The game is over and the final score is Real Madrid 3-1 Pachuca. Here is the match report.
Match report
Xabi Alonso earned his first victory as the head coach of Real Madrid when his team conquered his team's early red card to beat Pachuca 3-1 during the Club World Cup on Sunday.
Asencio was rejected in the seventh minute after a last man at Salomon Rondon, but the individual attacking quality of Madrid brought them to the tournament.
Goals from Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler and Federico Valverde moved Los Blancos to first place in Group H for the meeting of Al-Hilal with Red Bull Salzburg.
Pachuca started strongly and a ball caught the top caught Asencio, so that Rondon could steal before he was brought down by the defender, which resulted in his broadcast.
Alonso then owed Thibaut Courtois after Madrid's keeper had quickly reached two stunning rescues to deny Rondon and Alan Bautista.
But Madrid hit the front in the 35th minute when the pass from Fran Garcia was collected by Bellingham, who drove the box before he went a left-base attempt past Carlos Moreno.
Guler then doubled two minutes before the break from his side and put the ball in the top left corner to complete a nice movement in which Trent Alexander-Arnold was involved.
10 – In 20 years and 57 days old, Arda Güler became the youngest player who scores 10 goals for Real Madrid in all competitions since at least 2009/10, which exceeds the previous record of VinÃcius Júnior in 2020 (20 years and 80 days). Future. pic.twitter.com/p6bejrtil
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Not scared off by going down two goals, Pachuca completely pushed their opponents, with Bryan Gonzalez his effort brilliantly tipped by Courtois after the break.
But Captain Valverde, Captain Valverde, stated the result for 20 minutes from the time and sliding to poke the inviting cross of Brahim Diaz from close by.
Elias Montiel scored a late consolation for the Mexican side, with the strike of the midfielder from a distance that Aurelien Tchouameni bends and Courtois is wrong.
Madrid was able to see the victory comfortably and will now prepare for their last group match next week, when they compete against Salzburg on Lincoln Financial Field.
Data Debrief: Young weapons accompany Madrid through red fog
It has been a tournament to forget Madrid defender Asencio so far after he had given away a spot kick in their opening group competition against Al-Hilal. The Spaniard is indeed the first European player to be sent and gives a fine in the same edition of the club World Cup since at least 2010.
But he was saved by his teammates, with the young weapons of Madrid who filled the emptiness that was left behind by Kylian Mbappe, who was not supposed to appear fit enough to appear in the hospital earlier in the week.
Gonzalo Garcia again led the line and received the assist for Guler's well -approached finish. The 21-year-old, who lasted previous time-out against Al-Hilal, is the first player involved in a goal in each of his first two starts for Madrid in all competitions since Joselu Mato in 2023 (two goals).
And in 20 years and 57 days old, Guler became the youngest player who scored 10 goals for Madrid in all competitions since at least 2009-10, which surpassed the previous record of Vinicius Junior in 2020 (20 years and 80 days).
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Valverde, Fran GarcÃa, Tchouameni, Vinicius, Bellingham, Güler, Gonzalo GarcÃa, Raúl Asencio, Dean Huijsen
Subs: Modric, Rudiger, Vazquez, Ceballos, Brahim, Lunin, Rodrygo, Mario MartÃn, VÃctor Muñoz, Youssef EnrÃquez, CHema Andrés, Fran González, Jacobo Ramón, Jesús Fortea, Diego Aguado
Pachuca XI: S.Rondón, Luis RodrÃguez, Kenedy, Eduardo Bauermann, AgustÃn Palavecino, Carlos Moreno, Bryan González, Federico Pereira, Alexéi DomÃnguez, ElÃas Montiel, Alán Bautista
Subs: Cabral, Avilés Hurtado, Javier Eduardo López, VÃctor Guzmán, Sebastián Jurado, Sergio Barreto, Pedro Pedraza, Israel Luna, Illian Hernández, Carlos Sánchez, Santiago Homenchenko, Alonso Aceves, John Kennedy, Emi RodrÃguez, Jorge Berlanga