2018 FIFA Club World Cup final

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2018 FIFA Club World Cup final
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The Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi hosted the final.
Event 2018 FIFA Club World Cup
Real Madrid Al Ain
Flag of Spain.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
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Date22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)
Venue Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Man of the Match Marcos Llorente (Real Madrid) [1]
Referee Jair Marrufo (United States) [2]
Attendance40,696 [1]
WeatherClear night
22 °C (72 °F)
65% humidity [2]
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The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club association football tournament hosted by the United Arab Emirates. It was the 15th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

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The final was contested between Spanish club and defending champions Real Madrid (who won the last two editions of the competition), representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Emirati club Al Ain, representing the host nation as the reigning champions of the UAE Pro-League. [3] The match was played at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 22 December 2018. [4]

Real Madrid won the final 4–1 for their third consecutive and fourth overall FIFA Club World Cup title, breaking the tie with Barcelona to become the outright record winners of the competition. [5]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, since 2006 were in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 3 2014 , 2016 , 2017
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain AFC (Hosts)Winners of the 2017–18 UAE Pro-League None

Venue

Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi was announced as the venue for the final in May 2018, reprising its role as the final venue in 2009, 2010, and 2017. [6] It is the largest stadium in the United Arab Emirates and is primarily used by the Emirati national football team. [7] Zayed Sports City Stadium hosted the 1996 Asian Cup Final and is planned to host several matches in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It is also featured on the 200 Dirham banknote. [8] The 43,000-seat stadium opened in 1980 and also hosted matches in the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [9] [10]

Background

Real Madrid qualified for the Club World Cup as winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League by defeating Liverpool in the final. [11] The club won three of the four previous editions of the Club World Cup: in 2014, 2016 and 2017. [12] This was their fifth participation and third consecutive appearance in the tournament, both a record for European teams. The match was their fourth overall final (after 2014, 2016 and 2017), tying the record with Barcelona. The match also was their third consecutive final, extending their record set in the previous edition. The match was the 14th consecutive and overall final featuring a European team (with only the first final in 2000 including no team from Europe), and the 8th overall and 5th consecutive final featuring a Spanish team, all extending the competition records. If Real Madrid were to win, they would become the outright record winners of the Club World Cup with four titles, breaking their tie with Barcelona for the record. A win would also extended the records for most consecutive titles for a team (3), most titles for a confederation (11 for UEFA), most consecutive titles for a confederation (6 for UEFA, breaking the tie set by European teams between 2007 and 2011), most titles for a nation (7 for Spain), and most consecutive titles for a nation (5 for Spain). [13]

Al Ain qualified for their first Club World Cup as winners of the 2017–18 season of the UAE Pro-League, the top-level league in the United Arab Emirates. [14] Al Ain was the first Emirati team to reach the Club World Cup final, [15] as well as the second Asian team (after Kashima Antlers in 2016). The final was also the third final to feature the host representative (after Corinthians in 2000, Raja Casablanca in 2013 and Kashima Antlers in 2016). If Al Ain were to win, they would have become the first team outside of Europe and South America to win the Club World Cup, as well as the second host representative to win the tournament (after Corinthians in 2000). [13]

The final was the second between an Asian and European team, after Real Madrid won against Kashima Antlers in the 2016 final. The final was also the third final between the host representative and a European team, both won by the European team, with Bayern Munich winning against Raja Casablanca in 2013, in addition to the aforementioned 2016 final. The match was the fourth final not to feature a South American team after 2010, 2013 and 2016 (all of which the European teams won). [13]

Route to the final

Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Team Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
OpponentResult 2018 FIFA Club World Cup OpponentResult
ByeFirst round Flag of New Zealand.svg Team Wellington 3–3 ( a.e.t. )(4–3 p)
Second round Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 3–0
Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers 3–1 Semi-finals Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2–2 ( a.e.t. )(5–4 p)

Real Madrid

As European champions, Real Madrid received a bye to the semi-final round, where they faced Asian champions Kashima Antlers of Japan. Kashima, who had defeated CONCACAF champions Guadalajara, were defeated by Real Madrid in the 2016 final. [16] Madrid defeated the Antlers 3–1 on a hat-trick scored by Gareth Bale over 11 minutes of play. [17] Bale scored in the 44th minute and added two goals in the 53rd and 55th minutes to open the second half; Shoma Doi scored a consolation goal for Kashima in the 78th minute after it was ruled onside by the video assistant referee. [18] [19]

Al Ain

In the first round on 12 December, Al Ain defeated Team Wellington in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw at their home stadium, Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. Wellington, a semi-professional club that qualified as the OFC Champions League champion, entered halftime with a 3–1 lead that was cut back by an equalising volley from Marcus Berg. [20] The match remained scoreless after extra time and advanced to a penalty shoot-out, which Al Ain won 4–3 after five rounds after goalkeeper Khalid Eisa made two saves. [21] [22]

