Club World Cup: Dortmund fails due to Real-Kovac is shining against the tournament

Borussia Dortmund left in the quarter-finals of the club world championship against Real Madrid. The Bundesliga club lost 2: 3 (0: 2) against the Madrilenen with Star coach Xabi Alonso.

The first two goals scored Gonzalo García in the 10th minute and Fran García in the 20th minute. The Dortmunders had nothing to counter the early deficit in front of 76,611 spectators in the huge Metlife stadium in East Rutherford near New York.

Maximilian Beier (90.+2) only shortened in added time, but only a little later Kylian Mbappé (90.+4) met for Real. After a red card for Madrid professional Dean Huijsen, Serhou Guirassy converted the following penalty to the final score (90.+8), after which the BVB even missed the possible 3: 3.

After FC Bayern Munich had previously failed 0-2 against Paris Saint-Germain, the club World Cup goes into the decisive phase without German clubs. In the semifinals on Wednesday evening (9:00 p.m./DAZN) German time, PSG and Real meet in the direct duel. FC Chelsea is more likely to deal with Rio de Janeiro fluminensee 24 hours.

Coach Niko Kovač has expressed fundamental criticism of the club World Cup in the USA after Borussia Dortmund’s departure. Kovac asked the FIFA World Football Association to think about changes with regard to the World Cup in the coming year, which is largely also taking place in the States.

“The tournament certainly needs adjustments in some areas. A very important point is already the kick-off time,” said the BVB coach after the 2: 3 (0: 2) of the Dortmund in the quarter-finals on Saturday against Real Madrid. “The fact that the players are exposed to the midday sun, where it is so hot that a normal-mortal should not go outside and the footballers should then bring top performances-I think that is very borderline. We have to be careful,” said Kovac.

“This will certainly also be the case at the World Cup next year. But I would like to take some consideration of the players,” said the 53-year-old.

Dortmund had played twice in the preliminary round under extremely hot conditions at well over 30 degrees Celsius in Cincinnati. The game against Mamelodi Sundowns was kicked off at 12 p.m. against HD Ulsan at 3 p.m. Against Real Madrid on Saturday (4:00 p.m./everything local time) in East Rutherford near New York, the temperatures had increased to over 30 degrees.

Kovac also criticized the playing field with partly other lawn than in Europe and have led to unusual properties. “You need other conditions for high-speed football.”