Real Madrid beat Pachuca at Club World Cup despite Asencio’s early red card

Xabi Alonso gets his archetypal triumph arsenic Madrid manager, contempt his shot broadside playing astir of the crippled with lone 10 players.

Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler scored precocious successful the archetypal fractional to assistance 10-man Real Madrid to a 3-1 victory implicit Pachuca successful a Group H clash played amid sweltering conditions successful Charlotte, North Carolina, the United States.

Federico Valverde’s sliding volley successful the 70th infinitesimal sealed Xabi Alonso’s archetypal triumph arsenic Madrid manager connected Sunday.

The effect puts his side’s FIFA Club World Cup run backmost connected way aft a dramatic 1-1 draw against Al Hilal successful Wednesday’s opener, and contempt Sunday’s aboriginal dismissal of defender Raul Asencio.

Real Madrid tin clinch a spot successful the past 16 with a triumph oregon gully against RB Salzburg connected Thursday successful Philadelphia. Al Hilal play Salzburg aboriginal connected Sunday successful Washington, DC.

Thibault Courtois made 10 saves for the victors, though helium could bash small connected Elias Montiel’s 80th-minute deflected effort that provided Pachuca with a consolation goal.

The Mexican broadside was beaten contempt starring their Spanish foes by 25-8 successful shots wide and 11-3 successful efforts connected target.

But arsenic successful Pachuca’s 2-1 Wednesday nonaccomplishment to Salzburg, it was their opponents who had much prime successful their attacks.

Referee Ramon Abatti showed nary hesitation successful dismissing Asencio successful the seventh infinitesimal for denying an evident goal-scoring accidental aft the Madrid defender hauled down Salomon Rondon conscionable beyond the punishment area.

Real Madrid’s Raul Asencio walks disconnected the transportation aft being shown a reddish paper [Susana Vera/Reuters]

But aft absorbing unit for astir of the opening half-hour, the Spaniards raced retired to a 2-0 pb successful the half’s last 15 minutes.

In the 35th, Gonzalo Garcia’s speedy flick-on freed Fran Garcia down the left. The second past picked retired the precocious tally of Bellingham, who collected a quadrate shot and slid his debased decorativeness past Carlos Moreno from 15 yards.

In the 43rd, it was Guler providing the finishing interaction from wrong the country connected different flowing Madrid move, this clip with Gonzalo Garcia providing the last quadrate walk aft Trent Alexander-Arnold’s first-touch cross.

Pachuca continued to use unit aft the break, with Courtois forced to propulsion Bryan Gonzalez’s early-second-half effort implicit the barroom and John Kennedy’s 61st-minute onslaught from region good wide of his near post.

But Valverde’s well-taken extremity efficaciously killed the crippled and Real Madrid held connected for an awesome win.

Bellingham, who was named the subordinate of the match, hailed the tone of his teammates aft the game.

“We stayed unneurotic good [after the reddish card]. Obviously, Raul [Asencio] made a mistake. He is young and it volition happen,” helium told DAZN.

“It was awesome to spot however the squad came unneurotic and won the game.”

Alonso singled retired Courtois for praise.

“We are truthful blessed to person [Courtois] successful goal,” helium told DAZN aft the match.

“He was truthful reliable, particularly erstwhile we had 1 subordinate less. We defended with a batch of sacrifice and waited for our chances.”

In the earlier Club World Cup crippled connected Sunday, Kenan Yildiz scored 2 goals and had a manus successful different arsenic Juventus bushed Wydad Casablanca 4-1 to adjacent successful connected a spot successful the past 16.

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