Club World Cup XI: Jobe Bellingham can ball, Sergio Ramos is still slightly insane and it's suddenly very hot in the United States - key observations from week 2 of the CWC

LAFC had made all of the right noises about wanting to get through the group stages. They felt like they could put on a show for MLS, prove that the league was legit. So much for that. LAFC never played badly, exactly, but Denis Bouanga's stoppage time penalty miss sealed their fate. Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are doing their bit, but seemingly everyone else is rather letting American soccer down - at least in a CWC sense.

Ever wondered what will happen when you get a bunch of footballers who are ridiculous going forward but basically unhinged in the way they defend? Welcome to the Mamelodi Sundowns. The South African side scored three delightful goals against Dortmund. Unfortunately for them, they conceded two clueless ones, as well - and had few answers for the German side otherwise. Their 4-3 loss was one of the best games of the tournament thus far, though, so that's cool.

Perhaps the answer is a bit of both? But Chelsea didn't cover themselves in glory against the Brazilian side in Philadelphia. Lincoln Financial field was swarmed with Brazilian fans, and they were right behind Felipe Luis' side all the way. It's easy to point to Nico Jackson's mind-numbingly bad red card as an inflection point, but Chelsea were second-best throughout. Cole Palmer is cold again, and it turns out that Liam Delap still has some Ipswich left in him. Who knew?

Auckland City really are a lovely story miscast as a stick with which to beat this tournament. Yes, we know, they let in 10 against Bayern Munich. That's not very good. But they were much better against Benfica. They held out wonderfully against a side that included Angel Di Maria, and were unfortunate that the floodgates opened in the second half. Have a go at their inclusion all you want, but it's hard not to admire the fight from a semi-pro club who are happy to be swapping jerseys with their heroes at full time.

We all knew that South American teams would be up for it, but how about those Asian sides? Ulsan HD are a class below, yet remain an exciting watch. Meanwhile, Urawa may well be everyone's favorite second-best team. The Reds are fun to follow, and have an excellent and remarkably rowdy fan base. They almost pulled off a miracle against Inter, too, and have every right to feel hard done by a late comeback from the Italian giants.

Can anyone stop the South American sides here? Sure, Boca Juniors had the absolute audacity to lose to Bayern Munich - and end the undefeated streak for teams from the continent. But they were magnificent in a narrow defeat, Luis Advincula proving that he's way more than a super niche meme. Now all that's needed is a decent run in the knockouts.

One of the better moments on Matchday Two came when Monterrey's Sergio Ramos decided to ignore conventions of smart defending and just absolutely clatter someone. The veteran center back went in studs up, two-footed, off the ground to win a pretty meaningless tackle. Follow it up with some entirely unnecessary trash talk and you have football heritage. Delightful.

Who knew that a 35-year-old striker would be the undoing of Real Madrid's defense? Rondon has enjoyed a wonderful late-career renaissance with Pachuca in Liga MX (as many do.) What wasn't expected, though, is that a lethal turn of pace would see him burn a 21-year-old center back and force a foolish foul and red card. Rondon terrified Madrid for 30 unmissable minutes. And although he faded slightly as the game wore on, there was something rather beautiful in watching a lumbering presence batter European giants.

Turns out that the Jude guy is pretty good in the end, huh? Bellingham has endured a weird few months, between losing a bit of drive under Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid and failing to deliver for England. He insisted recently that Xabi Alonso could help him rediscover his best. And he proved as much with a gorgeous finish to set up a convincing win for Los Blancos.

Apparently, no one at FIFA accounted for the fact that it gets a bit toasty in the U.S. in the summer. Dortmund took a bit of heat - no pun intended - for their bench watching the game from the locker room on Saturday. But even the Spaniards were complaining as on-field temperatures soared over 100 degrees.

Monday’s forecast high temperatures could tie or break records in as many as 70 locations. Temperatures are forecast to reach highs of at least 100 degrees in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. On Tuesday, New York City could see 100 degrees for the first time since 2012.

So, you know, good thing there isn't a major tournament to be played here next summer or anything.

Football fans love a good parody chant, but "na, na, na, na, na, na, na, hey JOBE" doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Either way, a word on Jobe Bellingham, who ran the show in his first Dortmund start. One goal, an "assist" in setting up an own goal, and plenty of neat twists and turns in between. Looks like there are two good Bellinghams on the scene now.