STORY: With Real Madrid edging past Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a dramatic Club World Cup quarter-final on Saturday (July 5) to set up a last-four clash with Paris St Germain, their fans exited MetLife Stadium triumphantly.

They offered up the classic club chant, "This is how Madrid wins."

"Our team is taking it all the way," said New Jersey longshoreman, Matt Diaz, while pumping up the fans. "We're gonna be champions everybody,"

The Spanish giants stamped their authority on the match early at the MetLife Stadium, dominating possession and opening a two-goal lead thanks to strikes by Gonzalo and Fran Garcia in the 10th and 20th minutes.

Gonzalo, the 21-year-old forward continuing his breakout tournament, opened the scoring with a close-range volley from Arda Guler’s cross.

Ten minutes later, Garcia doubled Real’s lead, arriving at the far post to turn in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low delivery after an incisive move down the right.

Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr. squandered chances to extend Real’s lead before halftime, while Aurelien Tchouameni came closest in the second half, rattling the crossbar with a curling effort from the edge of the box.

Despite the reduced intensity of play in New Jersey's scorching heat, Real comfortably saw out the match, leaving Dortmund unable to mount a comeback until the game exploded into life in 10 minutes of mayhem in added time.

Substitute Maximilian Beier pounced on a rebound in the 93rd minute to pull one back for Dortmund, but a minute later Kylian Mbappe restored Real’s two-goal cushion with a stunning volley.

Dortmund refused to back down, however, and Serhou Guirassy’s pace saw him break through Real’s defense only to be pulled down in the box by Dean Huijsen.

The defender was shown a straight red card, ruling him out of the semi-final, and Guirassy coolly converted the resulting spot-kick to reduce the deficit to 3-2.

Dortmund came within inches of forcing extra time when in the ninth minute of added time Thibaut Courtois produced a sensational save to deny Marcel Sabitzer’s powerful strike.

"We were underdogs. We usually are against Madrid, and it really made me happy to see that we put a great team on the field," said Dortmund fan, Nick Forna. "I'm just glad that our fans came out, and it was a good day."

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SHOWS: EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES (JULY 5, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. REAL MADRID FANS CELEBRATING OUTSIDE METLIFE STADIUM AFTER VICTORY OVER BORUSSIA DORTMUND, 3-2, SAYING: (Spanish) "This is how Madrid Wins"

2. FANS HOLDING POSTER THAT READS: (Spanish) "Come on Real Madrid. Come on Mbappe."

3. FANS CELEBRATING

4. VARIOUS OF FAN HOLDING PICTURE OF REAL MADRID MIDFIELDER, LUKA MODRIC, AMID FAN CELEBRATIONS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW JERSEY LONGSHOREMAN, MATT DIAZ, SAYING:

"Listen, we're very excited to advance here. You already know a beautiful goal by (Kylian) Mbappe. You already now, am I right? (SAYING TO CROWD), Am I right, am I right? You know, our team is taking it all the way. We're going to be champions everybody, we are."

6. VARIOUS OF REAL MADRID FANS CELEBRATING

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SALES WORKER, MARK LOPES, ON THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FORMER LIVERPOOL PLAYER AND PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL, DIOGO JOTA, WHO DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON THURSDAY, SAYING:

"It's a small world, right? It's big world of football, but it's a very small world of football. It's a 28-year-old soccer player... That moment of silence being done here in the U.S., I mean, it's goosebumps. It gives you goosebumps right down your spine, and it shows a lot of respect."

8. VARIOUS OF REAL MADRID FANS CELEBRATING

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW JERSEY RESIDENT, ABDUL NAJJAR, SAYING:

"Amazing, amazing game. (Kyliab) Mbappe with the finish at the end with the bicycle kick to take it over the top. Incredible game. Dortmund almost came back late, but we held it together, man. It was great."

10. VARIOUS OF FANS LEAVING STADIUM

11. BACKS OF FANS WEARING JERSEYS

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WASHINGTON DC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FIRM WORKER AND DORTMUND FAN, OWEN MORGAN, SAYING:

"I think it's a good test run for the World Cup itself, you know? Obviously we have the cooling breaks here but when it comes to the games themselves they've been extremely competitive. I mean you've seen teams in Brazil outside of Europe that have really, really competed with the European teams. So, I think it just evens the playing field and it shows that these smaller nations potentially in the 2026 World Cup that they can compete and they can come to the U.S. and they could win the World Cup."

13. FANS LEAVING

14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VISITOR FROM MONTERREY, MEXICO, CRISTIAN GUERRA, SAYING:

"I definitely think Real Madrid is going to the final, I'd like them to play against Fluminense from Brazil and I think that's going to be the final."

15. FANS LOOKING ON

16. FANS LEAVING

17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROSS STORES MANHATTAN LOCATION PLANNER AND DORTMUND FAN, NICK FORNA, SAYING":

"We were underdogs. We usually are against Madrid, and it really made me happy to see that we put a great team on the field. We had a lot of chances in the first half, and we kept giving them hell in the second half. And, you know, I'm just glad that our fans came out, and it was a good day."

18. VARIOUS REAL MADRID FANS CELEBRATING