Record winners Real Madrid have won the Club World Cup for the fifth time. The Champions League winner defeated the Asian representative Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia 5: 3 (2: 1) in the final in Rabat, Morocco on Saturday evening. Rio world champion Toni Kroos celebrated the 30th title of his career.
Vinicius Junior (13th/69th), Federico Valverde (18th/58th) and Karim Benzema (54th) scored for the Spanish record champions. Moussa Marega (26th) and Luciano Vietto (63rd/79th) were successful for Al-Hilal. Kroos, who won the Club World Cup for the sixth time, and national player Antonio Rüdiger were in the starting line-up for the royal team.
“We’re very happy, it was a good game. We had a lot of quality up front,” said coach Carlo Ancelotti. With the victory of the Madrilenians, the tenth title in a row went to a team from Europe. Chelsea FC had won last year.
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro had previously secured third place 4-2 (1-1) against Al Ahly from Egypt. Gabriel Barbosa (11th, penalty kick/84th, hand penalty) and Pedro (77th/90th + 1) scored for the Brazilians.
Ahmed Abdelkader (37th/60th) was successful for Al Ahly. In the 69th minute, Al Ahlys saw Khalid Abdullfatah red for a foul game.