The Spaniards of Real Madrid, winners of the trophy four times, secured their presence in the final of the Club World Cup in football this Wednesday for the fifth time, beating of the Egyptians of Al-Ahly (4-1), in Rabat, Morocco.
The ‘merengues’, who won the trophy in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, were deprived of key players such as Courtois, Éder Militão and Karim Benzema, as well as Ferland Mendy, Éden Hazard and Lucas Vázquez, but they had no problems superior to the African runner-up.
Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior opened the scoring at Estádio Moulay Abdallah in the 42nd minute, after taking advantage of a poor approach from the opposition defender, who got into the net well, to ‘peck’ the ball over the goalkeeper.
After the break, Uruguayan Fede Valverde (46 minutes) left the current Champions League winner by ‘one foot’ in the final, as he took advantage of the rebound from a shot from teammate Rodrygo, before Tunisia’s Ali Maaloul (65) briefly overtook . distances on the marker, from the maximum penalty mark.
In the last stretch of the challenge, Croatian Luka Modric, at 86, wasted a penalty, allowing the goalkeeper to save, but Rodrygo (90+2) and Sergio Arribas (90+8) were still in time to clinch the name the bookmark list, already in the discount period.
In the final, which is scheduled for Saturday in Rabat, the ‘merengues’ discuss the trophy with the Saudis from Al Hilal, who defeated the Brazilians from Flamengo, from the Portuguese Vítor Pereira, 3-2 on Tuesday.
This will be the 10th final of the Spanish emblem at world level, after five appearances in the Intercontinental Cup, which it won three times, and four in the current tournament that brings together the champions of each continental confederation.
Source: DN
