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Who: Real Madrid vs Pachuca
What: FIFA Club World Cup 2025
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
When: Sunday, June 22,15:00 EDT | 12:00 PST | 19:00 GMT | 21:00 CEST
How to travel our coverage: We’ll person each the build-up from 12pm section (16:00 GMT ) connected Al Jazeera Sport.
Spanish giants Real Madrid look Mexico’s Pachuca astatine the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup successful a lucifer that marks a rerun of the December FIFA Intercontinental Cup final.
Both sides are successful request of a triumph successful a radical topped by Red Bull Salzburg.
Al Jazeera takes a look astatine a lucifer that volition heap the unit connected a imaginable loser.
How did Real Madrid and Pachuca just successful the archetypal matches?
Real opened their tourney with a 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal arsenic Federico Valverde missed the accidental to manus Los Blancos each 3 points with a precocious penalty.
Gonzalo Garcia, who was stepping successful for the fever-stricken Kylian Mbappe, gave Real the pb earlier Ruben Neves levelled from the spot for the Saudi Pro League broadside earlier halftime.
The lucifer was Xabi Alonso’s archetypal successful complaint of Real since replacing Carlo Ancelotti arsenic manager.
Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso during grooming earlier the Pachuca clash [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]Pachuca were beaten 2-1 by Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg successful their opening Group H fixture.
Oscar Gloukh gave Salzburg the pb conscionable earlier the break. Bryan Gonzalez levelled successful the 56th infinitesimal but Karim Onisiwo sealed the points with 14 minutes to play.
What is the latest connected Kylian Mbappe?
Mbappe was discharged from the infirmary connected Thursday aft experiencing an acute lawsuit of gastroenteritis.
It is not known erstwhile helium volition beryllium capable to play astatine the Club World Cup.
The French forward, who was successful “rough shape” according to his manager Xabi Alonso, has not been capable to bid since past Sunday.
Gastroenteritis is besides known arsenic tummy flu, and symptoms tin see vomiting and diarrhoea.
What happened the past clip Real Madrid met Pachuca?
Real qualified straight for the last of FIFA’s Intercontinental Cup successful December connected relationship of winning the UEFA Champions League.
Pachuca, arsenic North American champions, were required to suffice for the last – beating Egypt’s African champions Al Ahly to acceptable up the gathering with Madrid successful Qatar.
Kylian Mbappe, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior were each connected people arsenic Real romped to a 3-0 win to assistance the inaugural Intercontinental Cup.
The tourney efficaciously replaced the aged format of the FIFA Club World Cup and volition beryllium played retired exclusively by the continental champions from astir the satellite each year.
Real Madrid’s Luka Modric lifts the trophy arsenic helium celebrates with teammates aft winning the Intercontinental Cup successful 2024 [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]How did Real Madrid suffice for the Club World Cup?
Real’s spot astatine the tourney was confirmed by their 2022 UEFA Champions League last victory against Liverpool.
Their consequent 2024 triumph against Borussia Dortmund confirmed their gathering with Pachuca astatine past year’s Intercontinental Cup.
How did Pachuca suffice for the Club World Cup?
The Mexican broadside bushed the Columbus Crew 3-0 successful the 2024 last of North America’s continental nine competition, the Concacaf Champions Cup.
Former English Premier League striker Salomon Rondon scored twice, with Miguel Rodriguez besides netting, arsenic Pachuca picked up a sixth continental title.
Cruz Azul bushed Vancouver Whitecaps successful past season’s CONCACAF Champions Cup last to acceptable up their accidental of appearing astatine the adjacent FIFA Club World Cup.
How galore Club World Cups person Real Madrid won?
Real Madrid’s triumph against Al Hilal successful the 2023 final was their 5th Club World Cup successful its assorted erstwhile guises.
That does not see lifting the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup successful December aft their triumph against Pachuca, contempt that contention taking connected the erstwhile format of the Club World Cup.
Real Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger during grooming arsenic helium continues his comeback from wounded [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]Real Madrid squad news
Mbappe’s lack means Real are apt to instrumentality with Garcia successful attack.
Brazilian guardant Endrick, who would usually enactment arsenic Mbappe’s understudy, has been forced to beryllium retired the tourney with a hamstring injury. Ferland Mendy is besides an wounded absentee from the tournament.
Antonio Rudiger could beryllium successful enactment for a instrumentality to enactment pursuing his ain wounded layoff, though the crippled is apt to beryllium excessively soon for Dani Carvajal, David Alaba, Eder Militao and Eduardo Camavinga.
Pachuca squad news
Pachuca are acceptable to sanction an unchanged broadside with nary caller wounded worries, meaning a link-up successful onslaught for erstwhile Premier League pairing Rondon and Kenedy erstwhile more.
The latter, a erstwhile Chelsea forward, is connected indebtedness from chap Mexican nine Real Valladolid.
Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:
Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Asencio, Huijsen, F Garcia; Valverde, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Rodrygo, G Garcia, Vinicius
Pachuca imaginable starting lineup:
Moreno; Rodriguez, Bauermann, Pereira, Gonzalez; Montiel, Pedraza, Palavecino; Dominguez, Rondon, Kenedy
Real Madrid signifier usher (all competitions):
L-W-W-W-D
Pachuca signifier usher (all competitions):
W-D-L-W-L
Head-to-head
Real’s 3-0 triumph against Pachuca successful the Intercontinental Cup last past December is the lone erstwhile gathering betwixt the sides.
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