Real Madrid secured their place in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals, defeating Borussia Dortmund 3–2 in a game that had just about everything.
For 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso’s men dominated Dortmund. Gonzalo García opened the scoring in the 10th minute, bagging his fourth goal of the tournament thanks to a brilliant ball from Arda Güler. Fran García then found the back of the net 10 minutes later with all of the credit going to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s sublime assist.
Even when Maximilian Beier pulled one back for Dortmund in the 92nd minute, the game never looked in doubt for the Spanish giants. In fact, Kylian Mbappé went right down the pitch and scored an acrobatic bicycle kick to restore Real Madrid’s two-goal lead.
Dean Huijsen then needlessly took down Serhou Guirassy inside the box, earning himself a red card and gifting Dortmund a penalty. The BVB striker buried his attempt from the spot, but he could not rally his side to find a third goal in the dying moments of stoppage time.
Here’s three takeaways from Real Madrid’s 3–2 victory over Dortmund.
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