Real Madrid addresses its quarter -final of the Club World Cup against Borussia Dortmund with fierce determination. After a white 2024-2025 season on the national scene, without the slightest major trophy, the Madrid club is hungry for wolf. This club world is the perfect opportunity to restore the coat of arms and ideally launch the new season. On paper, everything pushes the Merengues to get this title. However, behind the scenes, a premature defeat could paradoxically be the best thing that can happen to them.
An infernal calendar for Real, the threat of Tebas
The reason for this puzzle comes from Spain, and it has a name: Javier Tebas. The Liga president has been categorical: there will be no calendar development for clubs participating in the FIFA competition. La Liga will resume its rights on the weekend of August 16, whether Real Madrid went to the final on July 13 or not. “They ask for more days of rest, but they can earn 140 M € with the Club World Cup”he said, without chewing his words. Clearly, a victory against Dortmund, then possible half and final, would signify an almost nonexistent summer preparation for the players.
The threat is clear. In the event of a course to the end, the players of Real would only have one month between the final and the resumption of the championship, without real cuts or preparation matches. A perfect recipe for a massacre of injuries and a failed start to the Liga season. An elimination against Dortmund, on the other hand, would release the Madrid in early July, offering them a month and a half to rest and calmly prepare the rest.
Real Madrid: win the World Cup or save your Liga season, you have to choose
Win at all costs, even if it means leaving feathers?
The message sent by the Liga boss resembles a declaration of war. Tebas sees this world club as a
“Aberration” who distorts the competition and jeopardizes the integrity of his own championship. So it will
“All its possible to make it happen again”even if it means making Real Madrid an example. The tension is at its height between the instances, and the club of Florentino Pérez is taken in vice.
Of course, it is unthinkable to imagine Real Madrid lift your foot. The pride, the culture of the win and the need for trophies after a year of scarcity are far too strong. Players on the field will not calculate. But this sword of Damocles brandished by Javier Tebas places the club in front of a Cornelian dilemma. Each victory in this competition could be a victory at the Pyrrhus, paid at a high price a few weeks later. The match against Dortmund is much more than a simple quarter -final: it is the start of a potentially glorious, but terribly dangerous path.
