With Al-Hilal, Real Madrid Champions The Club World Cup For The Fifth Time

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JAKARTA - Real Madrid won the Club World Cup for the fifth time after beating Asia's Al Hilal representatives with a 5-3 victory in the final match played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco, Sunday morning WIB.

Real's success in winning the Club World Cup is also their second success in winning trophies this season. Earlier in August, Carlo Ancelotti's troops had lifted the European Super Cup trophy, as quoted by AFP.

The European Real champion opened the scoring when the game had only lasted 13 minutes. Real players' smooth movement involving Karim Benzema, closed with Vinicius Jr's finish whose low shot could not be stopped by goalkeeper Abdullah Al Muaouf.

Only five minutes later, or in the 13th minute, Los Blancos doubled their lead. This time Federico Valverde, who recorded his name on the scoreboard with a low kick from the edge of the Al Hilal penalty box.

Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal did not want to give up without a fight. They scored a goal back in the 26th minute, through Moussa Marega's success in breaking offside Real's trap, and calmly executing Mohammed Kanno's pass. Marega's goal was also the last goal to be created in the first half.

Real restored their two-goal lead in the 54th minute.

Captain Benzema, who had wasted a good chance in the first half, made no mistake. He managed to convert Vinicius' pass into the third goal of the Spanish team.

Uruguay striker Valverde then scored his second goal and increased Real's lead in the 58th minute. Dani Carvajal's ball was continued with a shot from close range to break into Al Mouaiouf's goal.

Entering the 63rd minute, Al Hilal narrowed his gap when Saud Abdulhamid's through ball was perfectly continued by Argentine Luciano Vietto, to get into the bottom corner of the Real goal that Andriy Lunin was guarding.

Real then destroyed Al Hilal's hopes of being able to catch up.

Vinicius scored his second goal in the match in the 69th minute after getting a measured pass from Dani Ceballos.

Vietto also scored his second goal in the 79th minute. Getting a ball sent by substitute Michael, Vietto was able to convert it into a return goal for Al Hilal as well as the last goal created in the match to ensure Real won with a score of 5-3.

List of line-ups:

Real Madrid: Andriy Lunin, Dani Carvajal (Jesus Vallejo 79 '), Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric (Nacho Fernandez 74'), Aurelien Tchouameni (Dani Ceballos 62 '), Toni Kroos (Marco Asensio 74 '), Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema (Rodrygo 62'), Vinicius Junior

Al Hilal: Abdullah Al Muaiouf, Saud Abdulhamid, Jang Hyun Soo, Ali Al Boleihi, Khalifah Aldawsari, Mohamed Kanno, Gustavo Cuellar, Andre Carrillo (Michael 74'), Luciano Vietto (Abdullah Al Hamdan 86'), Salem Al Dawsari (Nasser Al Dawsari 74'), Moussa Marega (Odion Ighalo 86')