The Real Madrid of Xabi Alonso is looking for the ticket for the semi-finals in front of a complicated rival like Borussia Dortmund
He real Madrid Xabi Alonso faces this Saturday at Borussia Dortmund In the quarter -finals of Club World Cup With whites less to a tournament where each match leaves more brushstrokes from where coach Tolosarra walks with his idea of football.
In front, the German team led by the Croatian Niko Kovač, who first qualified for a weak group F and that exceeded by the minimum (2-1) in Mexican Monterrey, by Sergio Ramos.
However, Kovač has already promised to fight meringues if they play “as in the first part against Monterrey”, aware of the “challenge” to play against “one of the best world teams”.
What was seen until the new Real Madrid, with an Xabi Alonso who took the reins shortly before the start of the Club World Cup, excites Real Madrid players for the dynamism of the 5-3-2 model which was applied in Bayer Leverkusen, the arrival of new signatures and the brilliant emergence of Gonzalo Canterano.
It also draws attention, for good, the defensive intrigue of a team under construction, but it is currently the only one in this competition that has never lost in the previously played matches; And that in the 3-1 victory against Pachuca, they played with ten from minute 7 for the expulsion of Asencio.
Alignments of Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rüdiger, Tchouameni, Huijsen, Fran García; Valverde, Bellingham, Güler; Vinícius y Gonzalo.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Sule, Anton, Bensebaini, Svennson; Pascal Gross, Svensson, Brandt; Guirassy y Adeyemi.
Referee: Ramon Abatti (bra).
Stadium: Metlife Stadium (New Jersey).
Time: 1 p.m. PT, 2 p.m. of Mexico, 3 p.m. he.
