In an exciting closure of the round of 16, the Mexican squad put against the ropes to the Dortmund until he caressed the draw in the discount with a header from Sergio Ramos.
The German team survived the siege and was summoned with Real Madrid in Saturday’s rooms at the Metlife Stadium (outskirts in New York), where he will try to avenge his defeat in the 2024 champions League final.
The other quarterfinal duels
This match ensures the presence of at least one European team in the final of the tournament, since Madrid or Dortmund will collide with the semifinals with the winner of the star crossing between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich Also on Saturday in Atlanta.
On the other side of the painting, the Brazilians Fluminense and Palmeiras will collide on Friday against Al Hilal Saudi and English Chelsea, respectively.
A day after the sounds of Manchester City and Inter Milan, Madrid did the duties in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in an afternoon in which Kylian Mbappé debuted in the tournament.
The Frenchman began from the bank and was his young substitute, Gonzalo García, who deciphe the Juventus bolt in the 54th minute with a fulminating header after an English center Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The Diana del Canterano, her third in the contest, ruined the exhibition of the Italian goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio, who despaired the white attackers with a dozen stops.
García, 21, continues to add merits to take a place on the Xabi Alonso squad, who resorted to this half -known striker before Endrick’s injury and the strong gastroenteritis that had Mbappé out of combat of the first phase.
“This World Cup is the opportunity of my life, and I will give 200% of me to take advantage of it,” said El Punta.
Mbappé debut with Real Madrid World Cup
20 minutes from the end, Mbappé went into action for the first time in the contest but had no chance to release his locker.
“We will have more training and we will have more days to recover, so it will feel better,” said his coach, Xabi Alonso.
The new Madrid of Alonso, with few lights in the elaboration of the game, continues to appeal for now to direct football that raised its predecessor, Carlo Ancelotti.
In its own field, the white rear did impose itself on the few offensive arguments of Juventus, especially in the second half, when the batteries of the talented Kenan Yildiz were exhausted.
Coach Bianconeri, Igor Tudor, later said that the physical blackout was general in his ranks.
“In the end, ten players have asked for change, but it was impossible, of course. They had incredible exhaustion,” said helmsman Croata.
Ramos stays centimeters
The World Cup rooms were very close to offering a reunion between Real Madrid and his former captain Sergio Ramos.
Leded by the Spanish central veteran, the Monterrey planted a huge battle in Atlanta that was insufficient to overcome Borussia Dortmund, who sold the ticket 2-1.
“Today we had to suffer defeat, but with a tremendous pride, with a very high head,” said Ramos.
“They put the two they had and, in this type of matches, where everything is very matched, that makes a difference,” said the defender, protagonist again in a great international competition at 39.
The star of the night at the Mercedes Benz stadium was the Guinean Serhou Guirassy, who uncovered his gunpowder with a double goals in the 14 and 24 minutes with two assists of his partner Karim Adeyemi.
The scratches never threw the towel and cut distance with a header in the small area of the Argentine Germán Berterame in the 48th minute.
The Mexican Jesús Corona, a nightmare all night for the Dortmund, claimed a penalty in the 60th minute for an apparent push from Central Niklas Süle when he was about to finish in the area.
Five minutes later, the referee annulled a goal to Berterame on the offside and, already in the discount, Sergio Ramos remained centimeters to score one of his legendary head goals.
“When you lose you are not happy, but I think the boys played very well, in many phases much better,” Rayados coach applauded Domènec Torrent. “We had many goal occasions but it didn’t reach us.”
For the Dortmund, a yellow card received in the first half will separate young Jobe Bellingham to face his brother Jude on Saturday, Figure of Real Madrid.
“I hope a very difficult game,” Guirassy warned about the crash. “Madrid will try to advance but we will be prepared.”
