football again Saudi Arabia gets all the attention of the soccer world after the al hilalteam led by former coach River, Ramon Diaz, give the first hit of the Club World Cup eliminating Flamengolast champion of the Copa Libertadores.
Was 3-2 win for the Arab team that had the presence of Luciano Vietto who had an incomparable interpretation. The former Racing was in charge of lead your team to the paths of victory against the champion of America being a participant in the three goals.
In the first two, he received the infractions so that the referee of the match will apply the maximum penalty that later Salem Al Dawsari, the executioner of the Argentine National Team in the debut of Qatar 2022, changed for a goal. But that was not all for the 29-year-old Argentine forward, to put the finishing touch on a dream night, Vietto scored a great goal to stun everyone present, including David Luiz who was in charge of marking the Albiceleste striker from close range .
On the other hand, for the set of Rio de Janeiro who scored on the scoreboard was their scorer Pedro, who partially tied the game in the first half, a result that was maintained for a short time since Ramón Díaz’s team went to the locker room 2-1 up with the goals of al-dawsari from the twelve steps. After Vietto directed his team, he made the victory stamping the 3-1the carioca striker narrowed the distance in injury time, a fact that finally failed to stretch the definition to overtime.
Ramón Díaz’s Al-Hilal will play in the Club World Cup final
In general terms, it was a game that was taken more seriously by the Arab team, which, a difference from flamenco, who already saw himself as a finalist underestimating his rival, kept order on all the lines and hit at the right moments. Faced with a well-placed team and surprising by the game circuits that he printed during the game, “Fla” was left out of the grand finale that will have the al hilal facing off with the winner of the duel between Real Madrid and Al Ahly.
This result shows that access to the Club World Cup final is increasingly complex. In turn, that favoritism that the South American teams have in these instances prior to the final is no longer as strong as it was some time ago. Of the last 10 editions of the Club World Cup, the Copa Libertadores champions lost five times in the instance prior to the grand final. The first of these was Inter de Porto Alegre, which lost to Mazembe in 2010, followed by the defeats of Atlético Mineiro against Casablanca in 2013, Atlético Nacional against Kashima in 2016, River facing Al Ain in 2018 and Palmeiras against Tigres in 2021 as the last precedent before Flamengo’s fall with Al-Hilal.
Now, knowing about Fla’s loss in the semifinals, Real Madrid can aspire to reach another Club World Cup final and, if they come out unscathed in the semifinals, face Al Hilal, a team that despite the envoy ánímica is presented as a rival who should have a more than perfect night to take the European team ahead. Prior to that, Carlo Ancelotti’s team must take the first step in the tournament. For the other semifinal, the last champion of the Champions League faces Al Ahly today from 4:00 p.m. (Argentine time).
Unlike the performance of the South American teams, since the Club World Cup format arrived, which replaced the Intercontinental Cup, European teams always said this in their definition and lead the record in championships. of 17 finals, the teams of the Old Continent were left with 14 conquests, while the other three went to Brazil with the consecrations of São Paulo in 2005, Inter de Porto Alegre in 2006 and Corinthians in 2012, being the last South American team to achieve this feat. Then the other conquests are shared by Milan (2007), Manchester United (2008), Barcelona (2009, 2011 and 2015), Inter Milan (2010), Bayern Munich (2013 and 2021), Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), Liverpool (2019) and Chelsea (2022).
In this way, with this history in favor of the Europeans and the power that Real Madrid represents, despite several notable casualties, the chances of Casablanca getting into a new final seem to be the resolution of the next semifinal. Once this instance is resolved, the maximum appointment of the contest in Morocco will take place on Saturday February 11 from 16:00, with the winner of Madrid and Al Ahly who wants to give another bump facing the Al-Hilal by Ramón Díaz who wants to take his name to the top at the international level again.
FM
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