Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund LIVE!
Real Madrid just about beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 as they progressed into the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. In a fairly dull affair for the most part at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it was Xabi Alonso’s side who took the lead inside ten minutes, when Gonzalo Garcia knocked home an Arda Guler cross.
His namesake Fran Garcia was on hand to double the advantage with well-taken finish from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cut-back, and it seemed as though Real were cruising through, until injury time madness unfolded.
Substitute Max Beier scored for Dortmund to halve the deficit late on, before Kylian Mbappe netted a spectacular scissor kick to surely put the game to bed. That wasn’t the case, as Dean Huijsen was dismissed for hauling back Serhou Guirassy, whose penalty made it interesting once more. Thibaut Courtois won it at the death for Real, as he saved Marcel Sabitzer’s effort from point-blank range.
Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund latest news
- GOAL! Guirassy scores penalty as Huijsen sent off
- GOAL! Mbappe scores spectacular
- GOAL! Beier sets up grandstand finish
- GOAL! Fran Garcia doubles advantage
- GOAL! Garcia opens scoring
FT: Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
23:02 , Oli GentThere we have it. What a game, what an ending. It was a tough watch until injury time, before it all came alive. But Real are through to the last four, where they will face Paris Saint-Germain.
Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
23:01 , Oli Gent90+9 mins: What a save! Sabitzer thinks he’s scored with an effort from point-blank range, but Courtois denies him with a world class stop!
Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
22:59Goal! 90+8 mins: Guirassy dusts himself down and slots home confidently!
Real Madrid 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
22:57 , Oli Gent90+6 mins: Penalty! Dortmund have a spot-kick, and a red card is being brandished. There’s a clear pull by Dean Huijsen, who hauls Guirassy down, and the referee deems a clear goalscoring opportunity has been denied!
Real Madrid 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
22:56 , Oli GentGoal! 90+4 mins: That’ll do it, and it’s Mbappe with a brilliant goal! Guler with the assist, as his inswinger finds the Frenchman, who scissor kicks into the net!
Real Madrid 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
22:54 , Oli GentGoal! 90+3 mins: Dortmund are back in the contest! Rudiger can’t clear his lines, and Beier takes a touch, and fires into the corner!
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:52 , Oli Gent90+1 mins: Close! Asencio charges forward and a sliced Anton clearance is volleyed by Valverde from the angle. Kobel saves, and it rebounds for Guler on his left foot, but it’s charged down and deflected behind.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:51 , Oli Gent90 mins: Five added minutes.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:51 , Oli Gent89 mins: Close! Chukwuemeka has Dortmund’s biggest chance of the game, and it’s come in the final minute. He shows tricky feet to dance into the penalty area and he goes for the pot-shot, which trickles wide of Courtois’ post.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:47 , Oli Gent87 mins: Gonzalo Garcia, now the top scorer at the Club World Cup, is replaced by Rodrygo.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:45 , Oli Gent85 mins: Raul Asencio is replacing Aurelien Tchouameni, who is taking his time to leave the field.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:43 , Oli Gent82 mins: Carney Chukwuemeka is on for Dortmund, replacing the injured Julien Duranville, who had come on earlier as a substitute.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:41 , Oli Gent80 mins: Gianni Infantino is also among the capacity crowd at the MetLife Stadium.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:39 , Oli Gent78 mins: Jobe Bellingham is watching on from the stands as his new side are getting taught a lesson by his brother’s team.
How Dortmund wish they could have his energy in their midfield today...
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:37 , Oli Gent76 mins: Good save! Mbappe has his opportunity on the ball as he shows great feet to Bensebaini, skinning the Algerian before looking to beat Kobel at his near post. The Swiss goalkeeper is strong to it, however, and keeps him out.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:36 , Oli Gent75 mins: Chance! There’s a sight of goal for Modric, who works himself an inch of space in the Dortmund box. He spins on a sixpence and hits one, but it’s lacking power, and Kobel can gather.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:32 , Oli Gent72 mins: Still no real golden opportunities of note for either side. That’s more telling of how poor Dortmund have been going forward.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:28 , Oli Gent67 mins: It’s triple substitution time for Madrid, and more importantly, it’s two of their Galacticos.
