The last quarterfinals of the World Cup in the club saw a repeat of the 2024 Champions League final when serial winners of both competitions, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, knowing that the winners in the semi-final stage would be due to Paris Saint-Germain.
Prior to the kick-off, the big news that the recurring Kylian Mbappe was left on the couch in favor of Gonzalo Garcia, who was a game changer for Los Blancos in this tournament.
The shape of Gonzalo Garcia relegated Kylian Mbappe to the couch
In the absence of the Frenchman, the young striker had scored three goals, the joint second in the competition and most of every real player.
Serhou Guirassy van Dortmund had scored its own trio and the synergy between the two teams did not end there because they both had three victories and one draw prior to the kick -off.
The opening exchanges looked like a pinball machine machine while the passes were taken away by both teams left, right and center, with the first chance that each note came in the fifth minute when Julian Brandt flashed a header after a great work by Karim Adeyemi.
That seemed to arouse Real in life and a quick break almost resulted in a different purpose for Garcia, the cross of namesake Fran just too strong. Shortly thereafter, the same link came out a chance when the Spaniards raised the Ante.
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The Bundesliga -Outfit was much more insured in their death (91.2% found their target), but it was Los Blancos who controlled the pace and possession (69.8%).
Before 10 minutes on the clock, an inviting intersection of Arda Guler found the man of the moment, and Gonzalo Garcia made no mistake to give him a fourth goal of the tournament. Not bad for a player who may not have had a game in the CWC if Mbappe was completely fit!
Pascal Gross' immediate on-target Riposte was a sharp memory for real that they would not completely get their own way, although Dean Huijsen was difficult to pass by. A 'Rolls Royce' defender, Huijsen relaxed by the gears that made more fit than anyone else on the field (17) in the opening quarter.
While Real continued to press their opponents, some super work along the right side between Gonzalo Garcia and Trent Alexander-Arnold saw that the defense of Dortmund pulled somewhat out of position, and that service saw Fran Garcia arriving unannounced to drill a second on 19 at 19.
It was Real's seventh first half goal in their five games, and only Bayern Munich (10) and Manchester City (8) had scored more on the CWC.
Dortmund cannot live with the Valverde industry
The three details of Adeyemi in Real's Penalty Box were everything that the Bundesliga giants had to show for their efforts, not least because of the industry of Federico Valverde. Four one-on-one duels for the Uruguayan before half an hour was played, it was the most visible and typical of the looting midfielder.
Jude Bellingham, against his old club, should have really set up 3-0 if the space opened for him to deliver, although the international international of England did not pull his shot wide. In any case, he made a difference on both ends, his defensive bravery also helped to keep Dortmund at bay.
Well before half -time this looked like a vintage real achievement. The side of Nico Kovac was puffing and puffing and recovered the possession of five different occasions, but they clearly destroyed in the heat while chasing shadows for long periods.
Aurelien Tchouameni, asked again to sit directly for his defenders by Xabi Alonso, produced a colossal show in the first half, and it was not just his 95% pass hubbyism. The Frenchman was everywhere and set a foot here and there to break a Dortmund attack and then spread the game next time.
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The bad individual form of Vini JR went on while he sent the ball when he was placed well and with Dortmund keeper, Gregor Kobel, far away from his line, and that turned out to be the last valuable chance of half.
Kovac shuffled his pack during the break and made three replacements to try to inject some life in his fading Dortmund side.
More physical Dortmund in the second half
Felix Nmecha and Maximilian Beerier quickly became involved in increasing hope for a potential comeback, although it should be something extra special to defeat Thibaut Courtois.
A robust Dortmund performance really started to knock out of their pass with Trent, especially struggling with the change of pace. A loss of possession on 11 separate occasions by the former Liverpool man before one hour was played, indicated some personal unrest on the right side of Real.
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Although Real was in possession compared to their opponents, their pillow with two goals offered them the opportunity to play with a somewhat looser structure than Dortmund's fairly rigid 3-4-3.
A second shot on goal of the Bundesliga side arrived in the hour thanks to Beerier, Courtois again the same as the questions that asked him.
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With eight duels tried, Julian Ryerson was able to keep his head high, even though he did not make any progress on the scoreboard.
Dortmund had to bring the game to Real, and a collective possession status of 54.1% saw that they did exactly that. More passes tried (450 to 397), made more dribbles (11 to 10) and more tried crosses (14 to 13) still counted that hour for nothing.
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Five minutes later, Kylian Mbappe finally made his entrance next to Luka Modric and Dani Ceballos, and the Croatian almost brought the stadium up with a shot on goal. How the Madridistas would like to see that Los Blancos turned the screw in the last phases.
75% owned in the last phases of the game meant that Real had the freedom to make the ball around with full convenience.
Three goals in three minutes
Beerier gave Dortmund the shortest hope for a comeback with a consolation goal in the 92nd minute, the first Courtois had admitted in more than four hours, but instead of capitalizing, they really allowed them to go back to the other side and scored through a spectacular Mbappe -Volley.
Unbelievable, directly from that kick-off, Dean Huijsen received a straight red card for withdrawing Guirassy, the Dortmund striker buried the resulting spot kick for the third goal in three minutes injury time.
Yet there was time for Courtois to produce a world-class rescue to stop a last kick-of-the game equalizer and the prospect of another 30 minutes of entertainment.
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