Salzburg's dream start: 2-1 victory against Pachuca in Cincinnati!

Salzburg's dream start: 2-1 victory against Pachuca in Cincinnati!

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - On June 19, 2025, FC Red Bull Salzburg made an impressive start to the FIFA Club World Championship. In the opening game against CF Pachuca, the team from Austria won 2-1 and took over the lead in Group H. The game took place in the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, in front of only 5,282 spectators. Salzburg's Oscar Gloukh opened the torrent in the 42nd minute before Bryan Gonzalez equalized for Pachuca in the 56th minute by direct free kick. In the 76th minute, Karim Onisiwo secured the victory for Salzburg with a header after a cross from Bidstrup.

The exciting duel was interrupted after 54 minutes due to a thunderstorm for over an hour and a half. After the interruption, Pachuca increased the pressure, but the Salzburg goalkeeper Christian Zawieschitzky, who replaced the injured Alexander Schlager in the goal, showed an outstanding performance and held several dangerous shots, including one of Salomon Rondon.

reformed defensive and other challenges

trainer Matthias Letsch set up a newly formed defensive for which Stefan Lainer and Frans acted as a full -back and Jacob Rasmussen as a central defender. Participation in the World Cup not only means a sporting challenge, but also brings logistical changes, as Managing Director Stephan Reiter emphasized.

The FIFA Club World Championship will be held every four years in a new format with 32 participating teams from 2025. The qualification for Salzburg was made possible by leaving FC Arsenal in the quarter -finals of the UEFA Champions League. Participation is based on the performance of the last four seasons in this competition, whereby the best teams of every league are fighting for places.

outlook for upcoming opponents

Salzburg will compete against Al Hilal, which will be scheduled on Monday at 0:00 a.m. local time. Another group game against record winner Real Madrid is on the program four days later. The two best teams of each group will move into the round of 16.

The redesigned FIFA Club World Championship aims to enable a greater representation of the various associations. The space distribution provides for twelve spots for the UEFA, followed by other teams from other continents. The new format change from an annual tournament with seven teams to one with 32 teams should offer football fans a more varied and exciting event.

The FC Red Bull Salzburg not only qualified for the first club world championship in the new format, but also shows that it is ready to face the best teams in the world. It remains to be seen how far the Austrian team will get in this prestigious tournament.

For more details on the FIFA-Club World Championship 2025 please visit Oe24 , Red Bull Salzburg and wikipedia. .