The Club World Cup will have at least one European finalist. This Tuesday (1st), in the dispute for the last place in the quarterfinals, Borussia Dortmund eliminated Monterrey, with a 2-1 win, and joined Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on one side of the switching.
Following the tournament played in the United States, the Aurinegra team will face the Spanish club. In the 2023/24 season, the two teams decided the Champions League title in Wembley, England, and Real Madrid won, with a 2-0 win, goals from Carvajal and Vinicius Junior.
The new meeting between Dortmund and Real is scheduled for next Saturday (5), at 17h (Brasilia), at Metlife Stadium.
Possible opponents of the winner of this clash, Bayern and PSG have also met in a final of the main club tournament in Europe, in the 2019/20 edition. At the time, the French team first reached the decision, but lost 1-0, as a result that guaranteed to the German team their sixth cup of the event.
In the World Cup, it is still possible to have an exclusively European decision. For this, Chelsea will need to go to Palmeiras in the quarterfinals and then overcome the winner of the duel between Fluminense and Al Hilal.
European dominance on one side of the switching began to be defined by Dortmund in the first half of the Monterrey duel, when the team opened two goals with Guineano Girassy, at 14 and 24 minutes.
After the break, however, the Mexican team managed to react and discounted right away on three minutes with a goal from Bertorame.
The goal motivated Monterrey, who came to dominate the actions of the game and be more present in the attack. At 20 minutes, he almost reached the draw when Corona scored after a counterattack. The bid, however, was quickly annulled by impediment, pointed out by the automatic system to check this type of play.
In the final half of the second half, the Mexican team continued to look for the draw, but Dortmund managed to recover in the match to hold his victory to the end.
