Club World Cup 2025: Atletico Madrid-Botafogo, the likely lineups

Starting at 9 p.m. Italian time for Atletico Madrid–Botafogo, a match valid for the third round of the group stage of the 2025 World Club Championship. The match between the Spaniards and Brazilians will be played at the same time as the other match in the group, Seattle-PSG: Botafogo is on full points with 6 points and a draw would guarantee them passage to the round, while Atletico Madrid is obliged to win by three goals to overtake the Rio de Janeiro team in the standings.

Simeone with the Sorloth-Alvarez pairing up front, on the outsides there are Simeone and Barrios, in midfield De Paul along with Koke.

In Botafogo, eyes are on the Artur-Jesus-Savarino trident, while the granitic defense that stopped the European champion PSG’s is composed of Vitinho, Barboza, Jair and Telles.

Aletico Madrid-Botafogo, the probable lineups
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Oblak; Llorente, Le Normand, Lenglet, Galán; Simeone, De Paul, Koke, Barrios; Sorloth, Álvarez. Coach: Simeone
BOTAFOGO (4-3-3): Victor; Vitinho, Barboza, Jair, Telles; Allan, Gregore, Freitas; Artur, Jesús, Savarino. Coach: Paiva