On Tuesday, February 7, in Morocco, the first finalist for the Club World Cup was determined, having won London’s Chelsea last year. They sensationally became the strongest club in Asia - “Al-Hilal” from Saudi Arabia.
At the stadium “Tangier” in the city of the same name in the match ½ finals “Al-Hilal”, who had previously defeated the Moroccan “Vidad” (1:1; on penalties - 5:3), opposed the strongest club in South America - the Brazilian “Flamengo” with such stars like David Luis, Arturo Vidal and Philippe Luis.
The rivals met at the Club World Cup in 2019, and then the team from Rio de Janeiro, still under the leadership of Jorge Jesus, defeated the Saudis - 3:1. This time, Al-Hilal, who played in the majority for the entire second half, managed to take revenge on a formidable opponent, defeating the club from Rio de Janeiro - 3: 2 (Salem, 4, from a penalty spot, 45 + 9, from a penalty spot, Vietto, 70 - Pedro, 20, 90 + 1; at the 45 + 8th minute, Gerson was removed from the Brazilians).
For the second time in the history of the tournament, a representative of Asia will play in the final (in 2018, the current club of Sergey Rebrov, Al Ain from the UAE, lost to Real Madrid - 1:4).
Note that in another semi-final on Wednesday, February 8, the Champions League triumphant Spanish Real will meet, the main goalkeeper of which, most likely, will be the Ukrainian Andrei Lunin (Thibault Courtois has not yet arrived in Morocco due to injury) and the Egyptian Al- Ahli.” Earlier, the club from Africa had already knocked out Auckland City from New Zealand (3:0) and Seattle Sounders from the USA (1:0) from the tournament.
Note that clubs from South America have not been able to win the Club World Cup since 2012 (then Brazilian Corinthians rose to the top). In particular, Flamengo in 2019 lost the final of the tournament to Liverpool (0:1 after extra time). This time, the team from Rio stopped fighting altogether in the semi-finals.
Earlier reported that in the crazy finals of the World Cup, the Argentina team defeated the French team.
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