Real Madrid clashed with Saudi side Al Hilal to start their club World Cup campaign, marking Xabi Alonso’s first match.
The former Bayer Leverkusen boss left the Bundesliga club and returned to Madrid, where he won five trophies as a player.
He will hope to win his first coach at the expanded club World Cup and release in the form of a new 32 team.
Madrid is the first victory start to beat Al Hilal Stadium in Simone Inzaghi’s Al Hilal team. In the Champions League final last month, Nerazzurri lost 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain and Inzaghi left Inter Milan to take charge of Al Hilal.
Former Liverpool midfielder Alonso has handed over Madrid’s debut to a controversial player who has joined Los Blancos in the controversial player and in another new signing behind.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold bowed when he moved from Liverpool to right back. Spanish centre-back Dean Huijsen, signed from Bournemouth, was also named for his debut in XI.
His England colleague, Jude Bellingham, will have shoulder surgery after the game, starting with the midfield three without a surprise.
However, there is a more strange name ahead, with Gonzalo Garcia playing in the middle.
Garcia has played only six games in his Madrid career, scoring his first goal for the club in the Cup in February.
real Madrid: coutois; Alexander-Arnold, Asencio, Huijsen, Fran Garcia; Tchouameni, Valverde, Bellingham; Vinicius, Rodrygo, Garcia.
Al Hilal Team News
Al Hilal: Bono; Lodi, Koulibaly, Al Tambakti, Cancelled; Neves, Salem; Milinkovic-Savic, Malcom, Leonardo.
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