Real Madrid beat Ramón Díaz’s Al Hilal 5-3 and became the Club World Cup champion for the eighth time in its history. The Merengue team was the clear dominator of the match, despite the fact that at times there were passages of very good football between the two protagonists and they gave the spectators an impressive goal show.
The team led by Carlo Ancelotti began winning in the first 20 minutes of the game with a quick 2-0, with goals from Brazilian Vinicius Jr, and Uruguayan Federico Valverde. But the Saudi team was not far behind and came out to try to tie it with quite high pressure, which gave them the chance to discount after 26 minutes of the first stage.
From that moment on, Madrid took control of the game and did not give their rival a chance to level the score again. At 9 and 13 minutes into the complementary time, Karim Benzema stretched the lead even further and another goal from Valverde. Then the Argentine, Luciano Vietto, discounted again at 18 minutes.
At 24, the complementary “Vini” increased Madrid’s goals to 5 goals and at 34, before the end of the game, Vietto discounted again.
For the white team it meant their eighth title in all history, taking into account since when the “Intercontinental Cup” was played and the current so-called Club World Cup. It should be noted that from 1960 to 2002, Real had only won three titles, but from 2002 to date, it has done so another five times.
While on the side of the Saudi team, it meant his first runner-up and he achieved it with the tenacity of former River, Ramón Díaz.
The dominance of European teams over those of the rest of the planet is notorious. Especially in the last 11 years, since Corinthians’ victory over Chelsea in 2012 was the last time a South American team won the title.
Mention that Flamengo from Brazil, the last champion of the Copa Libertadores, finished third in the Club World Cup after beating Al Ahly 4-2. Vítor Pereira’s team had lost 3-2 in the semifinal against Al Hilal and for that reason they were not in the final against Madrid.