He defeated Al Hilal by five points and Real Madrid was crowned World Champion

At the top of the world for the eighth time in its rich history, the Real Madrid!

In a final with “fire” attacks and problematic defenses, the “queen” had an amazing night with Vinicius and Valverde, who scored two goals each, eventually prevailing with 5-3 of fighting Al Hilal and mastering it Club World Cup held in Morocco!

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A historic title for the “queen”, since it is its 100th in its 121 years of existence, while with it Florentino Perez reached 31 as president of Real, “equalizing” the legendary Santiago Bernabeu.

The match

The final started with Real constantly in possession of the ball, moving it around Al Hilal’s big area but unable to create a goal-scoring opportunity. However, Carlo Ancelotti’s team were fortunate to take the lead in the first good phase they created, after a magical triangle of Valverde, Benzema and Viniciuswith the latter going one-on-one with Al Mouayouf, slotting in for 1-0.

Al Hilal almost responded immediately, but Vito’s powerful curling shot in the 14th minute went inches wide of Lunin’s right-hand post, while Real doubled their lead in the 18th minute when, following a miscued clearance by the Saudaravon, o Valverde made it 2-0 with a powerful volley. In the 22nd Marega took the ball into the Real box but was cut down before Riedinger threatened, while four minutes later (26′), the former Porto striker put Al Hilal back into the match, scoring to make it 2-1 after a quick counter-attack and lethargy in the defense of the “queen”.

Real continued to control the match with large percentages of possession, but after another Al Hilal counter-attack, Marega moved in behind the defense but shot high under pressure from Riedinger. In the 41st minute, Valverde crossed for Benzema, but the French striker’s finish was off target, while in the 45th minute +2 minutes, the goalkeeper Al Hilal blocked a long shot by Modric.

The Saudis entered the start of the second half in a mood to put more pressure on their opponents, but the Real took a two-goal lead again in the 54th minute when Vinicius curled in a superb cross from the outside for Benzemawho could not miss from such an advantageous position.

In the 58th Carvajal “served” ready goal to Valverde for 4-1, before Al Hilal scored again to make it 4-2, after another pass went through the back of the defense and was taken advantage of by Vetoslotting the ball past Lunin with a superb nibble.

However, Real scored a fifth goal in the 69th minute with Vinicius to place perfectly after an assist by Thambaios, before o Veto scores his second personal goal, after a mistake in the defense of the European champions. In the 81st minute, Marega failed to reduce again for the Saudis, unable to send the ball into the net from close range and with Lunin neutralized, with 5-3 to stay until the end, since not even Rodrigo managed to score in a 4-a-4 with Al Mouayouf, in the 90′.

Real Madrid (Carlo Ancelotti): Lunin – Carvajal (79′ Vagejo), Rudiger, Alaba, Kamavinga – Modric (74′ Nacho), Tswameni (62′ Dani Thebayos), Kroos (74′ Asensio) – Valverde, Benzema (62′ Rodrigo), Vinicius.

Al Hilal (Ramon Dias): Al Muayouf – Abdulhamid, Hyun Soo, Al Boleahi, K. Al Dausari – Cano, Queillard – Carrillo (74′ Michael), Vieto (86′ Al Hamdan), S. Al Dausari (74′ N. Al Dausari) – Marega ( 86′ Ighalo).

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