Team News for Salzburg v Real Madrid
Madrid will continue to monitor the fitness of Kylian Mbappe ahead of the game.
The French striker was admitted to hospital with acute gastroenteritis last week but released on Saturday. He missed Madrid’s second game of the tournament against Pachuca but Alonso has refused to rule him out of the Salzburg game.
However, it seems highly unlikely Mbappe will be risked, particularly with high temperatures predicted again for Philadelphia tomorrow night.
Gonzalo Garcia will start again up front with Mbappe potentially fit enough to take a seat on the bench.
Alonso will have to make at least one change with defender Raul Asencio suspended following his early red card against Pachuca. Antonio Rudiger is his likely replacement as he builds up fitness after an injury-enforced absence.
Salzburg midfielder Takumu Kawamura’s knee injury means he has left the United States and returned to Austria.
Alexander Schlager and Moussa Yeo are also out while Oscar Gloukh could return in place of Sota Kitano.
Predicted line-ups for Salzburg v Real Madrid
Salzburg: Zawieschitzky; Lainer, Gadou, Ramussen, Kratzig; Bidstrup, Diabate; Nene, Gloukh; Onisiwo, Baidoo
Real Madrid: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, Garcia; Valverde, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Guler, Vinicius Jr, Garcia
Real Madrid, we’re coming. pic.twitter.com/9ovEGVKsjq
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How to watch Salzburg v Real Madrid
Salzburg versus Real Madrid kicks off at 2am UK time in the early hours of Friday morning.
You can stream it on DAZN and watch via the bet365 app.
