World Sports: Mbappe hopes to replace Gonzalo Garcia in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup

Football     6:40pm, 4 July 2025

According to the Spanish media "World Sports", Mbappe made his first appearance in the Club World Cup against Juventus and hopes to replace Gonzalo Garcia in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup.

During Real Madrid's training yesterday, Mbappe increased the training intensity. Xavi Alonso must decide whether to start Mbappe against Dortmund or continue to bet on Gonzalo Garcia. Gonzalo Garcia won himself the position to continue to start in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup with his own efforts, especially his goals. In fact, many bet that Gonzalo Garcia will continue to start in the Club World Cup, so Mbappe will serve as the substitute. However, Mbappe is putting pressure on to get the starter.

Mbappe only played in the last few minutes of Real Madrid's match against Juventus, and he seemed a little free on the court and his body rhythm was not as good as his teammates. However, Mbappe is one of the team's stars, and even the number one star, and Xavi Alonso needs to consider how to deal with this matter. What Alonso shows is that he doesn't care about the players' fame, he just looks at their performance on the court, no matter who the players are. An obvious example is that Gonzalo Garcia started in four Club World Cup matches that Real Madrid participated.

Putting aside the question of who will be the center in Real Madrid against Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, all signs indicate that Xavi Alonso will continue to bet on the same lineup. So Rudiger just recovered from injury and still ranked ahead of Raul Asensio, who is paying for his mistakes in the first two games. Except for the doubts about the number nine position, the other starting eleven players will remain unchanged, and the formation will also be the same 3-5-2 formation, which is the system that Xavi Alonso prefers.

Xavi Alonso needs to pay attention to the game against Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, and also pay attention to the accumulated yellow cards by Vinicius and Bellingham. Vinicius is already under the risk of suspension in the game against Juventus. If he gets another yellow card, he will be suspended. In the game against Juventus, Bellingham received another yellow card. This means that if they get a yellow card against Dortmund, they will miss the semi-finals.

FIFA clearly stipulates that yellow cards will be cleared from the semi-finals, but if a player enters the stage with two yellow cards, a suspension must be imposed. That's what Vinicius and Bellingham may face in the game against Dortmund.

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