The FIFA Club World Cup, better known as the Club World Championship, had another edition in February to determine the best-performing team in the world for 2022, with Real Madrid becoming champions .This year, the Spanish club beat teams such as Flamengo (Brazil), Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Seattle Sounders (USA), Auckland City (New Zealand) and Al Ahly (Egypt) and other teams.
Real Madrid – Eight-time Club World Cup champion
Let there be victory for the Spanish club! This final victory gave the team eight Club World Cup titles. His last results were in: 1960, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.Stay with us to find out more about how the championship went and more details about Real Madrid's victory!
Why did Flamengo and Real Madrid have an advantage in the Club World Cup?
Flamengo, who won the Copa Libertadores da América in 2022, has an advantage over the other teams because they do not need to play in the first phase and go straight to the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.With Real Madrid, winner of the Champions League in 2022, the situation was similar: the club also competed from the World Cup semi-final onwards, due to its achievements.
First round of the Club World Cup
In the first round, the Al-Ahly team (African runner-up) and the Auckland City team – which has ten OFC (Oceanian Football Confederation) League titles, faced each other.During the game, Al-Ahly completely controlled the ball and had a stronger presence on the field, while Auckland City played defense. The key to the Egyptian's weakening of the New Zealander's block was Hussein Shahat's goal late in the first half. Two more goals were scored in the second half, one from Mohamed Sherif and the other from Percy Tau.The final score of the game was:
Al-Ahly 3-0 Auckland CitySoon, Al-Ahly faced Seattle Sounders of the United States in the next league game, while Auckland City returned home.
Second round of the Club World Cup
In the second round, there were two matches, which we will cover below:
Wydad AC X Al-HilalUnlike the game between Al-Ahly and Auckland City, this one was very close. Each team scored a goal in regulation time, but the game still needed to be broken. Extra time passed without a goal. Then, the dispute went to penalties, won by Al-Hilal.The game score ended as follows:
Wydad AC 1 (3) X 1 (5) HilalSeattle Sounders x Al AhlyThe second game of the 2nd season was full of ups and downs: the game, in the first half, was tepid and there weren't many exciting plays. It was only in the second half that Al-Ahly's coach, Marcel Koller, made 3 substitutions, which brought more excitement to the team and the dispute for the semi-final much more dynamic.Among those on the field were Sherif, Abdelkader and Afsha, who scored a goal for the Egyptian team in the 42nd minute of the second half.Therefore, the final score was as follows:
Seattle Sounders 0 X 1 Al-Ahly
Semifinal
In the Semifinal of the Club World Cup, the following teams competed: Al Ahly, Al Hilal, Flamengo and Real Madrid. Check out how this stage of the championship went below:
Flamengo x HilalThis was truly an exciting game: Al-Hilal won a penalty shortly after the start of the game. Salem Al-Dawsari scored the Saudi Arabian club's first goal with a single shot. Still in the first half, Flamengo advanced a lot on the field and also scored their first goal.However, this changed when Al-Hilal scored another penalty, which resulted in Flamengo player Gerson being sent off by VAR in the second half and Salem Al-Dawsari won another penalty goal. In the 24th minute of the second half, the Saudis scored another goal: Vietto this time in charge. Even so, Flamengo didn't give up and Pedro scored another goal for the Rio de Janeiro native in stoppage time.In a fierce competition, the only Brazilian team present failed to win the much-desired title. However, it was up to Flamengo to compete for third place in the Club World Cup, and
Al-Hilal won the first place in the final. The result of the game was:
Flamengo 2 X 3 Al-HilalAl-Ahly X Real MadridIn the second game of the semi-final, Al-Ahly played against Real Madrid. In the first half, after many difficulties, the Spaniard scored a goal in the 41st minute. In the final stretch of the dispute, Valverde scored Real Madrid's second goal, but then suffered a penalty from Al-Ahly. Ali Maalou, who was in charge, scored his team's first goal, closing the gap between the teams.However, in the 46th minute, Rodrygo scored another goal for the Spanish club, and in the 52nd minute, Arribas scored the team's fourth goal. Thus, the final score of the game was:
Al Ahly 1 X 4 Real MadridReal Madrid, therefore,
got the second spot for the final, and it was up to the team to compete for the Club World Cup title with Al-Hilal.
Dispute for 3rd place
As mentioned previously, the match was between Al-Ahly and Flamengo. Once again Flamengo played a very busy game. At the beginning of the first half, the red and black team got the better of them and Gabigol scored from the penalty spot. However, to increase the pressure, the Egyptian equalized, with a goal from AbdelKader.After the break, Al-Ahly scored another goal with Maalou after goalkeeper Santos saved a penalty kick. Thus, in an attempt to turn things around, Flamengo scored three more goals after Abdelfatah's departure from Al-Ahly: two from Pedro and one from Gabigol. Check out the final score of the game below:
Al-Ahly 2 X 4 FlamengoWith that game over,
Flamengo finished in
third place in the Club World Cup.
END – Real Madrid 5 X 3 Al-Hilal
In the end, Real Madrid defeated Al-Hilal 5-3. For the Spanish club, Vini Jr. scored 2 goals and was named the best player in the Club World Cup. Uruguayan Federico Valverde also scored 2 goals and became Vinícius' dynamic duo in the championship. 2022 Ballon d'Or winner Benzema was not far behind, scoring a goal assisted by Vini Jr.Al-Hilal scored with Vietto with 2 goals and with Marega with 1 goal. Real Madrid's victory was not easy despite the rain of goals, as the Saudis also fought until the end, and their highly qualified team gave their all and did a great job in this Club World Cup.The team also has fame in its region: the team is the biggest winner of the Asian Champions League, with 4 titles, and the biggest in Saudi Arabia, with 18 titles. Furthermore, the team has already won the intercontinental runner-up 4 times.Did you like our content? So be sure to take a look at our latest post about football! Since we're talking about the World Cup, how about checking out
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