Soaring heat and poor pitches at the 2025 Club World Cup in the U.S. left European teams struggling, raising serious concerns for FIFA ahead of next year's expanded World Cup across North America.

The group stage at the Club World Cup is well underway, and we'll soon start to find out our first qualifiers for the round of 16. Who can qualify on Matchday 2, who has work to do on Matchday 3, and ...