Real Madrid 4-1 Al Ain: No rivals for Los Blancos at Club World Cup
Madrid eased to a third straight Club World Cup triumph on Saturday
There was no surprise in Abu Dhabi. Real Madrid fulfilled their role as massive favourites and won the Club World Cup for the third consecutive year.
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Real Madrid
Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Llorente (Casemiro, 82'), Modric, Kroos (Ceballos, 70'); Lucas Vázquez (Vinicius Jr., 84'), Bale y Benzema.
Al Ain
Khalid Eisa; Ahmad, Ismail Ahmed (Al-Ahbabi, 64'), Fayez, Shiotani; M. Abdulrahman (A. Abdulrahman, 67'), Doumbia, Yaslem; Caio, Berg (Nader, 75') y El Shatat.
Goles
1-0 M. 14 Modric. 2-0 M. 59 Llorente. 3-0 M. 78 Ramos. 3-1 M. 86 Shiotani. 4-1 M. 92 Nader (p.p.).
Árbitro
Gianluca Rocchi. TA a Sergio Ramos (45').
Incidencias
Final del Mundial de Clubes que enfrenta a Real Madrid y Al Ain en el estadio Estadio Zayed Sports City de Abu Dabi.
It was what was expected against the modest Al Ain, although they did have some good spells during the match.
Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric opened the scoring in the first half before Marcos Llorente -- who has come into his own under Santiago Solari -- doubled Madrid's advantage.
Captain Sergio Ramos then headed in from a corner as Los Blancos eased towards the trophy.
Shiotani did pull one back for Al Ain, dneying Thibaut Courtois a clean sheet, but there was to be a fourth Madrid goal, an own goal which arrived after good work from Vinicius Jr.
The final whistle blew and Solari, who replaced Julen Lopetegui in November, won his first title as Madrid coach. Will there be another?
