According to journalist Melchor Ruiz, Real Madrid are furious with FIFA after their chaotic journey back to their team hotel in Palm Beach. The players and staff only arrived shortly after 5 a.m.,

A group-stage exit for Real Madrid at the first expanded Club World Cup would’ve been unthinkable, before a crowd more than 90 percent partial to the Spanish giants. That contingent would’ve grown uncharacteristically uncomfortable had Salzburg converted any of its half-chances in the first half with the game scoreless.