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After a minutes’ silence in memory of brothers Diogo Jota and Andre Silva, we’re under in the last quarter-final of the Fifa Club World Cup.

The teams are making their way onto the Met Life Stadium turf.

PSG await the winners, with Chelsea and Fluminense into the other semi-final.

PSG await the winners of tonight’s face-off after they beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in a dramatic game that included two disallowed goals, two red cards, and a horror injury for Jamal Musiala.

Real Madrid qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the 2024 Champions League final at Wembley, against tonight’s opponents Borussia Dortmund.

Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr scored the goals as Real Madrid won their 14th European Cup. It was the second time Dortmund had lost a final at Wembley, following their 2013 defeat to Bayern Munich.

These teams also met last season in the Champions League league phase. Dortmund led 2-0 at the Bernabeu but Madrid roared back in typical fashion to win 5-2 and deny Dortmund their revenge.

Borussia Dortmund held off a stirring second-half fightback from Monterrey to complete the Club World Cup quarter-final line-up with a 2-1 win in a round-of-16 thriller.

Clinical finishes from Serhou Guirassy in the 14th and 24th minutes put Dortmund on top at the break but German Berterame hit back for Monterrey in the 48th minute and the Mexican club pressed for an equaliser until the final whistle. The Dortmund defence held firm, however, to set up a last-eight meeting with 15-time European champions Real Madrid in New Jersey.

Jobe Bellingham misses out through suspension, with Julian Brandt taking his place.

Elsewhere, Marcel Sabitzer swaps in for Felix Nmecha in the centre of midfield to partner former Brighton & Hove Albion man Pascal Gross.

Dortmund beat Monterry to reach the quarter-finals, with goalscorer Serhou Guirassy keeping his spot up front.

Borussia Dortmund: Kobel, Anton, Bensebaini, Guirassy, Brandt, Gross, Sabitzer, Svensson, Sule, Ryerson, Adeyemi

It’s been a difficult week for the football world after the death of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, but former Liverpool vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold was left heartbroken by the passing of his team-mate.

“It’s so difficult to find the right words when your head and heart are struggling to accept that someone you care so much about has gone,” Alexander-Arnold posted on Thursday night.

“Diogo, your family was your world. They were everything. For Rute, his children, and his parents, all of our hearts are broken. And for Andre as well. Brothers and best friends.”When it’s less painful, I want to remember Diogo with a big smile.

“So many laughs and happy moments. He was such a great teammate and a true friend.”Forever number 20. Rest in peace, Diogo.”

Real Madrid name an unchanged line-up from their win over Juventus in the last round.

Goalscorer in that game Gonzalo Garcia leads the line, with Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr. either side.

Bellingham is denied a showdown with his brother Jobe, who is suspended for the game.

Real Madrid hit their stride at the Club World Cup on Tuesday, edging Juventus 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals thanks to a second-half strike from academy graduate Gonzalo Garcia as Kylian Mbappe made his tournament debut.

Garcia, deputising for Mbappe after the France forward missed the group stage due to gastroenteritis, found the back of the net early in the second half to set up a meeting with either Borussia Dortmund or Monterrey.

Garcia headed home from Trent Alexander Arnold’s pin-point cross in the 54th minute for his third goal in the tournament.