Mbappe net of thrilling Real Madrid victory against Dortmund at Club World Cup | Football News
Kylian Mbappe was one of the scorers as the French forward continues his comeback with a 3-2 victory over Real Madrid’s Dortmund.
Kylian Mbappe’s epic bike kick was one of three goals for late stop time, like Real Madrid Defeat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 In the Club World Cup quarter-final match.
The drama wasn’t limited to late goals, and the real Key Party Bo Kourtwa used his fingertips to lift the potential leveling goals off the final play of the game.
Gonzalo Garcia and Fran Garcia scored in the first 20 minutes as Madrid built a 2-0 lead.
Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier scored three minutes into stoppage time, and Mbappe, who entered the 67th, recovered a two-goal lead with a bike kick a minute later.
Serhou Guirassy changed the penalty kick to an additional eight minutes of time after being fouled by Dean Huysen, who received the red card and missed the semi-finals.
Courtois used all his long arms on a 200cm (6 feet 7 inches) frame to defeat a shot of Marcel Sabitzer just before his final mouth whi.
Madrid has made it to the semi-finals against the winner of the Champions League Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday, the day after Chelsea met Brazilian club Fulminence.
On a sunny afternoon, at 3pm kickoff, Gonzalo Garcia scored in the 10th minute at 30 degrees Celsius (86 F), and Frangarcia scored on the 20th.
Garcia, 21, who has only played five Spanish leagues in the past two seasons, has been given a start from new Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso over Mbappe, who is regaining fitness after acute gastroenteritis.
Garcia has four goals, tying Benfica’s angel DiMaria and Alhiral’s Marcos Leonardo for the tournament lead.
Mbappe came for Jude Bellingham. Jude Bellingham missed the opportunity to play against his brother, Job.
Madrid defeated Dortmund 2-0 2-0 in the 2024 Champions League final, overcoming a two-goal halftime deficit in a 5-2 victory in the league phase this season. The Los Blancos were eliminated by Arsenal in the quarterfinals of this year’s Champions League.
Madrid won five consecutive matches against Dortmund, unbeaten in seven since their 2014 Champions League quarter-final loss.
American midfielder Geo Reina didn’t get off the bench and finished the tournament in five matches with a 13-minute appearance for Dortmund.
The game attracted 76,611 fans at MetLife Stadium, the site for next year’s World Cup final. The seats appeared to be filled except for the fully empty suite level on one side.
There was a moment of silence before kickoff of Liverpool’s Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva of Penafiel. He died in a car accident Thursday.