Al Ain advanced to face African champions Espérance de Tunis in the second round match, held three days later at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. The team defeated Espérance 3–0 in an upset that began with two goals scored in the opening 16 minutes. [23] Al Ain produced a larger upset in the semi-finals, defeating Copa Libertadores champions River Plate in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the Club World Cup final. [24] The match began with two early goals for River Plate scored by Rafael Santos Borré following an opening strike from Berg; after an equalising goal was disallowed by the video assistant referee, Caio Lucas Fernandes scored for Al Ain in the 51st minute to draw the teams level at 2–2. After a scoreless extra time, aided by goalkeeper Essa's saves, Al Ain defeated River Plate 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out, its second of the competition, [25] with Essa making one save on River's Enzo Pérez. [26] [27] [28] The semi-final upset of River was called the "greatest achievement" in Emirati football history by Al Ain manager Zoran Mamić. [25]

Match

Summary

Real Madrid had 70 percent of possession in the first half, taking advantage of Al Ain's defensive lapses to produce 11 shots. [29] After a saved chance from Al Ain's Hussein El Shahat, Luka Modrić opened scoring for Madrid in the 14th minute with a left-footed shot. [30] Caio attempted to equalize a minute later, but was found to be offside. The half ended with a 1–0 lead for Madrid, with several later shots saved by Al Ain goalkeeper Khalid Eisa. [31]

Madrid opened the second half with another series of attacks while retaining possession of the ball, finding its second goal in the 60th minute on a long-distance strike by Marcos Llorente. [30] The pace of the match slowed as Al Ain looked to find a consolation goal, with Caio taking advantage of a defensive mistake by Sergio Ramos but unable to score against goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. [29] Ramos responded by scoring in the 79th minute, a header on a corner kick taken by Modrić after a counter-attack, to give Real Madrid a three-goal lead. Six minutes later, a free kick taken by Caio found left-back Tsukasa Shiotani, who scored Al Ain's only goal of the match. [31] In stoppage time, an own goal was scored by Al Ain's Yahia Nader on a cross by Madrid substitute Vinícius Júnior; it was Madrid's final goal to extend their lead to 4–1. [30]

Details

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Report
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Attendance: 40,696 [1]
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
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Real Madrid [32]
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Al Ain [32]
GK25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois
RB2 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Carvajal
CB5 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Raphaël Varane
CB4 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos (c)Yellow card.svg 45'
LB12 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo
CM10 Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Modrić
CM18 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Llorente Sub off.svg 82'
CM8 Flag of Germany.svg Toni Kroos Sub off.svg 70'
RF17 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Vázquez Sub off.svg 84'
CF9 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Karim Benzema
LF11 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gareth Bale
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Keylor Navas
GK13 Flag of Spain.svg Kiko Casilla
DF3 Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Vallejo
DF6 Flag of Spain.svg Nacho
DF19 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Odriozola
DF23 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Reguilón
MF14 Flag of Brazil.svg Casemiro Sub on.svg 82'
MF15 Flag of Uruguay.svg Federico Valverde
MF20 Flag of Spain.svg Marco Asensio
MF22 Flag of Spain.svg Isco
MF24 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Ceballos Sub on.svg 70'
FW28 Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Júnior Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Solari
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GK17 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalid Eisa
RB23 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohamed Ahmed Sub off.svg 64'
CB5 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ismail Ahmed (c)
CB14 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammed Fayez
LB33 Flag of Japan.svg Tsukasa Shiotani
CM43 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Rayan Yaslam
CM16 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohamed Abdulrahman Sub off.svg 67'
CM3 Flag of Mali.svg Tongo Doumbia
RW74 Flag of Egypt.svg Hussein El Shahat
LW7 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio
CF9 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Berg Sub off.svg 75'
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammed Busanda
GK12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Hamad Al-Mansouri
DF19 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohanad Salem
DF44 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Saeed Jumaa
MF6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Amer Abdulrahman Sub on.svg 67'
MF11 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Bandar Al-Ahbabi Sub on.svg 64'
MF13 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Barman
MF18 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ibrahim Diaky
MF28 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sulaiman Nasser
MF30 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammed Khalfan
MF88 Flag of Egypt.svg Yahia Nader Sub on.svg 75'
FW99 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Jamal Ibrahim
Manager:
Flag of Croatia.svg Zoran Mamić

Man of the Match:
Marcos Llorente (Real Madrid) [1]

Assistant referees: [2]
Frank Anderson (United States)
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Fourth official:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Reserve assistant referee:
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Video assistant referees:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Match rules [33]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

Post-match

With their win, Real Madrid became the outright record winners of the Club World Cup with four titles. They also extended the record for most consecutive titles with their third in a row. [5] [31] It was the only trophy won by manager Santiago Solari during his reign at Real Madrid, who was hired in October 2018 and fired in March 2019; Solari complimented Al Ain on their run to the final, calling it a "remarkable achievement". [35]

Marcos Llorente, who scored one goal in the match, won the man of the match award for the final. [5] Gareth Bale of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award as the best player of the tournament, finishing as joint-top scorer with three goals (tied with Rafael Santos Borré of River Plate). Caio of Al Ain won the Silver Ball award behind Bale. Real Madrid also won the FIFA Fair Play Award with the best disciplinary record at the tournament. [36]

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