Match Day LIVE
Match Day 1
FIFA World Club Cup, 2025 Edition .USA.
Real Madrid vs Al Hilal
Venue – Hard Rock Stadium , Miami Florida
Time – 8 pm UK time .
Date – June 18, 2025 .

Today at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami , Florida , in continuation of the on going Fifia Club World Cup, Real Madrid faces Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia .
The two teams debuts their manager in today’s match, Xavi Alonso who took over from Carlo Ancelotti and Philippe Inzaghi who left Inter Inter Milan after their disnall outing in the finals of last seasons champions league to Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia .

Though they have won the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup , but their last years performance all round was a very disappointing one losing the Spanish Liga and Copa Del Rey as wella s the Spanish Super Cup final . Former Manager Carlo Ancelotti left the club after a failed season to Brazil as their new National Team Manager
Xabi Alonso was called to take charge of the club where he had won May title s including a champions league and Spanish LA liga as well , though after a successful stint at Bayer Lerveekseun where he won the Bundesliga too .
The Real squad has already been strengthened with some good players will be part of the football tourney in USA , while others will arrive after their exploits in the FIFA Club World Cup. Players like Alex Trent Arnold from Liverpool whom Real paid Liverpool extra £10 million pounds to be apart of the squad in America . in order to add pep in their defence . as well as Franco Mastanturo who will be available after the Club World Cup .

It’s very much likely that Alonso may win a silver ware even before settling down as Manager in his old Club where he made 236 appearances . Real has won the FIFA Club World Cup five times , in 2004,20,2006 , 2017 , ,2018 and 2022 respectively , a win this year will make it the sixth time for them .
They are deemed as hot favourites in their group against Salzburg of Austria and Mexico s Pachucua .

After a very poor and humiliating and uncompetitive finals of the last seasons Uefa champions league finals , Inzagi left Inter Milan for the Saudi Pro league Club , Al Hilal after erhough winning so many titles during his forur years stay with the Nerazzuris where he won a Serie A title and the Italian Super Cup as well twice .
Al Hilal side finished second in the Saudi Pro league , 13 points behind winners , Al Ithaad .
Inzaghi s first task will be to reclaim the Saudi Pro league title for the 2025 /2026 season as well as scaling through the crodile infested waters int heir FIFA Club World Cup where they are obviously the under dogs , with sio many high profile teams like Real Madrid and Salzburg of Austria ,
But down memory lane , and with nostalgic feelings too , they will remember when they scored three goals against Real Madrid in the finals of the 2022 editing of the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco , and Real should not be in a hurry to forget it too .as shorty may repeat or even reverse itself and harm them today with an unbelievable upset from Al Hilal .

Injury worries may not affect the Real team as most of their players who has injury are already in USA but they may not play a role in the competiion at least for the group games , players like David Cavalhal ,Elder Militao, David Alaba ,Ferland Mendy and Eduardo Canavinga .While it remains to be seen if Antonio Rudiger will be fit for today’s match after undergoing meniscus in April .
New recruits from Liverpool and AFC Bouremouth from the English Premsiehip Alexander Arnold and Hujisen are already in the team ahead of today’s match
Kylian Mbappe yet to recover from bouts of illness recently is likely to spear head the Real attack in March Day One of the FIFA Club World Cup match .
On the reverse side , the Saudi giants , Al Hilal ,New Manager , Inzaghi may resort to his usual 3-5- formation ,which means Al Hilal will make some adjustments , former Sevilla goal tender , Bono will be in goal while the rear men will constitute Koulibaly , forner Chelsea defender , as well as Hassan Tambakti and Ali Al Bulayhi , while former Barcelona mid fielder who is yet to prove his fitness level for him to play his usual wing back while Alexander Mitrovic will lead the attacking options for the Saudi team .

Predictions .

New Manager and former player of Real Madird , Xavi Alonso will use this match to prove his worth at the global stage , while not dismissing the slightly minnows Al Hilal who may also want to prove a point to the European giants that football is not Mathematics .
In paper , Real should have an easy win over their Arab opponents tonight in far away , Hard Rock Stadium in Miami , Florida .

Real 2-1 Al Hilal , 2-2 Or 3-1 .

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