Graduated in Real Madrid’s grassroots categories, young striker Gonzalo García, 21, has been the team’s main offensive name at the Club World Cup. This Tuesday (1st), he scored his third goal in the tournament in the 1-0 win over Juventus, which placed the Spanish club in the quarterfinals.
The silver of the house has gained space in the team since the beginning of the competition with the absence of Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, who did not play in the group stage because of acute gastroenteritis – recurred, he returned to playing against the Italian team, but began the confrontation in the bench.
It was from there that shirt 9 saw the boy perform to decide the confrontation. Before, he had already appeared well in the departures against Al Hilal (1 to 1) and against RB Salzburg (3 to 0). In both, he left his mark on the scoreboard.
The Spanish team returns to the field next Saturday (5), at 17h (Brasília), at Metlife Stadium, where he will face the winner of the confrontation between Borussia Dortmund and Monterrey. Also this Tuesday, the German team faces the Mexican at 10 pm (Brasília), at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
In the duel with Juventus, the main bids occurred in the second half. In the initial 45 minutes, Real Madrid had the most inauguration (57%) and more finishes (7 to 4), but the confrontation was quite balanced, with few clear chances. By Juventus, Kolo Muani had the best opportunity after six minutes, but tried to cover up Courteis and the ball went up too much. For the real, Bellingham and Valverde demanded good defenses from Di Gregorio.
After the break, the team led by Xabi Alonso took control of the game and started to risk more kicks, especially long -distance. It was head, however, that the score was finally opened at eight minutes, when Alexander-Arnold crossed and Gonzalo García tested to the bottom of the net.
It was the first assistance of the English side with the white shirt. After building a long trajectory at Liverpool, from 2016 to 2025, when he played 355 games, scored 23 goals and won nine titles, he was hired by Real to take charge of the right side.
With the newcomer’s pass, García reached his third goal at the World Cup. Graduated in Real Madrid’s grassroots categories, the promise now has four goals for the Spanish club’s main team.
At 22 minutes, the top scorer of the day left the match to make room for Mbappé. The French star made his debut at the World Cup after losing the group stage because of acute gastroenteritis. Recovered, he started the confrontation with Juventus on the bench and now fights to return to the starting lineup following the competition.
