On June 19, La Liga giants Real Madrid tied with Saudi Arabian League champions Al-Hilal 1-1 in the 2025 Club World Cup Group H match. This match was also Alonso's first show as the coach of the Galacticos. Unfortunately, Real Madrid was tied by Al-Hilal in this match and missed the chance to score the winning goal before the end of the game, missing a chance to give the new coach a victory.

Riyadh Crescent frequently put pressure on Real Madrid after the start of the game. During this period, Milinkovic-Savic, Leonardo and others shot successively and posed threats, but the successive attacks were blocked by goalkeeper Courtois; in the 20th minute, Renan Lodi scored with a low shot, but the goal was invalid due to offside.

Real Madrid scored the first goal in the 34th minute. Real Madrid launched a counterattack from the backcourt, and the continuous passes advanced to the frontcourt. Rodrigo made a low cross, and Gonzalo Garcia scored from the back point, giving Real Madrid a 1-0 lead. However, Raul Asensio brought down Tello in the 41st minute, and the referee pointed directly to the penalty kick. Ruben Neves easily pushed the ball into the goal, and Al-Hilal changed the score to 1-1 at halftime .

In the 46th minute, Fran Garcia passed the ball from the left, Guler followed up with a powerful shot that hit the crossbar and bounced out. Vinicius then launched two attacks. The Brazilian made a lob pass from the left and Gonzalo Garcia's high-jumping header was blocked by goalkeeper Bono.

The two sides continued to attack each other, but neither of them could score. In the 90th minute, Kahtani elbowed Fran Garcia in the penalty area. The referee gave Real Madrid a penalty after watching VAR, but Valverde's shot was blocked by Bono and missed the chance to score the winning goal. In another match in the same group, Austria's Salzburg defeated the Mexican powerhouse Pachuca 2-1 with goals from Glucch and Onisiwo, and successfully won the group.

Gluch scored the first goal for Salzburg in the 42nd minute, leading 1-0 in the first half . The game was interrupted for about an hour in the 54th minute due to bad weather . Then Pachuca scored a goal through a free kick from Brian Gonzalez in the 56th minute, which once changed the score to 1-1 . However, Onisiwo scored again for Salzburg in the 76th minute, leading 2-1 and leading all the way to the end of the game.