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Real Reach CWC Semis

Jul 06, 2025

Real Madrid survived a late scare to beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the Club World Cup quarterfinals. 

Real dominated most of the match and were initially coasting to victory. 

However, chaos erupted in stoppage time, with Real defender Dean Huijsen being sent off, Dortmund scoring a penalty, and Real goalkeeper Thibault Courtois making a last-minute save.  

Real are through to the semifinals, where they will take on Champions League winners PSG, who had a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich.  

PSG held on despite being down to 9 players in the dying minutes. 

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Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso is undecided on his plans for Kylian Mbappe, for the upcoming Club World Cup semifinals. 

This, after the Frenchman came off the bench in the quarterfinals this morning.  

It was his second appearance as a sub, after he was briefly hospitalised due to illness.  

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Meanwhile reports say that Bayern’s Jamal Musiala could be sidelined for up to 5 months, after he suffered a broken leg in this morning’s game against PSG.  

He suffered the injury following a collision with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnaruma.  

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