Flamengo began their Club World Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Esperance de Tunis in their Group D opener in Philadelphia on Monday thanks to goals from Giorgian de Arrascaeta and Luiz Araujo.

Flamengo are the second Brazilian team to start with a win at the 2025 Club World Cup after beating Esperance de Tunis 2-0 to join Chelsea at the top of group D. Botafogo became the first of Brazil’s four teams to win on Sunday evening and Flamengo always looked on course to follow suit as they dominated their opponents from Tunisia at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.

Luiz Araujo and Giorgian de Arrascaeta each scored a goal and Flamengo beat Esperance Sportive de Tunis 2-0 in the Club World Cup. After dominating possession for 17 minutes, de Arrascaeta opened