Kylian MbappĂ©’s spectacular bicycle kick was amongst three targets in second-half stoppage time, and Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a Club World Cup quarterfinal match as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois used his fingertips to palm away the potential tying objective on the sport’s last play.
Gonzalo GarcĂa and Fran GarcĂa scored in the primary 20 minutes as Madrid constructed a 2-0 lead on Saturday.
Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier scored three minutes into stoppage time and MbappĂ©, who entered in the 67th, restored a two-goal lead along with his bicycle kick one minute later.
Serhou Guirassy transformed a penalty kick in the eighth minute of added time after he was fouled by Dean Huijsen, who acquired a pink card and can miss the semifinals.
Courtois used the entire prolonged arm on his 6-foot-7 body to tip away Marcel Sabitzer’s shot simply earlier than the ultimate whistle.
Madrid superior to a semifinal match in opposition to Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday (July 9, 2025), a day after Chelsea meets Brazilian membership Fluminense.
On a sunny afternoon with an 86-degree (30-degree Celsius) temperature on the 3 pm kickoff, Gonzalo GarcĂa scored in the tenth minute and Fran GarcĂa in the twentieth.
Gonzalo GarcĂa, a 21-year-old who made solely 5 Spanish league appearances in the previous two seasons, was given the beginning by new Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso over MbappĂ©, nonetheless regaining health after acute gastroenteritis. GarcĂa has 4 targets, tying Benfica’s Ăngel Di MarĂa and Al Hilal’s Marcos Leonardo for the match lead.
Mbappé got here on for Jude Bellingham, who missed an opportunity to play in opposition to his brother Jobe, who was suspended for yellow-card accumulation.
Madrid beat Dortmund 2-0 in the 2024 Champions League last and overcame a two-goal halftime deficit in a 5-2 victory of this season’s league part. Los Blancos have been eradicated by Arsenal in this yr’s Champions League quarterfinals.
Madrid has gained 5 consecutive video games in opposition to Dortmund and is unbeaten in seven since a 2014 Champions League quarterfinal defeat.
American midfielder Gio Reyna did not get off the bench and completed the match with one 13-minute look for Dortmund in 5 matches.
This recreation drew 76,611 to MetLife Stadium, website of subsequent yr’s World Cup last. Seats appeared crammed, apart from a totally empty suite degree on one aspect.
There was a second of silence earlier than kickoff for Liverpool’s Diogo Jota and his brother, Penafiel’s AndrĂ© Silva, who died in a automotive crash Thursday.
Key second
Courtois’ last save on the sport’s last play to protect the victory.
Takeaways
Construction to take away seats in the corners enabled a 74-by-114-yard (68-by-105-meter) subject, wider than for matches throughout the 2016 and 2024 Copa America tournaments.
