30 h. ago Real Madrid’s PSG thrashing shows Xabi Alonso true size of rebuilding job

New manager faces tough questions before next season, with the biggest just how to find the right fit for superstar striker Kylian MbappéThis is the end. For Real Madrid, the best thing that could be said about their last game of the 2024-2025 season was that it was their last game of the 2024-2025 season. So in the makeshift marquee set up by the MetLife Stadium, Xabi Alonso said exactly that, and repeatedly. He had watched his team, who aren’t entirely his team yet, be taken apart by Paris Saint-Germain; now he wanted to get home and “reset”, forget about it. Well, not forget exactly: the hurt might help, lessons learned. “I want this to have an impact but not drag us down,” he said. “In August we start 2025-26, which will be different.”The way they fell was familiar, back to their recent past, their reality. “We suffered the way others have suffered against them,” Alonso said, and that was true, but it is not only PSG; it is Madrid too. This was their 68th game of the season and ...

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53 h. ago The lessons Xabi Alonso will have to learn as Real Madrid humbled by imperious PSG

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Alonso will have an eye at emulating Luis Enrique’s transformation at PSG after a humiliating defeat

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3 d. ago Luis Enrique dodges Kylian Mbappe talk as PSG prepare for hostile reunion in Real Madrid showdown

Mbappe will face off against his former employers with a place in the Club World Cup final on the line

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3 d. ago Revenge in the air as Kylian Mbappé and PSG clash in Club World Cup semi

Real Madrid forward faces former club amid legal war and bitterness, after watching PSG grab the glory he left to pursueThis is a tale of blackmail and revenge, or so it goes. Of power and money, lots of money. It is also a story of sport. The buildup to the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, those two empires and enemies, didn’t begin with a fitness update from Atlanta or Palm Beach; it began on Monday morning New York time with news from Paris that Kylian Mbappé had withdrawn a legal claim accusing his former club of extortion and harassment. Two days before kick-off, it was time for the football.Well, sort of. “The Real Madrid striker and his entourage want to calm the situation and concentrate exclusively on sporting issues,” L’Équipe reported. Definitely nothing to do with their prospects of winning the case, then. Besides, there is still the demand for €55m in allegedly unpaid wages and bonuses, which led to PSG’s accounts being momen...

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5 d. ago Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe shows true colours with Diogo Jota gesture at Club World Cup

Kylian Mbappe came off the substitutes' bench to provide the winning goal for Real Madrid in some style against Borussia Dortmund before dedicating his bicycle kick to Diogo Jota

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6 d. ago Kylian Mbappe scores as Real Madrid knock Borussia Dortmund out of Club World Cup

Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: Xabi Alonso’s side booked a date with PSG in the semi-finals

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6 d. ago Club World Cup: Real Madrid survive late scare against Borussia Dortmund to reach semi

Los Blancos will face familiar opposition in the semi-finals

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6 d. ago Thomas Tuchel's FIFA Club World Cup mission as he shares messages with England stars

England boss Thomas Tuchel has been keeping a keen eye on things at the Club World Cup in America, taking in matches, surveying training bases and chatting to his Three Lions stars about issues they may face again next summer

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7 d. ago Man United transfer latest with Club World Cup 'scouting' mission for goalkeeper

Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip with an update on the future of Botafogo goalkeeper John Victor

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7 d. ago Bellingham v Bellingham: the art of the deal, even if big date must wait

Dortmund’s pursuit of younger brother included hotel visit and talk of a Club World Cup meeting with Real MadridJobe Bellingham was furious when he found out that the early yellow card he had been shown for a tackle on Nelson Deossa against Monterrey meant missing the next game of the Club World Cup and he was still furious the following day.The news hit hard when he heard it at half-time heading down the tunnel, and the hurt wasn’t going away in a hurry. This was not just the next game, it was the game: Borussia Dortmund versus Real Madrid, the Bellingham brothers on the same pitch for the first time, and the match so special Dortmund used it to convince him to move to Germany in the first place. That and a disguise. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chelsea: Enzo Maresca confirms Pedro Neto could miss Club World Cup clash after Diogo Jota death

Chelsea winger was closed friends with Diogo Jota and the pair played alongside each other for the Portugal national team

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1 week ago Mbappe makes Club World Cup debut as Frenchman’s return provides boost for Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid

The 26-year-old was energetic on his return, linking well with Vini Jr in Xabi Alonso’s new-look side

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2 w. ago FIFA decision gives Man City's £53million man an unexpected headstart

Rico Lewis will miss two more games at the Club World Cup and that could see him lose ground in the race to be first-choice right-back.

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2 w. ago Real Madrid XI vs Pachuca: Kylian Mbappe latest, lineup and confirmed news for Club World Cup

Mbappe was hospitalised with an acute case of gastroenteritis

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2 w. ago Real Madrid XI vs Pachuca: Kylian Mbappe latest, predicted lineup and confirmed news for Club World Cup

Mbappe was hospitalised with an acute case of gastroenteritis

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2 w. ago Real Madrid XI vs Pachuca: Kylian Mbappe latest, confirmed news and predicted lineup for Club World Cup

Mbappe was hospitalised with an acute case of gastroenteritis

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3 w. ago Gastroenteritis red flags after Real Madrid ace Kylian Mbappe misses match

The Real Madrid star missed the opening Club World Cup match as he was admitted to hospital earlier this week

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3 w. ago Club World Cup trend will delight Pep Guardiola in Man City mission

Pep Guardiola is aiming to build Manchester City back up and early results in the Club World Cup could be a bigger help than expected

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3 w. ago Real Madrid issue health update after Kylian Mbappe hospitalised at Club World Cup

The France international missed Real Madrid’s Club World Cup opener against Al Hilal.

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3 w. ago Real Madrid offer fresh Kylian Mbappe update after star forward hospitalised

Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday that Kylian Mbappe had been hospitalised due to a digestive infection but the Frenchman now appears to be on the mend having returned to camp

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