Kylian Mbappe is coming on for Vinicius Junior, while Luka Modric replaces Bellingham. Dani Ceballos is also on in place of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:25 , Oli Gent65 mins: Couto goes lunging into a challenge with Fran Garcia for a bouncing ball, and he clatters the Madrid goalscorer. The Portuguese gets booked for his challenge, with Huijsen claiming that it should be a red for a high foot.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:24 , Oli Gent64 mins: Julian Brandt is replaced by Julien Duranville.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:24 , Oli Gent63 mins: Off the bar! Garcia and Vinicius combine as Dortmund’s defence is at sixes and sevens. The ball comes out for Tchouameni, who looks to curl one from distance, and rattles the crossbar!
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:22 , Oli Gent62 mins: A first serious save of the game for Courtois to make as Beier runs at Rudiger and looks to get a shot off as he cuts onto his right. He strikes, but drags a daisy-cutter right into Courtois’ path.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:19 , Oli Gent59 mins: There’s ironic jeers from the spectators as Brandt finds a yard of space to have a crack with his left, but he shanks the strike high and wide, and tumbles to the turf to add comedic value.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:18 , Oli Gent57 mins: Not too much to update you on in terms of clear-cut chances, it must be said. Despite their dominance in the first half, Madrid haven’t actually had that many sightings of Gregor Kobel’s goal...
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:14 , Oli Gent53 mins: It’s been a slower start to this second half. Madrid are more measured in possession, rather than the gung-ho approach they adopted in the first 45.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:10 , Oli Gent50 mins: You’d think with Sule’s withdrawal, it’ll be a back four for Dortmund, but it’s not, as Couto moves to right wing-back, with Ryerson shifting back into a central defensive berth in the back three.
Brandt, now, is in a more advanced No10 role behind the two strikers, with Nmecha alongside Sabitzer in the engine room.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
22:07 , Oli Gent48 mins: Three changes from the interval for Dortmund. Yan Couto, Max Beier, and Felix Nmecha are all on in place of Adeyemi, Gross, and Sule.
Kick off
22:06 , Oli Gent46 mins: We’re back underway.
HT: Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:50 , Oli GentHT: There’s the interval, and it's all too easy for Xabi Alonso's side so far.
What can Dortmund muster in the next 45 minutes?
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:4745 mins: Three minutes added on.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:42 , Oli Gent41 mins: Chance! Vinicius Junior goes for a speculative effort from range with Kobel backpedalling having stepped a way off his line. It’s high and wide, though, from the Brazilian, but more warning signs for Dortmund.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:39 , Oli Gent39 mins: Pascal Gross gets a booking for a foul on Valverde.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:39 , Oli Gent37 mins: This game is purely a case of who’s at it and who’s not. All of Madrid’s passing patterns are working, but Dortmund are struggling to string two together, let alone a complete move.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:36 , Oli Gent34 mins: A loose ball ricochets into the path of Adeyemi, and the striker has a chance to use his speed and drive at Madrid, with Alexander-Arnold out of position. Adeyemi, however, can’t get it fully under control, and the Madrid right-back recovers to nab it off him. Chance gone.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:33 , Oli Gent32 mins: The game’s first cooling break, and a chance for a much-needed regroup for Dortmund.
Weather watch: it’s 30 degrees in New Jersey.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:2930 mins: It’s all a bit too predictable from the Bundesliga side so far.
The 3-5-2 shape is looking a bit too rigid, with no real space being created by any players offering runs.
