Real Madrid won the Club World Cup by beating Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal 5-3 in the final on Saturday (February 11th) in Rabat, Morocco.

It is the fifth title of the Spanish club in this intercontinental competition and the hundredth trophy in the history of the club.

With Karim Benzema back from injury and holder, the people of Madrid dominated from the start with two quick goals signed Vinicius (13th), at the end of a three-man game, and Fede Valverde (19th), at the fallout of a ball poorly cleared by the Saudi defense. 

Then they scared each other a little, with the reduction of the gap half an hour into the game by Moussa Marega, launched against in depth (26th).

But Karim Benzema put his people back in the right direction after returning from the locker room (54th), at the conclusion of a cross from the outside of the right foot of Vinicius, then Fede Valverde sealed the merengue success after a double one-two with Dani Carvajal (58th).

Luciano Vietto's two goals at the end of the match (63rd, 79th), quickly extinguished by Vinicius' goal for his double (69th), did not change the fate of the match.

Concern Tchouameni

To watch all the same for Carlo Ancelotti, the possible injury of Aurélien Tchouaméni, visibly affected in the left ankle and released at the same time as Karim Benzema (62nd). 

"KB9", he won his 24th trophy in the merengue jersey, one length behind the legend Marcelo, record holder for the number of trophies at the "White House".

Al Hilal, surprise winners of Flamengo in the semi-finals, did not surprise until the end, and the Club World title once again fell into the hands of the European champions for the tenth consecutive year .

The adventure is great all the same for the surprise finalist, with his players who had already caused a sensation during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November, including winger Salem al-Dawsari, nicknamed "the tornado", author of the goal of the exploit against Argentina (2-1) in Doha, but remained silent on Saturday in Rabat.

Note that earlier in the evening, the Brazilian club Flamengo offered third place by defeating Al-Ahly 4-2 in the small final.

After the premature penalty from Gabriel Barbosa (11th), Ahmed Abdelkader replied before the break (38th). 

But a red card inflicted on Khalid Abdullfatah (69th) and a missed penalty by Ali Maaloul (58th) weighed down the Egyptians: Abdelkader's second goal was not enough to contain the Brazilians, who sealed their success at the end of the match thanks to three goals signed Pedro (77th and 90th + 1), and Gabriel Barbosa, still on penalty, in the 85th.

With AFP

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