{"id":64929,"date":"2025-06-17T04:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T03:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=64929"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:20:34","slug":"luiz-araujo-shines-as-flamengo-open-club-world-cup-campaign-with-2-0-victory-over-es-tunis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/luiz-araujo-shines-as-flamengo-open-club-world-cup-campaign-with-2-0-victory-over-es-tunis\/","title":{"rendered":"Luiz Araujo Shines As Flamengo Open Club World Cup Campaign With 2\u20130 Victory Over ES Tunis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian powerhouse Flamengo kicked off their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign with a commanding 2-0 victory over Esperance de Tunis on Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. Goals from Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Luiz Araujo sealed a solid performance, setting up a high-profile Group D clash with Chelsea in the next round.<\/p><p>Flamengo came into the contest as heavy favorites and wasted no time in asserting their authority. After dominating possession in the opening phase, the breakthrough arrived in the 17th minute when Araujo delivered a precise low cross into the box. De Arrascaeta, arriving late, met it first time to fire home and put the Rio side ahead. It was a deserved lead for Flamengo who looked in complete control in the first half.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3 POINTS IN OUR FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP DEBUT &#9989; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JSeam4G6h3\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/JSeam4G6h3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Flamengo (@Flamengo_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flamengo_en\/status\/1934807897742917792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belaili&rsquo;s Miss Proves Costly for Tunis<\/h2><p>The Tunisian champions struggled to create clear-cut chances but nearly grabbed an equalizer in the 66th minute when Youcef Belaili raced through on a counter-attack. His effort was parried expertly by Agustin Rossi, who preserved Flamengo&rsquo;s lead with a great save.<\/p><p>That moment proved pivotal in deciding the outcome of the match. Four minutes later, Luiz Araujo&rsquo;s goal all but ended the contest. Flamengo doubled their advantage. New signing Jorginho, making his debut following a free transfer from Arsenal, slipped a clever pass into Araujo. The Brazilian then spun in the area with a clever turn and curled an exquisite left-footed strike into the far corner to seal the result for his team.<\/p><p>The attendance in the match was officially recorded at 25,797, far short of the Lincoln Financial Field&rsquo;s full capacity of over 67,000. However, the atmosphere was electric throughout, particularly from the Flamengo fans who turned up in numbers.<\/p><p>Flamengo, led by coach Filipe Luis, looked sharp across all areas of the pitch and will take confidence from this display into their highly anticipated encounter with Chelsea later this week.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flamengo Controls Esp&eacute;rance de Tunis 2-0 | FIFA Club World Cup\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4X67ASk63E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamengo, led by coach Filipe Luis, looked sharp across all areas of the pitch and will take confidence from this display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":68857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7731,4038],"tags":[6880,7780,7741,6553],"class_list":["post-64929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa-club-world-cup","category-soccer","tag-2025-fifa-club-world-cup","tag-es-tunis","tag-fifa-club-world-cup-2025","tag-flamengo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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