-hit victory in overtime, Palmeiras finally eliminated Bottafogo and became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup.

The goal appeared in the 100th minute. Palmeiras counterattacked from the right. Rios, who was repeatedly violated in this game, gave a wonderful assist. Paulinho, who came on the bench, scored with a low shot from the right side of the penalty area.

Palmeiras finally ended his five-game defeat against Botavo, and while advancing with his head held high, he received a bonus of about $13.13 million.