Vinicius Junior and Federico Valverde each scored braces as Real Madrid claimed their fifth FIFA Club World Cup with an entertaining 5-3 win over Al Hilal.
Respective goals from the Brazil and Uruguay internationals inside the opening 20 minutes threatened to turn the game at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium into a procession, but former Porto striker Moussa Marega hit back for Ramon Diaz’s side.
Vinicius produced a glorious assist for the returning Karim Benzema and Valverde exchanged passes with Dani Carvajal for his second before the hour.
Ex-Atletico Madrid forward Luciano Vietto dispatched a dinked finish to keep Al Hilal in touch and scored again to make it 5-3 after Vinicius combined with substitute Dani Ceballos for his second. But Ancelotti’s men rode a couple of late rocky moments to prevail as eventual winners of the club world cup.
Vinicius Junior and Federico Valverde each scored braces as Real Madrid claimed their fifth FIFA Club World Cup with an entertaining 5-3 win over Al Hilal.
Respective goals from the Brazil and Uruguay internationals inside the opening 20 minutes threatened to turn the game at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium into a procession, but former Porto striker Moussa Marega hit back for Ramon Diaz’s side.
Vinicius produced a glorious assist for the returning Karim Benzema and Valverde exchanged passes with Dani Carvajal for his second before the hour.
Ex-Atletico Madrid forward Luciano Vietto dispatched a dinked finish to keep Al Hilal in touch and scored again to make it 5-3 after Vinicius combined with substitute Dani Ceballos for his second. But Ancelotti’s men rode a couple of late rocky moments to prevail as expected.
Real Madrid vs Al Hilal final score
1H 2H Final
Real Madrid 2 3 5
Al Hilal 1 2 3
Goals:
RMA — Vinicius Junior (Karim Benzema) — 13th min.
RMA — Federico Valverde — 18th min.
ALH — Moussa Marega (Mohammed Kanno) — 25th min.
RMA — Karim Benzema (Vinicius Junior) — 54th min.
RMA — Federico Valverde (Dani Carvajal) — 58th min.
ALH — Luciano Vietto (Saud Abdulhamid) — 63rd min.
RMA — Vinicius Junior (Dani Ceballos) — 69th min.
ALH — Luciano Vietto (Saud Abdulhamid) — 79th min
Benzema sat out Madrid’s semifinal win over Al Ahly with injury, but he was back into the swing of things with a deft first-time pass for Vinicius to open the scoring.
It was not a banner evening for defensive competence. Al Hilal goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf failed to deal with Luka Modric’s low cross from the right wing and, when Jang Hyun-soo failed to clear, Valverde was on hand to lash home.
Marega caused problems for Madrid pulling into the right channel for most of the contest and the Mali international surged onto Mohammed Kanno’s first-time through ball to reduce the arrears.
Benzema converting Vinicius’ outside-of-the-boot cross and Valverde getting his second gave the impression of the game being finished before the hour, but Saud Abdulhamid — who toiled at right-back in the face of Vinicius’ magic — came forward, exchanged passes with Marega and played in Vietto for a deserved goal.
Abdulhamid was soon back on his heels and Vinicius tormented him and ushered Ceballos out of his way to finish. Vietto turned neatly to score from close range as substitute Michael upset Madrid down their right-hand side.
