Drama at the club World Cup: Bellingham is missing in the brother duel against Real!

Drama at the club World Cup: Bellingham is missing in the brother duel against Real!

Miami, USA - On July 2, 2025, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. In the first game, Real Madrid prevailed 1-0 against Juventus Turin, while Dortmund defeated CF Monterrey 2-1. The football game took place in Miami, where the Madrilenians had to compete without their injured defender David Alaba. In contrast, Dortmund's victory over Monterrey was dominated by Serhou Guirassy, ​​who scored both goals in the first half (14th and 24th minute). The only goal for Monterrey fell after the break by German Berterame (48th minute), but the strong performance by Dortmund's keeper Gregor Kobel prevented further hits.

The quarter-final game between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund is already scheduled for the coming Saturday in the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. The round of the last eight teams is made up of several European clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain, Bavaria Munich and Chelsea, and there are two South American teams-flums and Palmeiras and an Asian club, Al Hilal.

lock by Jobe Bellingham

A depressing topic for Dortmund is the lock of Jobe Bellingham. The new addition of the association will be missing in the quarter -finals against Real Madrid after seeing his second yellow card of the tournament in the game against Monterrey. He received the first yellow card in the group phase at the game won against Ulsan HD from South Korea ( Kicker ). According to the regulation that is also used at this club World Cup, yellow cards are only deleted after the quarter-finals, which Bellingham has put out of action for the upcoming duel.

Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said that Bellingham was not sufficiently informed about the rule and that he had to inform him about the current lock at half -time. This situation came as a surprise, especially for Bellingham, the duel against Real Madrid, in which he might have met his brother Jude Bellingham, a special challenge. Sports director Sebastian Kehl called the lock "very annoying" because Bellingham has become a fixture in the team in the short time since moving to Dortmund and stood in the starting eleven in every game of the club World Cup.

background to the yellow lock

In the football world, the yellow lock is a proven means to punish players for unsportsmanlike behavior. A player is usually blocked for a game after collecting several yellow cards. These cards do not have to be pronounced in successive games. A yellow card has no direct consequences in a game; However, a second yellow card leads to an immediate exclusion in the form of a yellow-red card. The regulation stipulates that players are blocked for a game at World and European Championships after the second yellow card, which also applies to the club World Cup ( wikipedia ).

The upcoming quarter -finals will not only be a duel between two powerful teams, but also a game that Jobe Bellingham's absence and the emotional explosiveness between the brothers puts into the spotlight. Kovac sees the reaching of the quarter -final as a bonus and has outlined the encounter against Real Madrid as a nice challenge for his players ( OE24 ).