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Real Madrid survive late Dortmund scare to set up Club World Cup semi-final with PSG

  • Quarter-final: Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund

  • G García 10, F García 20, Mbappé 90+4; Beier 90+2, Guirassy 90+8

Real Madrid have set up a date with Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup semi-final, despite a chaotic last 10 minutes, giving Kylian Mbappé a chance to face his former side on a big stage after he scored a fantastic acrobatic goal in a 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund.

Xabi Alonso’s Madrid looked entirely in control for the vast majority of the match, until a remarkable stoppage time made things nervy and Thibaut Courtois’s last-gasp save preserved the victory. That incredible conclusion to an otherwise pedestrian match also included a late red card given to Real Madrid’s Dean Huijsen, the impressive new arrival in central defence, who will miss the semi-final as a result of bringing down Serhou Guirassy right after Mbappé’s stupendous volley for Real Madrid’s third.

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© Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

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Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund: Club World Cup quarter-final – live updates

5 min: Both sides have probed the other’s defensive third, but neither has had a great look at goal yet. Defenses doing well to shepherd attackers to the corners.

1 min: We are underway!

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© Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

© Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

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