Real Madrid, with its new coach, its old midfielder, Vasco, Xabi Alonso, started the matches in the 41st Club World Cup, Group 8, with a draw against Simone Inzaghi's Al Hilal at the "Hard Rock Stadium" in Miami. In fact, the "merengues" missed a unique opportunity to get the three points of victory but in the extra time the excellent goalkeeper, Bono, saved the penalty of Federico Valverde.

In a balanced game, where both Xabi Alonso and Simone Inzaghi made their official debuts in the technical leadership of the two teams (as did Alexander-Arnold and Huysen for the "queen"), Real (who played without Mbappe who is suffering from a virus) had control of the game especially in the first half. They even took the lead in the 34th minute with 20-year-old Gonzalo Garcia, after a pass from Vinicius. Al Hilal, for their part, managed to bring the game to a draw in the 41st minute, when, due to a miscalculation by the young stopper, Raul Asensio, Leonardo stole the ball and won a penalty from the young central defender of the "queen" with Rubén Neves executing the final penalty perfectly, equalizing in 1-1.