A little over a year ago, the June 1, 2024Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund faced in the final of the Champions League. The game was played in Wembley And the whites imposed themselves for 0-2goals Carvajal y Viniciusafter overcoming a first time of clear dominance of the Germans.
A year and a month later, both teams see the faces again in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. Faces that have changed remarkably taking into account the little time elapsed since that game in Londonwhich was the fifteenth European Cup of Madrid.
Real Madrid gets its 15th European Cup thanks to the goals of Carvajal and Vinicius in the second part
On the part of the whites, just four players have real options to repeat as headlines before the 'Borusser' team. Courtois, Rüdiger (For the hairs, it is fresh out of an injury), Fede Valverde y Vinicius. The rest of those who were headlines in that match in the English football temple have crossed all kinds of vicissitudes. Carvajala serious knee injury that begins to leave now, although far from being a starter: Nachooutside the club; Mendyin one of his recurring muscle injuries; Camavingasuch as Rüdiger and Carvajal, in full recovery process; Kroosretired from football; and Rodrygoimmersed in a delicate sports process and personnel that could well end his departure from Real Madrid.
As for those who entered from the bench, more of the same. Modric y Lucas They hurry their last days as Real Madrid, with a very limited participation in the World Cup; Josel It is also out of the club; and Millita It is another one of the long -term injured in the template. Like Carvajal, he entered the list against Juventus. But it is very far from the real option to start.
To change, it has changed to the person responsible for the bench. Carlo Ancelotti It is today a national coach of Brazil And this Saturday's game against Dortmund will be the fifth of Xabi Alonso as Madrid coach, which he arrived on May 25.
The Dortmund striker learned at a press conference that the English will miss the match against Madrid by sanction
Borussia has also changed radically since that Champions Final. Your coach is not the same (Kovac instead of Terzic) and in its possible initial eleven for Saturday several changes are intuited with respect to Wembley. They should repeat Kobel, Ryerson, Adeyemi… And little else. Hummelsfor example, it is retired, SLOTHER BACK y Emre Can They are injured, Maatsen, Sancho and Füllkrug They moved to the Premier and Sabitzer y Brandttwo key pieces in the German team for years, have lost weight before their technic.
The great threat of Dortmund is today Serhou Guirassysigned after the defeat of the Germans in London. From Stuttgart and with a cost of 40 million de euros, ERL Franco-Guinean Suma 37 goals In his first season in the team of Signa Iduna Parkthree of them in the Club World Cup.
The other great novelty in the Westphaly Club is the presence in its template of Jobe BellinghamReal Madrid's Brotherhood Jude… that Madrid will not be measured, in this case by sanction.
