Real Madrid edged previous Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a dramatic Club World Cup quarter-final on Saturday to arrange a last-four conflict with Paris St Germain.
The Spanish giants stamped their authority on the match early on the MetLife Stadium, dominating possession and opening a two-goal lead because of strikes by Gonzalo and Fran Garcia within the tenth and twentieth minutes.
Gonzalo, the 21-year-old ahead persevering with his breakout event, opened the scoring with a close-range volley from Arda Guler’s cross.
Ten minutes later, Garcia doubled Real’s lead, arriving on the far publish to show in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low supply after an incisive transfer down the suitable.
Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr. squandered probabilities to increase Real’s lead earlier than halftime, whereas Aurelien Tchouameni got here closest within the second half, rattling the crossbar with a curling effort from the sting of the field.
Despite the lowered depth of play in New Jersey’s scorching warmth, Real comfortably noticed out the match, leaving Dortmund unable to mount a comeback till the sport exploded into life in 10 minutes of mayhem in added time.
Substitute Maximilian Beier pounced on a rebound within the 93rd minute to drag one again for Dortmund, however a minute later Kylian Mbappe restored Real’s two-goal cushion with a shocking volley.
Dortmund refused to again down, nonetheless, and Serhou Guirassy’s tempo noticed him break by way of Real’s defence solely to be pulled down within the field by Dean Huijsen.
The defender was proven a straight crimson card, ruling him out of the semi-final, and Guirassy coolly transformed the ensuing spot-kick to cut back the deficit to 3-2.
Dortmund got here inside inches of forcing additional time when within the ninth minute of added time Thibaut Courtois produced a sensational save to disclaim Marcel Sabitzer’s highly effective strike.
“We were doing really well and the match looked under control but then in the last 10 minutes things got crazy,” Real supervisor Xabi Alonso informed DAZN.
“We have lost a little bit our focus and intensity when we didn’t have the ball and luckily nothing else happened. But overall we have had good 80 minutes and the last 10 minutes to improve.”
Real Madrid now flip their consideration to PSG, who defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 to e book their place within the semi-finals. The winners of that conflict will face Fluminense or Chelsea, who meet on Tuesday, within the remaining.
Source: www.anews.com.tr