Under the leadership of Vinicius and Valverde, Real Madrid continued its strong shows in the 2025 Club World Cup, after achieving a deserved victory over the Austrian Salzburg with three clean, to settle the top of his group and qualify for the 16th round of the continental championship.
A new trilogy confirms hegemony
At dawn on Friday, Real Madrid decided his confrontation against Red Paul Salzburg with three goals without a response, in the third round of the group stage. With this victory, Al -Royal raised his score to 7 points to lead the eighth group and hit a fiery date with Juventus in the round of 16 next Tuesday at the “Hard Rock” stadium.
Vinicius returns to shine
Brazilian Vinicius Junior regained his luster at an ideal time, after the scoring opened for Real Madrid and made the second goal brilliantly. This is the first time that Vinicius has been making and making the same meeting since last December when he did it against Pachuca in the Intercontinental Cup final.
Valverde records a historical number
For his part, Federico Valverde wrote his name in the history of Real Madrid, after he played his 62nd match this season, as the most participating player in official matches in one season in the history of the club, beating legends such as Luka Modric and Roberto Carlos.
The list of the most apparent in one season in the history of Real Madrid:
• Federico Valverde: 62 games (2024/2025)
• Luka Modric: 60 games (2024/2025)
Eduardo Kamavinga: 59 games (2022/2023)
• Francisco Buyu – Roberto Carlos – Mitchell: 58 games
Gonzalo Garcia threatens Ramos number
In the absence of Mbappe of injury, promising striker Gonzalo Garcia took advantage of the opportunity and scored the third goal of Real Madrid in the match, raising his score in the championship to two goals, and approaching the equation of Sergio Ramos number as the most Spanish player to score in the World Cup clubs with a Spanish club.
Spanish scorers with Spanish clubs in the World Cup:
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid): 3 goals
Gonzalo Garcia (Real Madrid): 2 goals
• Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid): 2 goals
• Pedro (Barcelona): 2 goals
• Pablo Barius (Atletico Madrid): 2 goals
The date of the upcoming confrontation
Real Madrid is preparing for a strong confrontation against Juventus next Tuesday, July 1, in the round of 16 matches, in a match bearing a European flavor with a global flavor.