Adeyemi is looking for the ball to feet when he should be spinning in behind, and Guirassy is being converged on quickly when he receives the ball, with one of the Madrid centre-backs on him in an instant.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:27 , Oli Gent27 mins: Close! They’re all over the place, Dortmund.
Madrid slice them apart as Vinicius drives through the heart of the defence and feeds Bellingham.
The former Dortmund midfielder goes for the prod into the corner, but gets it wrong and stabs it wide.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:26 , Oli Gent25 mins: How do Dortmund come back from this?
They’re being run ragged, which was not the case in the opening 10 minutes.
A quick-fire double salvo seems to have killed them off already.
Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:22 , Oli GentGoal! 20 mins: It’s two, and Real have one foot in the semis. It’s Fran Garcia this time, as Los Blancos are on fire in New Jersey.
Gonzalo Garcia peels wide, with Alexander-Arnold underlapping to receive the return. The right wing-back finds his team-mate down the left, as Fran Garcia sweeps home.
Real Madrid 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:20 , Oli Gent19 mins: That’s a loose touch from Alexander-Arnold on the right, as he’s robbed by Svensson. Dortmund just can’t get out at the moment, with Real’s high press working a charm.
Real Madrid 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:18 , Oli Gent16 mins: Adeyemi is struggling up against Alexander-Arnold, who is marshalling him well. Dortmund can’t quite get the rhythm going so far, with Guirassy needing to peel onto and pin Huijsen a bit more than he’s doing currently.
Real Madrid 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:1513 mins: That’s a real shock to the Dortmund system, as the Germans were the better side up to that point.
It’s a suckerpunch, but how will Kovac’s side react?
Real Madrid 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:12 , Oli GentGoal! 10 mins: It’s there, and Madrid are ahead! They’ve been growing into this one, and they’ve opened the scoring through Gonzalo Garcia! Fran Garcia does well on the left, and Guler, who finds himself in the left half-space, sends in the cross, leaving Gonzalo Garcia the simple task of tucking it away!
Real Madrid 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:08 , Oli Gent8 mins: Close! Real flood forward as Garcia bursts down the left on the overlap. He sends in a low, drilled cross, but it just evades Guler sliding in at the back stick.
Real Madrid 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:07 , Oli Gent6 mins: Dortmund have been the better side so far, threatening as they come forwards. It’s worked to the left between Adeyemi and Svensson, before the left wing-back delivers a cross to the near post. Brandt attacks it, but it’s wide!
Real Madrid 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
21:04 , Oli Gent3 mins: It’s been all Dortmund with the early possession so far. Die Schwarzgelben are looking to apply the pressure here, but the momentum is stunted Guirassy is ruled offside after being slid through by Brandt.
Kick off
20:59 , Oli Gent1 min: We’re underway.
The players are out!
20:54 , Oli GentHere they come, with kick off coming up shortly...
Dortmund's set-up
20:44 , Oli GentAs for Dortmund, it’s looking like a 3-5-2 set up to hit their opponents on the counter.
They’ve got the big and little partnership up top with Guirassy and Adeyemi, with the former the out and out target man and the latter having the pace that can exploit space in behind.
Picking the front two will be important, and that’s why Julian Brandt is in the side, to slide those through balls into the forwards and link play between midfield and attack while Pascal Gross and Marcel Sabitzer pinch the ball back and play the shorter passes to get moves going.
At the back, it could be a case of a back five when out of possession, with Ryerson and Svensson both dropping in to limit the space that Real have to operate.
Sule and Bensebaini, however, are experienced as full-backs, and can support attacks from their wide centre-back berths. Don’t be expecting Chris Wilder-style overlaps, but both will drop into those pockets of space to deliver balls from deep if they get the chance, and Guirassy needs the service.
Tactical observations
20:32 , Oli GentIt’s looking like a 4-3-3 up against a 3-5-2.
Both managers - Alonso and Kovac - have thrived in the Bundesliga playing back threes, but it appears that Alonso has altered his approach somewhat to fit in with Madrid’s long-lasting principles of playing a 4-3-3.
