Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: Xabi Alonso’s side booked a date with PSG in the semi-finals

Madrid face Dortmund for place in semi-finals The Club World Cup by numbers | Email Alex On the off chance you flipped on this match expecting to see an on-field clash between Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham and his brother, Borussia Dortmund’s new signing Jobe Bellingham, well … I’m afraid have some bad news. Jobe’s yellow card in the previous game means he’s suspended for this contest – a fact he apparently didn’t learn until heading down the tunnel at half-time. Dortmund manager Niko Kovač said there would be more opportunities for the siblings to face each other. Continue reading...

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Dortmund’s pursuit of younger brother included hotel visit and talk of a Club World Cup meeting with Real Madrid Jobe Bellingham was furious when he found out that the early yellow card he had been shown for a tackle on Nelson Deossa against Monterrey meant missing the next game of the Club World Cup and he was still furious the following day. The news hit hard when he heard it at half-time heading down the tunnel, and the hurt wasn’t going away in a hurry. This was not just the next game, it was the game: Borussia Dortmund versus Real Madrid, the Bellingham brothers on the same pitch for the first time, and the match so special Dortmund used it to convince him to move to Germany in the first place. That and a disguise. Continue reading...

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Real Madrid head coach likens unfettered midfielder to former Liverpool teammate after Club World Cup heroics Fede Valverde once said that he could spend all day watching Steven Gerrard play; his coach sometimes feels like he still is, and no one is better placed to see it or make it so. Xabi Alonso had been in charge at Real Madrid for just two games when he said that the Uruguayan reminded him of his former partner in the Liverpool midfield. “ I haven’t seen many players with his physical performance,” he said. “I’m very happy to be coaching him. Every manager would like a Valverde on the team.” Coming from Alonso, it was quite the compliment. There was always something special between him and the Liverpool captain. Gerrard described the Spaniard as “pure quality, a class act on the pitch and a gentlemen off it,” and was “devastated” at his departure, writing: “I missed you every day from the moment you left.” Alonso said that Gerrard was the better player, the man with whom he won the European Cup, scoring six minutes apart, and shared the Istanbul kiss that inspired endless fan fiction; the man he once called “my hero, my mate”. Continue reading...

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Brothers Jude and Jobe Bellingham will miss the chance to face each other at the Club World Cup after Jobe picked up a yellow card in Borussia Dortmund's win over Monterrey on Tuesday.

Jobe’s Borussia Dortmund have set up a clash with Jude’s Real Madrid at the tournament - but the brothers will have to wait to meet

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Monterrey: Serhou Guirassy’s double fired the German side into the last eight

Serhou Guirassy scored a brace in the first half to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 2-1 victory over Monterrey in the Club World Cup's round of 16, setting up a quarterfinal match against Real Madrid.

German side dispatch last of the Concacaf teams 2-1 Serhou Guirassy’s two goals set up quarter-final with Real Madrid Serhou Guirassy scored two early goals and Borussia Dortmund held on to defeat CF Monterrey 2-1 on Tuesday night in Atlanta to reach the Fifa Club World Cup quarter-finals. Karim Adeyemi assisted both to bring Guirassy’s tournament total to three. Continue reading...

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