The Spanish top club Real Madrid fulfilled the next mandatory task at the World Cup in the USA and completed the group phase with a win.
In the European duel, the royal defeated Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 (2-0) on the last preliminary round match day and took the top duel with Juventus with seven points from three games from three games in the round of 16.
This leaves Salzburg
Meanwhile, Salzburg missed the move into the KO round due to the defeat, also because in the parallel game Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, the group last CF Pachuca (Mexico) beat 2-0 (1: 0). With this, the team of the new coach Simone Inzaghi with five points in second place in front of Salzburg (four points) and now meets fellow favorite Manchester City, who prevailed 5: 2 (2: 1) against Juve and thus secured the group victory.
Rüdiger celebrates Start-up comeback
In the third game under the new coach Xabi Alonso, Real set the course for victory with a double strike shortly before the break. Vinicius Junior (40th) and Federico Valverde (45.+3) at the presentation of Vinicius got the lead. Shortly before the end, Gonzalo Garcia (84th) increased. National player Antonio Rüdiger, who celebrated his comeback in the second group game against Pachuca, was back in the starting eleven for the first time and was replaced in the 66th minute.