JAKARTA - Two brothers Jude and Jobe Bellingham will miss the opportunity to face each other at the 2025 Club World Cup.
Real Madrid will meet Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Club World Cup, Sunday, July 6, 2025, early morning WIB, at the MetLife Stadium, New Jersey.
Unfortunately, Jobe received a yellow card in Borussia Dortmund's win over Monterrey 2-1 in the round of 16, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 WIB.
The yellow card made Jobe absent against Real Madrid due to accumulated sanctions.
"I think we all see that he is very disappointed. I don't think he knows for sure that the second yellow card is a ban on competing. He was a little surprised," said Dortmund manager Niko Kovac.
Although one door has been closed, Kovac said there will be more opportunities for the two brothers to face each other.
"Okay, he's still young. His brother is also young. So, I'm sure they will face each other, maybe next season in the Champions League, then the future. The future belongs to them."
"Yes, the 2025 Club World Cup will be fun, but not now. Others have to replace Jobe, but that's okay," said Kovac again.
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Jobe was replaced in the 55th minute to avoid a possible red card in the match against Monterrey.
"I changed it not because of his appearance. I changed it because he got a yellow card in this match."
"You can see we had some very intensive duels. I don't want someone to maybe then get a yellow card twice," said Kovac.
Jobe followed in Jude's footsteps by joining Dortmund from Sunderland.
While Jude spent three seasons at Dortmund after being recruited from his boyhood club Birmingham City in 2020, before he moved to Real Madrid in 2023.
Apart from that, both Dortmund and Real Madrid are unbeaten in the 2025 Club World Cup, with one and three draws each and wins.
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