Real Madrid managed to get ahead thanks to Gonzalo García at minute 33 of the first half, but Al-Hilal ended up matching the match through a rapen Neves penalty in the 40th minute of the same stage.
Real Madrid Federico Valverde wasted wasted the possibility of putting an advantage after spoiling a penalty in the 91st minute of the second half.
Gonzalo García was the figure of the party. The Real Madrid striker scored 1 goal, finished off the opposite arch on 7 opportunities and made 14 correct passes.
Another important player in the game was Rúben Neves. Al-Hilal’s midfielder was the author of 1 goal, he succeeded 72 correct passes and finished off the arch 2 times.
The technical director of Real Madrid, Xabier Alonso Olano, raised a 4-3-3 strategy with Thibaut Courtois in the arch; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Raúl Asencio, Dean Huijsen and Fran García in the defensive line; Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Jude Bellingham in the middle; and Rodrygo, Gonzalo García and Vinicius Júnior in the attack.
For their part, those led by Simone Inzaghi stopped with a 4-5-1 scheme with Yassine Bououu under the three sticks; João Cancelo, Hassan Altambakti, Kalidou Koulibaly and Renan Lodi in Defense; Nasser Aldawsari, Ruben Neves, Malcom, Sergej Milinkovic Savic and Salem Aldawsari in the middle of the court; and Marcos Leonardo in the lead.
The referee Facundo Tello Figueroa was selected to carry out the shares of the game.
On the next date the meringues will receive Pachuca and Al-Hilal will play as a visitor in front of Red Bull Salzburg at the Audi Field stadium.
Changes in Real Madrid
- 45 ′ 2t – Raúl Asencio came out by Arda Güler
- 64 ′ 2t-Trent Alexander-Arnold left by Lucas Vázquez and Rodrygo by Brahim Díaz
- 79 ′ 2t – Vinicius Júnior came out by Víctor Muñoz
- 83 ′ 2t – Jude Bellingham came out by Luka Modric
Admonished in Real Madrid:
- 14 ′ 1T vinicius junior (simulate an infraction)
Changes in Al-Hilal
- 63 ′ 2t – Malcom came out by Mohammed al Qahtani and João Cancelo by Hamad al Yami
- 75 ′ 2t – Nasser Aldawsari came out by Mohamed Kanno
- 82 ′ 2T – Marcos Leonardo left by Musab to the Juwayr and Renan Lodi by Moteb Alharbi
Admonished in al-Hilal:
- 43 ′ 2t Ruben Neves (insult or disapprove of the referee), 45 ′ 2t Mohammed al Qahtani (unsportsmanlike behavior) and 53 ′ 2t Mohamed Kanno (unsportsmanlike behavior)