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In a sense, though, the Club World Cup depends upon a different kind of investment. Whatever the big financial figures, it needs buy-in: not from Fifa’s partners but from the part of the footballing family who are rarely consulted, the fans.

The Club World Cup is in a battle for hearts and minds and eyeballs. It is a matter if – and it is too early to draw definitive conclusions – people buy into it; if they invest their time, their hopes and their emotions.

Match 57: Palmeiras vs. Chelsea (Philadelphia)

Match 58: Fluminense vs. Al-Hilal (Orlando)

Match 59: PSG vs. Bayern Munich (Atlanta)

Match 60: Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund or Monterrey (East Rutherford)

Here’s the replay for Garcia’s winning goal!

Mbappe came on for Gonzalo Garcia in the 68th minute of the match in Miami, with the latter having opened the scoring not long before with a brilliant header.

The Madrid academy product has thrived when given the opportunity under the absence of Mbappe, but the Frenchman made his return and was energetic throughout, linking up well with Vinicius Jr in attack and almost prodding home from one of the Brazilian’s crosses.

Real Madrid will play the winners of the tie between Borussia Dortmund and Monterrey in the quarter-finals, with that match coming at 8pm BST on Saturday, 5 July in East Rutherford.

As for Juventus their attentions will turn to preseason, with the Serie A season starting on 24 August against Parma.

Match 49: Palmeiras 1-0 Botafogo

Match 50: Benfica 1-4 Chelsea (AET)

Match 51: PSG 4-0 Inter Miami

Match 52: Flamengo 2-4 Bayern Munich

Match 53: Inter Milan 0-2 Fluminense

Match 54: Manchester City 3-4 Al-Hilal (AET)

Match 55: Real Madrid 1-0 Juventus

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.

Mbappe made his much-anticipated appearance as a second-half substitute, delighting the partisan crowd who packed Hard Rock Stadium to near capacity in a demonstration of the Spanish giants considerable global appeal.

Thibaut Courtois was also speaking to DAZN.

“I think we had a good game, we started feeling how it was going, they defended more than we expected. After that we tried to control the game a bit more,” he said.

“In the second half we had a lot of chances, we scored and we defended well. I think in the second half they shot twice, so we had a good defence.

“We want to push everyone to be on top and be focused. We’re keeping on growing, we try to do better each game. We want to finish the first part with him [Xabi Alonso] in the final,” he adds.

On Alexnader-Arnold, he adds: “He’s horrible in training, his crossing is amazing, his free-kicks and corner kicks. I don’t think I’ve seen a guy with this quality. As a keeper it keeps you on your feet.”

Madrid captain Fede Valverde was talking to DAZN after the game.

“We had a lot of chances, credit to us, we were working in attack and defence. We’re looking to improve,” he said.

“We tried to control the game, attack the game.

“Gonzalo deserves it [his goal], he works very well, he’s a player from the academy, he got an opportunity and he’s taking it. He needs to continue working,” he adds.

On his role as captain, he adds: “I try to get the best out of my teamates, I try to send a message.”

The match started slowly at the Hard Rock Stadium with both sides trading blows in the first half, but it sprung into life when Gonzalo Garcia headed in from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross.

Madrid dominated from there as Juventus slowly faded, with the Italians simply unable to put together any spell of sustained attacking pressure as Madrid closed the game out well.

Here are how the players rated from the match in Miami: