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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Williams

Football fans invading Bondi beach? Hosting the Club World Cup would do wonders for the game in Australia

Boca Juniors on Miami beach on the eve of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025 match against Bayern Munich.
Boca Juniors on Miami beach on the eve of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025 match against Bayern Munich. Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

The sight of thousands of Boca Juniors fans pouring onto the pristine Miami beach ahead of their Fifa Club World Cup opener against Benfica last week quickly went viral, with the white sands colloquially becoming known as “Boca beach”.

While the grand old Argentine club exited the tournament prematurely after a shock 1-1 draw with Auckland City’s collection of part-timers earlier this week, could Sydney’s world famous Bondi beach be next in line for the Boca treatment?

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