Real Madrid were on Saturday, the most winning club in the WORLD cup, as Al-Ain in the finals was defeated 4-1.
Thus reached Real Madrid up of four titles in the current format, after Corinthians won for the first time in 2000.
In Saturday’s final was FC Barcelona and Real side-by-side with three titles each, and Real has now won the tournament the last three years in a row.
the Players deserve it. They have worked really hard and won many trophies.
– In the day they did the work finished by winning the club WORLD cup for the third time in a row, which is great for the club and, in particular, for this group of players, says Real coach Santiago Solari, according to AFP.
Al-Ain was a surprising opponent in the final, as the crew from the host nation The United Arab Emirates created the big surprise in the semi-final.
Here managed Al-Ain, so as to send the argentine River Plate, who has just won the Copa Libertadores, out of the tournament after a 2-2 draw in regular time and penalty shootout.
Real Madrid were to use 14 minutes to get to the front, so had Luka Modric with an intricately shot secured the 1-0 lead.
Lucas Vázquez got free in the right side and sent the ball into the box, where Karim Benzema superior to tame it with the chest and with a small vip and laid the ball to Modric.
The history of the Ballon d’or winner kicked secure the ball in the goal no chance for Al-Ain keeper Khalid Eisa.
After an hour of play delivered Real yet a gem.
After a corner kick got the Al-Ain-the defense cleared the ball, but it ended with Marcos Llorente, who outside of the box pressed the first time and slammed the ball into the goal for 2-0 with his first goal for real’s first team.
– It is what we expected of ourselves, and that we have worked for. It was my first goal for seniorholdet, and what could be better than to score in this final, says Llorente.
Then came that time in målscoringen, and even a corner kick created problems for Al-Ain with ten minutes again, and Sergio Ramos headede Real at 3-0.
Tsukasa Shiotani was allowed to reduce for Al-Ain on a header far from the goal, but it was not over yet, and in injury time scored Yahia Nader as an unfortunate own goal as Real won 4-1.
In the fight for third place and the bronze medals won the River Plate convincing 4-0 over the japanese Kashima Antlers.
After the humiliating defeat in the semi-final got the River Plate a little satisfaction thanks to two goals from Gonzalo Martinez, as well as scores of Bruno Zuculini and Rafael Santos Borre.
