By EFE
Dec 17, 2024, 11:47 AM EST
The Pachucarival to whom real Madrid will be measured twice in six months, the final of the Intercontinental Cup and the second day of the new Club World Cupit will be after Necaxa, Cruz Azul and América the fourth Mexican team which the Madrid team will face in an official match, with a balance of dhe wins and a loss in the penalty shootout.
Pachuca appears as a new rival in the official FIFA match in the history of Real Madrid and will do so twice. Winner of his presence in the final of the Intercontinental Cup, on December 18, 2024, and with the participation of the Mexican team in the Club World Cup that debuts in the summer.
On June 22, 2025, at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, they will meet again to settle pending scores Real Madrid and Pachuca on the second day of Group H of the Club World Cup. Before, at the Lusail Stadium, Madrid fans will face each other for the first time with disparate memories against Mexican rivals.
The first was bitter for the Spanish team. It occurred against Necaxain the first Club World Cup with a new format played in Brazil in January 2000. Real Madrid beat Al Nassr 3-1, with a double from Nicolás Anelka and a goal from Raúl González, but tied by two goals with Corinthians, Anelka wasting a penalty to win the game nine minutes from time.
The 3-2 victory against Raja Casablanca was insufficient. The goals from Fernando Hierro, Fernando Morientes and Geremi were insufficient to reach the final. Due to goal difference he was left out and had to play the ‘punishment’ for third and fourth place against the Mexican team.
Vicente del Bosque was the coach and did not make massive rotations. However, Real Madrid already had its head in the League and did not go beyond a 1-1 draw. Raúl’s early volley goal was equalized in the second half by Agustín Delgado, and penalty shootout misses by Steve McManaman and Javier Dorado They made the white team finish fourth, far from their goal.
Fourteen years passed before Real Madrid faced a new official duel against a Mexican team and the result was different. The king of Europe was back after winning the Champions League, it was his second participation in the Club World Cup with the mistakes learned and passed Cruz Azul in the semifinals.
Iker Casillas stopped the Mexican team’s attempts to react and the goals of Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Isco Alarcón gave shape to a forceful 4-0 in Marrakech. With Carlo Ancelotti at the helm, the first Club World Cup arrived for Real Madrid, which joined the three Intercontinental Cups, by beating the Argentine San Lorenzo in the final.
On Real Madrid’s return to the Club World Cup two years later, he met another Mexican rival, América, whom they defeated in the semifinals in an inconspicuous matchaffected by the long trip to Yokohama (Japan), with the many Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo at the edge of the end of the first act and in added time of the second. The Real Madrid team made an official effort to become champions again. after beating a rival from Mexico, by beating the Japanese Kashima Antlers in the final.
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