Real Madrid have booked their place in the Club World Cup last 16 with a 3-0 win against RB Salzburg. The victory was enough for Xabi Alonso’s side to confirm top spot in Group H while the Austrians have been eliminated.

A group-stage exit for Real Madrid at the first expanded Club World Cup would’ve been unthinkable, before a crowd more than 90 percent partial to the Spanish giants. That contingent would’ve grown uncharacteristically uncomfortable had Salzburg converted any of its half-chances in the first half with the game scoreless.

Real Madrid cruised into the Round of 16 in the Club World Cup with a 3-0 victory over RB Salzburg in their final group game. It qualified them top of the group, and sets up a date with Juventus on