Gonzalo García downs Juventus to send Real Madrid to Club World Cup quarters

Trent Alexander-Arnold provided the delivery for García's winner. 
Gonzalo García downs Juventus to send Real Madrid to Club World Cup quarters

Real Madrid's Gonzalo Garcia celebrates after scoring during the Club World Cup round of 16 soccer against Juventus in Miami Gardens, Florida. Pic: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Club World Cup last 16: Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus 

Kylian Mbappé at last made his debut at this Club World Cup as the competition enters the knockout phase, coming on to face Juventus two weeks and four games after he was hospitalised with a stomach virus that saw him lose five kilos. But while the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami chanted the Frenchman’s name, roaring as he made his way to the halfway line, and stood to hand him an ovation when he entered the fray, the excitement overflowing, it was the kid heading in the other direction for whom Rita Hayworth is family but most of them had not heard of a month ago, who had taken Real Madrid into the quarter-final.

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