Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup on Saturday. The two teams met multiple times before, including the 2024 Champions League final played at Wembley,

Los Blancos have won their last three matches by a combined score of 7-1, and their latest result, a 1-0 victory over Juventus in the Round of 16, was their most impressive performance of the tournament. Madrid has shown some understandable growing pains under new manager Xabi Alonso, but things have sharpened up with each passing match.

Real Madrid have gone through the gears since drawing their first group fixture against Al-Hilal, beating both Pachuca and Red Bull Salzburg to secure a spot in the