BORUSSIA DORTMUNDNiko Kovač’s Dortmund side entered this tournament coming off an impressive second-half campaign in the Bundesliga, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the final

Borussia Dortmund have booked their Club World Cup quarter-final place after a 2-1 win against Monterrey. Serhou Guirassy got the goals for the Bundesliga side with two well-taken first-half finishes. German Berterame headed Monterrey back into the game straight after half-time but they could not find an equaliser.

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet in New Jersey on Saturday with a place in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals on the line. The winner will face one of PSG or Bayern Munich in that semifinal, also in New Jersey, and the narratives are already swirling no matter who advances.