Real Madrid was held in a 1-1 draw by Al Hilal while Xabi Alonso’s first game made them produce a disappointing performance in their first match of the Club World Cup.
While he was deprived of the services of Kylian Mbappe in advance due to an illness, Alonso appointed the new signatures Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen for his defense, although it was the man for Mbappe who gave the advance in Madrid.
Gonzalo Garcia converted in the 34th minute despite the fact that Madrid was on the back for a large part of the first half, but the penalty of Ruben Neves rightly deserved things six minutes later.
A late twist seemed to be set to put the points in Madrid because they received a doubtful penalty in the 90th minute after a Var Pitchside review. However, Fede Valverde was refused by the goalkeeper of Al Hilal Bono, whose comfortable backup assured that the loot was shared in the confrontation of group H.
Real Madrid in Al Hilal
Al Hilal started much more brilliant in both parties, with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Testing Thibaut Courtois with an ambitious effort in front of Marcos Leonardo in a way wide on foot from the range at close range with a first strike from the low cross of Nasser Al Dawsari.
Renan Lodi seemed to have given Al Hilal the head in the 19th minute, but was properly reported for the offside after failing his time, his race in the left.
Despite all their early superiority, Al Hilal has lagged behind shortly after the cooling break of the first half, Garcia only marked his second goal for Los Blancos while he found the net despite the fact that the ball struck the ball against his own leg of the perfectly placed cross of Roddrygo at the end of a rapid Madrid counter.
However, Al Hilal responded well and was rewarded when Neves returned home at 12 meters, referee Facundo Tello did not show any hesitation by pointing the point of response in response to that Leonardo is transported by Raul Asecio.
Asencio was withdrawn after half-time and replaced by Arda Guller, who collapsed in a scary to have an immediate impact while his effort near the left left of Vinicius struck the transverse bar.
Al Hilal did not succeed, but Madrid was thwarted again while Vinicius put the ball back in the box for Garcia, only so that the 21 -year -old can see his head guarded by a superb Bono backup.
Leonardo wasted a presented pair of chances in the second half which did not have the entertainment factor of the first, and it seemed that Al Hilal would live for the prolification after Telo pointed out the second time.
Tello was sent to the instructor following a fairly harmless fight between Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Fran Garcia, and he said that Al-Qahtani had hung the full back of Madrid by grabing her with an entered arm, even if the winger Al Hilal was fully focused on the ball.
But Valverde could not take advantage of the gift offered by his side, the Uruguayan seeing his unconvincing penalty saved while Bono was going to the right to preserve a point for Al Hilal.
