The Spanish giants won the match on Thursday in Philadelphia thanks to the contributions of Vinicius Junior and Federico Valverde.
In the 84th minute, Gonzalo Garcia scored the third for Madrid, giving them a second successive multi-goal victory following their tournament opening draw with Al Hilal.
Real’s Austrian rivals were eliminated as a result of Al Hilal’s 2-0 victory over Pachuca from Saudi Arabia.
As Group H champions, Manchester City will now face Al Hilal in the following round after beating Juventus 5-2 earlier in the day.
Real Madrid defeated Salzburg for the second time in the 2025 season, following their 5-1 defeat in Spain during the UEFA Champions League.
Madrid, a five-time champion, had better work than dominance. The winners had only one more shot on goal than Salzburg’s three, which was 12 shots apart.
Due to a stomach condition that required him to spend a short while in the hospital, Kylian Mbappe has not yet played in the tournament.
Vinicius Junior made up for the Frenchman’s Thursday absence, though.
After Jude Bellingham had given him a 20th-minute breakaway, Christian Zawieschitzky denied him on the break and he was unable to convert the game’s first shot into the target.
However, two brilliant moments over a five-minute period completely tipped Madrid’s favor.
The Brazilian weaved left on the dribble to avoid defender Joane Gadou in the 40th minute after catching another fantastic ball from Bellingham. He well out of Zawieschitzky’s reach and into the bottom right corner with his early low finish.
He tapped a wide-open Valverde behind him to make a similarly effective finish past Zawieschitzky in the 45th minute before he reached Arda Guler’s deflected pass on the right side of the box.
In the 66th minute, Bellingham made the next crucial move, preventing Thibaut Courtois’ defeat by Edmund Baidoo’s effort off the line.
Source: Aljazeera
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