The White House are champions of the FIFA tournament, having beaten the surprising Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia 5-3. Double for Vinícius and Valverde. The meringues are the winners of this contest.
One more crown for him real Madrid . This Saturday, the Spanish team became the Club World Champion . In Rabat, Morocco, they beat Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal 5-3 to win the FIFA tournament for the fifth time. It is the biggest winner since the creation of this competition, in 2000, about to have a major format change.
The favorite against the surprise, face to face. Madrid arrived in Moroccan territory with the poster of a candidate to keep the scepter. In the semi-finals, they had no major problems beating Al Ahly of Egypt. When all predictions pointed to a final against Flamengo, Al Hilal gave the note and knocked Mengao out of title contention, playing a great game. The illusion of a historic bump was in the team led by Argentinian Ramón Ángel Díaz.
The White House took the definition seriously. For the same reason, the advantage he took in the first half was justified. Within 13 minutes he opened the account with Vinícius Junior, which defines between the legs of goalkeeper Al-Mayouf after a pass from Karim Benzema. Great personal moment for the Brazilian, immersed in controversy due to the constant racist attacks he receives in La Liga.
Five minutes after the 1-0, the second came for the Hispanics thanks to Federico Valverde. The Uruguayan midfielder shoots and the ball deflects towards the goal, displacing goalkeeper Al-Mayouf. This annotation is coupled with a curiosity. Carlo Ancelotti had said that if ‘Pajarito’ didn’t reach 10 goals in the season he would ‘break’ his manager’s card. Precisely, this goal was the tenth of Valverde during this course, thus fulfilling the challenge of his coach.
The first 20 minutes were flawless for Real Madrid. The superiority over the representatives of Asia was obvious. However, Al Hilal ended up with the discount and added some uncertainty to the game. At 26 minutes, striker Moussa Marega appeared free on the right side and fired a low shot which did not have the best response from Ukrainian goalkeeper Lunin, replacement for injured Courtois.
The tightness of the marker was just that, from the numbers. Moreover, Madrid’s superiority was more accurately reflected in the numbers. At 54′, Karim Benzema brought the score to 3-1 assisted by Vinícius. Then, at 58′, Fede Valverde repeated for his team’s hall. The Uruguayan enters the area and effectively connects a pass from Carvajal. With half an hour and a little more to go, the game was set.
A new discount for Al Hilal arrives at 63′, through the Argentinian Luciano Vietto, who is hand in hand against Lunin and it stings him. As there is no bad fifth, the “little hand” arrived within 69 minutes with a new appearance by Vinícius . To further enhance the score, Vietto scored again for the final 5-3 (78′).
Meringues win the FIFA Club World Cup for the fifth time. The first was also in Morocco. In 2014 they beat San Lorenzo de Almagro in the final. Subsequently, they won three consecutive editions: 2016 (against Kashima Antlers of Japan), 2017 (against Gremio of Porto Alegre) and 2018 (against Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates).
Madrid is the most champion. Next up is Barcelona, with three. Then, in the ranks, Corinthians and Bayern Munich appear, each with two trophies. In this edition, the podium is completed by Flamengo, who overtook Al Ahly in the definition of third place, with the presence of Arturo Vidal on the pitch.
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Source: Latercera
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