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Real Madrid C.F. v Borussia Dortmund: Live stream, team news, buy tickets and more
Real Madrid C.F. v Borussia Dortmund
Quarter-final
Saturday, 5 July | MetLife Stadium
Kick-off times
16:00 (New York New Jersey) | 22:00 (Madrid) | 22:00 (Dortmund)
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Team news
Borussia Dortmund will aim to turn the tables on Real Madrid after the Spanish giants recorded a 5-2 success when they met in the UEFA Champions League at Santiago Bernabeu in October 2024. That came just four months after the teams faced off in the final of the competition, with Madrid winning that contest 2-0.
Both sides are unbeaten at the Club World Cup, with Madrid booking their spot in the quarters with a 1-0 Round of 16 victory over Juventus FC. Dortmund edged out CF Monterrey 2-1 to clinch their place in the last eight.
Los Blancos striker Kylian Mbappe made his first appearance of the tournament in the Juve clash, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute. He was unavailable for the group phase through illness and coach Xabi Alonso says he is "getting better every day".
Dortmund midfielder Jobe Bellingham will miss out on a showdown with brother, Jude, after picking up his second booking of the competition in the Monterrey tie. He will serve a one-match suspension.
Possible starting XIs
Real Madrid: Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rudiger, Aurelien Tchouameni, Dean Huijsen, Fran Garcia, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler, Gonzalo Garcia/Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior.
Borussia Dortmund: Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Niklas Sule, Waldemar Anton, Ramy Bensebaini, Daniel Svensson, Felix Nmecha, Pascal Gross, Marcel Sabitzer, Serhou Guirassy, Karim Adeyemi.
What they said
"We feel good. After getting past the group stage and Juventus, you want to keep taking steps and the next one is a quarter-final with Dortmund, a top team in Europe, one that is always competing in the Champions and recently played in the final, of course against Madrid. It is going to be an intense match, one in which we need to play at a good level and so we're up for it."
Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid head coach
"I think it will be a difficult match. We have already played against them, but they have changed a little. Kovac has changed the team, he’s inspired them this season. They’ve improved. It’ll be a very exciting match."
Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid midfielder
"I think [Real Madrid] have world class players. Offense-wise, I think they are really good and also they have a good defence. It's just difficult. They have in every position a top player, so we have to be careful for that and at the end we have to have a good day and a good match to win this."
Karim Adeyemi, Borussia Dortmund winger
“We know (Xabi Alonso) very well. He worked two and a half years in Germany, and he did a fantastic job. Now he's implementing everything he had at Bayer Leverkusen at Real Madrid. So we're expecting the same what we had in Leverkusen, only with different players. We're looking forward to it but you have to play football for 90 minutes, and if we put everything on to the pitch, I think that we will have a good chance."
Niko Kovac, Borussia Dortmund coach
Stats
- Real Madrid and Dortmund have faced off 16 times in competitive fixtures, with Los Merengues holding the upper hand in the head-to-head stakes (W8 D5 L3).
- This will be a rerun of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League trophy decider, in which Los Blancos emerged 2-0 victors at London’s Wembley Stadium thanks to second-half strikes from Dani Carvajal and Vinícius Junior as the Spanish capital club became European champions for a record-extending 15th time.
- Real Madrid have opened the scoring in all four of their contests at this event.
- Die Schwarzgelben are undefeated in their last 11 competitive outings, which have served up nine wins and two draws (W9 D2 L0).
- Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso was in charge of Dortmund’s domestic rivals Bayer Leverkusen between October 2022 and this May. During his spell at the helm, he masterminded a Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in an unbeaten 2023-24 campaign. His record against Der BVB reads one win and two draws and defeats apiece. The Basque tactician’s last home match as Leverkusen boss, which took place on 11 May, ended in a 4-2 defeat to none other than Dortmund.
- Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was on Dortmund’s books between 2020 and 2023, scoring 24 goals in 132 appearances and capturing the DFB-Pokal in the 2020-21 season. His younger brother, Jobe, joined Dortmund from English side Sunderland last month and has featured prominently in their FIFA Club World Cup™ campaign, weighing in with a goal in the 4-3 group-stage triumph over Mamelodi Sundowns FC.
- Serhou Guirassy has plundered 12 goals in his last ten appearances for Dortmund in all competitions.
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MetLife Stadium
This multipurpose stadium currently hosts the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets, and was the venue for the final of the 2016 Copa America Centenario, when Chile defeated Lionel Messi’s Argentina on penalties. Numerous A-list performers have featured here, including Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. The venue has been chosen to host the FIFA World Cup 26™ Final, on top of two further knockout ties and five group-stage matches.
