{"id":14737,"date":"2025-07-05T00:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mbappe-vs-dortmund-doubtful-start-alonso-defines-real-madrids-lineup\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T04:18:00","slug":"mbappe-vs-dortmund-doubtful-start-alonso-defines-real-madrids-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/mbappe-vs-dortmund-doubtful-start-alonso-defines-real-madrids-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9 vs Dortmund: Doubtful start? Alonso defines Real Madrid&#8217;s lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s participation in the upcoming Club World Cup quarter-final match between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is still uncertain, according to coach Xabi Alonso. The French striker is in the process of recovering after suffering from gastroenteritis.\n\nMbapp\u00e9, who made his tournament debut on Tuesday, contributed to Real Madrid&#8217;s 1-0 victory over Juventus, a result that secured their place in the quarter-finals. The player had missed the entire group stage.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He is improving. He has progressed in the last three days. Tomorrow morning we will decide if he will be part of the starting eleven.<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe forward came on as a substitute in the second half of the match against Juventus in Miami, where the Spanish team also won 1-0. His entry onto the field was met with an ovation that showed his global popularity in the tournament held in the United States.\n\nDuring the tournament, Mbapp\u00e9 was briefly hospitalized and isolated from the team while recovering.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0705%2Fr1515086_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>El entrenador del Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso, no confirm\u00f3 si Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 jugar\u00e1 contra el Dortmund en los cuartos de final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nIn the absence of Mbapp\u00e9, Gonzalo Garc\u00eda has taken on an important role in the team. The 21-year-old player, trained in the youth academy, has stood out with three goals, including Tuesday&#8217;s winning goal, and an assist so far in the competition.\n\nI think (Garc\u00eda and Mbapp\u00e9) could complement each other and if it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s required, it&#8217;s not something I&#8217;m going to ignore.\n\nOn Saturday, Real Madrid will face a Borussia Dortmund in good form, after their 2-1 victory against Monterrey, which secured them a place in the quarter-finals.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Dortmund is a very good team. As soon as (the coach Niko Kovac) took over, they were growing and developing and on the rise. We are facing a difficult opponent&#8230; Tomorrow is going to be close.<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s participation in the upcoming Club World Cup quarter-final match between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is still uncertain, according to coach Xabi Alonso. The French striker is in the process of recovering after suffering from gastroenteritis. Mbapp\u00e9, who made his tournament debut on Tuesday, contributed to Real Madrid&#8217;s 1-0 victory over Juventus, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[716,960,254,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-14737","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\/14737","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=14737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}