As such, it’ll be a case of getting the full-backs involved to support attacks, with Alexander-Arnold inverting, inhabiting the space that Valverde leaves behind when he bombs on.
Fran Garcia will look to keep the width a bit more down the left, and get round Vinicius Junior, who will look to cut inside at every opportunity.
Jude Bellingham’s role will be that of an all-action battler, combined with the usual box-crashing that we have become so used to seeing.
Biggest absentees
20:15 , Oli GentThere are a few big-name absentees this evening.
The first is Jamie Gittens, who today completed his move to Chelsea from Dortmund for, as Standard Sport understands, £55million including add-ons.
The next for Dortmund is Jobe Bellingham, who accured too many bookings and is therefore suspended to face his brother Jude.
The final one is Mbappe, although he could feature off the bench, like he did against Juventus. He recovered from a fever to make his return to action last time out. Will he have the last laugh tonight?
Borussia Dortmund line-up
20:05 , Oli GentConfirmed Borussia Dortmund XI: Kobel; Sule, Anton, Bensebaini; Ryerson, Sabitzer, Gross, Brandt, Svensson; Guirassy, Adeyemi.
Subs: Ostrzinski, Meyer, Couto, Reyna, Nmecha, Beier, Duranville, Chukwuemeka, Campbell, Mane, Inacio, Albert, Azhil, Benkara.
Real Madrid line-up
20:00 , Oli GentHere’s how Xabi Alonso lines his side up...
Confirmed Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, F Garcia; Tchouameni, Valverde, Bellingham; Guler, G Garcia, Vinicius.
Subs: Lunin, Carvajal, Militao, Mbappe, Modric, Rodrygo, Vazquez, Ceballos, Diaz, Youssef, Jacobo, Asencio, Chema, Munoz, Martin.
Dortmund's route to the quarters
19:55How did the German side get to the last eight?
Group F:
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Fluminense
Borussia Dortmund 4-3 Mamelodi Sundowns
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Ulsan
Last 16:
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Monterrey
Real's route to the quarters
19:50How did Real get here?
Group H:
Real Madrid 0-0 Al-Hilal
Real Madrid 3-1 Pachuca
Real Madrid 3-0 RB Salzburg
Last 16:
Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus
Tonight's venue
19:42 , Oli GentThe MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey plays host to this evening’s game.
The arena is where the New York Giants and New York Jets play their home games.
It has a capacity of 82,500, and it will be one of the 12 stadia used for next year’s World Cup.
Standard Sport prediction
19:26 , Oli GentThis is a tight one to call.
Yes, Real are the favourites, but Dortmund have a stacked squad full of talent that could hurt the La Liga side.
However, Madrid should have too much for them to progress.
Real Madrid to win, 3-1
Borussia Dortmund team news
19:07The big news is that Jobe Bellingham will not face his brother Jude tonight after receiving too many yellow cards.
Nico Schlotterbeck, Emre Can, and Salih Ozcan are the others that are out, all with respective niggles.
Real Madrid team news
18:56 , Oli GentKylian Mbappe could be in line for his first start of the Club World Cup after he came on as a substitute against Juventus.
Mbappe’s return could see Gonzalo Garcia drop to the bench despite his impressive form in the Frenchman’s absence. The forward has registered three goals and one assist in four Club World Cup games.
However, they are still missing David Alaba, Endrick, Ferland Mendy, and Edouardo Camavinga.
How to watch
18:40 , Oli GentTV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on 5 (formerly known as Channel 5), which is free-to-air. Coverage starts at 8pm BST ahead of a 9pm kick-off at MetLife Stadium
Hello and welcome!
18:30 , Oli Gent... to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Real Madrid’s Club World Cup encounter with Borussia Dortmund.
Kick off is at 9pm BST from the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Stay tuned for all the updates!
