Overview

• Real Madrid secured a 1-0 win over Juventus at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium with a 54th-minute header from academy graduate Gonzalo García.
• García’s goal marked his third in four games and proved decisive after a tightly contested first half.
• Kylian Mbappé returned from acute gastroenteritis to make his Club World Cup debut as a 68th-minute substitute alongside the recovering Dani Carvajal and Éder Militão.
• Under new coach Xabi Alonso, Los Blancos combined emerging youth and seasoned campaigners to demonstrate tactical flexibility and squad depth.
• Madrid will face the victor of Tuesday’s Borussia Dortmund vs Monterrey match in the quarter-finals of the expanded 32-team tournament.