This Sunday evening (9 p.m., in France), Real Madrid will play its second match of the Club World Cup against Pachuca.
Held in failure when he entered the scene against Al Hilal, Real Madrid is obliged to win this Sunday at the risk of seeing, at least, the first place of the group move away in this group of the World Cup of clubs since Salzburg won against Pachuca on the first day.
The good news for the Madrid coach is that he will be able to count on Rudiger's return to central defense even if we imagine the German international in this second match. The Spaniard had already indicated against Al Hilal that he could have minutes of play against Pachuca.
5 absent players
On the other hand, Xabi Alonso will not be able to count on Kylian Mbappé who “feels better” according to the words of his coach but he has not yet resumed collective training. He was satisfied with a few exercises at the hotel and his return was hoped for the third match against Salzburg.
The group of Xabi Alonso vs Pachuca.
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June 21, 2025
Other absences, that of Dani Carvajal who trained in the past two days indoors as indicated by the club. Eduardo Camavong, who recovers faster than expected, could play in this World Cup when he was announced forfeit but it will not be on Sunday.
Finally, Alaba and Eder Militao complete the list of absent for this second poster. Like Dani Carvajal, the two men should not play during this tournament.
The group summoned
Guardians: Courtois, Lunin, Fran González
Defenders: Trent, Lucas Vazquez, Fran Garcia, Rüdiger, Huijsen, Youssef, Jacobo, Asencio, Fortea, Diego Aguado
Environment: Bellingham, Valverde, Modrich, tchouameneni, hüler, ceballos, chema, Victor Muñoz, Mario Martin
Attackers: Vinicius, Rodrygo, Brahim Diaz, Gonzalo
