Madrid, too, have taken on BVB in back-to-back seasons, most notably defeating the German side in the 2024 UEFA Champions League final. Much has changed since that Wembley night, and Niko Kovač’s side are built to compromise the control Alonso wishes to oversee in games via slick counter-attacks.

The winner of Saturday's Madrid-Dortmund game will advance to play the winner of the Bayern Munich-PSG quarterfinal. Saturday's game will be aired on TNT and truTV, and can be streamed for free via DAZN. Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund kicks off at 4 p.m. ET at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.