There is very few major competitions, like this Club World Cup, the average number of goals scored in the quarterfinals exceeded that of the group stage.

To be honest, when the final score between Real Madrid and Juventus was frozen at 1:0, I was a little disappointed. Juventus is one of the teams with the strongest attack power in this Club World Cup, or one of the teams with the strongest output desire. In the group stage, they defeated Ain 5-0 and defeated Casablanca Vidard 4-1. Even if they lost to Manchester City 2-5, they scored at least two goals.

But facing the increasingly stable Real Madrid, Juventus was shut down and its attack power was blocked. This is also their only game without a goal in the Club World Cup, and they have no chance to correct this.

Real Madrid is also somewhat disappointing. Although I won, I won’t feel happy. In fact, you can tell from the game between Manchester City and Juventus that Juventus is just that, not that strong. If Real Madrid has full firepower, they should still score goals. Of course, 1:0 is enough, and promotion is the bottom line. But the key is that this 1:0 game, in the context of the top 16 games in the Club World Cup, is not exciting enough.

Especially after watching the first three game days, the expectation has been raised to the top, and it was pulled down by Real Madrid and Juventus. Let’s talk about some scores, let’s experience it—4:0,4:1,4:2,4:3. These are all big scores, all of which appeared in the eighth-finals of this Club World Cup. If you've seen the ball, it's easy to get the right seat. Originally, 4:4 should have been left to Real Madrid and Juventus, but they refused to do so. In the 8th finals, there were 8 games in total. These scores combined, how many goals did they contribute? How many fans are like me, after entering the top 16 of the Club World Cup, they feel that their energy suddenly increases by one level? If we explore the data further, we will find a fact that in history, there is very few major competitions, like this Club World Cup, the average number of goals per game in the quarterfinals exceeded the group stage.

In fact, there are quite a few goals in the group stage. In 48 games, a total of 144 goals were scored, an average of exactly 3 goals per game. I think everyone should still remember the super big scores that appeared in the group stage, Bayern 10:0 Auckland City, Benfica 6:0 Auckland City, Manchester City 6:0 Ain, Dortmund 4:3 Mamerodi sunset, Porto 4:4 Cairo Nationals.

Generally speaking, after entering the knockout stage, all the weak teams are screened out, and the remaining teams will not be too big even if there is a gap in strength. Therefore, the number of goals will drop sharply at this stage.

But this is not the case in the Club World Cup.

If Palmeiras 1:0 Botafogo was just a small game in the first game, then Chelsea 4:1 Benfica will have already made the intensity in terms of the number of goals scored. I know this game was interrupted due to weather, which led to a series of unexpected events. But it was the normal state that was broken, so a certain balance was also overturned.

Afterward, there are a series of goal battles, including Bayern 4:2 Flamenco, Riyadh Crescent 4:3 Manchester City, and Paris Saint-Germain 4:0 Miami International. It was not until Real Madrid 1:0 Juventus that this wave of energy dropped. As for Dortmund 2:1 Monterrey, there is no need to make any special explanation.

8 matches in the 8th finals, scoring a total of 29 goals, averaging 3.6 goals per game, which is much higher than the group stage. If Real Madrid and Juventus were not good at it, they could even score more than 4 goals per game.

We can mobilize our memory bank. Is there a competition that averages the average goal in the quarterfinals, which exceeds the group stage? Maybe there are, but certainly not many. After all, the group stage is the most suitable stage for scoring goals, because the strength and weakness are clear and the room for fault tolerance is large.

Finally, if there are similar cases, please list them. Note that here is about the top 16 games, so only those events with large enough scale meet the basic conditions.