FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Gonzalo Nets Winner while Real Madrid uses Juventus Randen to reach quarters

The 54th minute Header from Gonzalo Garcia was enough to give Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Juventus in Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday and to book its place in the quarterfinals of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

It was an impressive display of the Madrid side of Xabi Alonso, and when adding a positive day, Kylian Mbappe made his return out of illness and came as a 68th minute replacement for his first appearance of the tournament.

The first half was a nice balanced match with the Juventus of Igor Tudor who started clearly before it really ended up.

There was an early opportunity for Juve’s Randal Kolo Muani after smart work by Kenan Yildiz to take him to goal, but the French attacker chose an attempted chip by Thibaut Courtois, and his shot drove over the bar.

The impressive Yildiz then burst through the middle and unleashed a fierce effort that Aurelien Tchouameni bent and flew wide.

The Turin Team, 5-2 defeated by Manchester City in his last group game, moved the ball with confidence, but Real grew up in the game, and it went close when Jude Bellingham forced a Spaar by Michele di Gregorio from close by.

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Federico Valverde then tested the Juve goalkeeper of long distance, and Trent Alexander-Arnold hit a low ball over the face of the goal when Madrid finished half.

The interval did nothing to change the momentum of the game with really creating different opportunities-bellingham fired to Valverde, whose sweet hit shot was just wide and when Bellingham itself brought a good savings from Di Gregorio with a shot of the edge of the box.

The rocking drive of Dean Huijsen was parried by the busy keeper when Real Siege explained in the Juventus, and it was no surprise when the breakthrough finally arrived.

Alexander-Arnold ran into a cross from the right, who met Gonzalo a perfectly timed header for his third goal in four games in the tournament.

Juve responded with the Portuguese winger Francisco Conceicao who brought Courtois into action from a low shot, the Belgian Shot stopper did well to go on.

But Real wanted to finish the game, and Valverde tested the reactions of Di Gregorio with an overhead kick before Alonso decided to introduce Mbappe to the joy of the 62.149 crowd.

Juve’s faith, however, remained and Nicolas Gonzalez flashed a 25-year drive just wide.

On the other hand, Real’s Turkish midfielder Arda Guler saw his fresh shot kept out of Di Gregorio’s feet, but one goal was enough.