And one more trophy for Real Madrid and Karim Benzema! The European champion won the Club World Cup by beating Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) on Saturday in the final at the Moulay Abdallah Stadium in Rabat (Morocco).
Carlo Ancelotti had established his three Frenchmen Karim Benzema, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Eduardo Camavinga for this particularly prolific final. Vinicus Junior enjoyed himself with a double (13th 69th), as did Federico Valverde (18th, 58th). Benzema also participated in this attacking festival with a decisive pass on Vinicius’ first achievement and a goal after springing into the Saudi defense on a nice pass from outside the Brazilian (54th). He had previously had a great opportunity, but had crossed his shot too much (40th).
Benzema rejoint Marcelo
Hit in the back of the right knee on February 2 during the success against Valencia in La Liga (2-0), the Ballon d’Or 2022 remained in Madrid and did not make the trip to Morocco. He joined his teammates on Wednesday after their success against the Egyptians of Al-Ahly in the semi-finals (4-1). After his goal, the captain of Real Madrid, appeared rather in legs, with a lot of stalls, left in the 62nd minute when the score was 4-1.
Al Hilal, who beat Brazil’s Flamengo in the semi-finals, has often been overtaken. But the Saudis nevertheless came back to 2-1 on a goal from Moussa Marega, the Malian international who started in Évry (91), then to 5-3 thanks to a double from the Argentinian Vietto (63rd, 78th ). Despite the victory and the five goals scored by his team, Ancelotti must not have really appreciated the many defensive largesse.
This is Real Madrid’s 5th title in this competition and the… 100th trophy in its history. Karim Benzema wins his 25th title, joining Marcelo as the most successful player in the history of the Madrid club