Real Madrid head into the knockout stages of the FIFA Club World Cup, as they are set to face Juventus in the Round of 16 on July 1. Head coach Xabi Alonso will

A group-stage exit for Real Madrid at the first expanded Club World Cup would’ve been unthinkable, before a crowd more than 90 percent partial to the Spanish giants. That contingent would’ve grown uncharacteristically uncomfortable had Salzburg converted any of its half-chances in the first half with the game scoreless.

T he group phase of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is over and we've got the 16 best teams in a race to win the first edition of the new format of the tournament. After the group phase, which was divided in eight groups formed by the 32 teams involved,