{"id":14735,"date":"2025-07-04T23:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mbappe-in-doubt-will-he-play-against-dortmund-in-the-club-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T23:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:57:21","slug":"mbappe-in-doubt-will-he-play-against-dortmund-in-the-club-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/mbappe-in-doubt-will-he-play-against-dortmund-in-the-club-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9 in doubt: Will he play against Dortmund in the Club World Cup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mbapp\u00e9 in doubt for Real Madrid&#8217;s key match<\/h2>\n\nReal Madrid coach Xabi Alonso has sown uncertainty about Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s participation in the next quarter-final match of the Club World Cup against Borussia Dortmund. The French striker is still recovering from gastroenteritis, which casts doubt on his presence in the starting eleven.\n\nMbapp\u00e9, who made his debut in the tournament on Tuesday, contributed to Real Madrid&#8217;s 1-0 victory over Juventus, a result that secured their place in the next phase. However, his physical condition remains a concern.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt&#8217;s improving. He has been progressing in the last three days,\u201d Alonso told the media on Friday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. \u201cTomorrow morning we will decide if he will be part of the starting eleven.\u201d<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMbapp\u00e9 came on as a substitute in the second half of the match against Juventus in Miami, where the Spanish team won 1-0. His entrance to the field generated a great ovation, demonstrating his enormous popularity worldwide.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0705%2Fr1515086_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Entrenador del Real Madrid Xabi Alonso\" title=\"\"><figcaption>El entrenador del Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso, no revel\u00f3 si Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 ser\u00e1 titular contra el Dortmund en los cuartos de final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nIn the absence of Mbapp\u00e9, Gonzalo Garc\u00eda has taken on an important role in the team, standing out with three goals, including the winning goal on Tuesday, and an assist. Alonso has recognized Garc\u00eda&#8217;s potential.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI think (Garc\u00eda and Mbapp\u00e9) could complement each other and, if necessary, it&#8217;s not something I&#8217;m going to turn a blind eye to,\u201d Alonso declared.<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nReal Madrid will face a Borussia Dortmund in good form on Saturday, after the German team beat Monterrey 2-1 this week to secure their place in the quarter-finals.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cDortmund is a very good team. As soon as (coach Niko Kovac) took over, they grew and developed and were on the rise,\u201d Alonso stated. \u201cWe are facing a tough opponent\u2026 Tomorrow will be a close match.\u201d<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mbapp\u00e9 in doubt for Real Madrid&#8217;s key match Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso has sown uncertainty about Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s participation in the next quarter-final match of the Club World Cup against Borussia Dortmund. The French striker is still recovering from gastroenteritis, which casts doubt on his presence in the starting eleven. Mbapp\u00e9, who made his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[716,960,254,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-14735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-borussia-dortmund","9":"tag-kylian-mbappe","10":"tag-real-madrid","11":"tag-xabi-alonso"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}