Doha / Special:
Real Madrid won the Intercontinental Cup on Wednesday after defeating Mexico's Pachuca 3-0 in the final at Lusail Stadium in Doha. With this coronation, the European champions won their fifth title this year.
Real Madrid, the 2024 European champions, won the Intercontinental Cup (Intercontinental Cup) in football on Wednesday after defeating Mexico's Pachuca, the CONCACAF champion, 3-0 in the final at Lusail Stadium in Doha.
Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (37) and Brazilians Rodrygo (53) and Vinicius Junior (84 from a penalty kick) scored the goals for the royal club, which won its second title this season after the European Super Cup, and the fifth this year after the local Super Cup, "La Liga" and the Champions League.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti's team won the first title of the newly created tournament by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), which replaced the Club World Cup, which was changed to be held every four years with the participation of 32 teams, with the United States hosting the first edition next summer.
The famous Lusail Stadium smiled this time at Mbappe, who had lost to the Argentine national team on penalties in the final match of the 2022 World Cup, which was held on Wednesday, the second anniversary of its establishment, although the French international shone that day by scoring a "hat-trick".
Vincius, who was chosen as the best player in the match and the tournament, said during the press conference after the match, "I play for the best team in the world, and I am very happy with the title today and all the titles that we win as a team," adding, "We always strive to win all possible titles."
He continued, "We always try to be the best version of Real Madrid, so we do not enter any tournament unless we seek to win it. I would like to confirm that the team is on the right track."
Goal and assist for Vinicius
Real have played in their 11th FIFA final, winning the Club World Cup five times, with the Club World Cup set to be held in a new expanded format for the first time next summer in the United States, and the Intercontinental Cup four times.
While Real were playing their first ever encounter with Pachuca, they were drawn together in Group 8 of the Club World Cup alongside Austrian side Salzburg and Saudi side Al Hilal.
In front of 67,000 fans, Pachuca, who arrived in Doha two weeks ago and faced Brazilian Botafogo (3-0) in the quarter-finals and Egyptian Al-Ahly (6-5 on penalties) in the semi-finals, unlike Real, who qualified directly for the final and arrived in Doha on Monday, were the first to threaten, led by their Moroccan winger Osama Idrissi and their veteran Venezuelan international captain Salomon Rondon, and almost opened the scoring with a powerful, deceptive shot from a long distance that Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois pushed away with difficulty to a corner (5).
Courtois intervened at the right time to cut off Alan Bautista inside the area after a pass from Elias Montiel (9), and Idrissi penetrated from the left side and shot a powerful ball that Courtois pushed away with difficulty outside the field (11).
The men of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gradually began to enter the atmosphere of the match, and after a series of passes, the Englishman Jude Bellingham succeeded in creating space for Rodrigo at the edge of the area, but his shot hit the Ecuadorian defender Andres Micolta and passed next to the left post (24).
Rondon responded with a shot into Courtois' hands (30).
Real succeeded in opening the scoring with a coordinated attack led by Uruguayan Federico Valverde from the middle of the field after exchanging the ball with Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga and passing it to Bellingham, who then went behind the defense to Vinicius, who penetrated the area and played around goalkeeper Carlos Moreno and passed it to Mbappe, who easily followed it into the empty net (37).
This goal is the thirteenth for the captain of the French national team this season in various competitions.
Mbappe, who has just returned to the field after recovering from injury, fired a powerful shot from outside the area next to the right post (39), and another to Valverde from inside the area next to the right post (40).
Colombian Nelson Diosa almost did it with a shot from inside the area that hit defender Fran Garcia and turned into a corner kick that did not bear fruit (52).
Courtois shined
The royal team did not wait long to double their lead with a wonderful goal by Rodrigo when he played with more than one defender on the edge of the area before shooting it with his right foot into the far left corner of goalkeeper Moreno (53).
The video assistant referee "VAR" called on the Venezuelan referee Jesus Valenzuela to confirm the validity of the goal after Bellingham blocked the goalkeeper's vision, but the referee considered otherwise and counted the goal.
Ancelotti replaced Mbappe with Moroccan Ibrahim Dias to rest him in light of the absence of his star Vinicius, who won the FIFA Best Award due to suspension, from the hot summit against Sevilla next Sunday in the league, where he dropped to third place, one point behind his neighbor Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, the leaders, knowing that the two capital clubs played one less match.
Gonzalez almost reduced the difference with a powerful, creeping shot from inside the area, which Courtois pushed away with difficulty before the defense cleared it (60).
Courtois continued his brilliance by stopping a direct free kick taken by Rondon (67).
Real Madrid responded with a coordinated attack that led to the ball reaching Vinicius inside the area, who shot it powerfully next to the far right post (70).
Rondon almost did it with a header from close range after a pass from Montiel that went a few centimeters over the crossbar (71).
Lucas Vazquez was awarded a penalty kick after being fouled by Idrissi inside the area, and Vinicius took it powerfully with his right foot successfully (84).
Vinicius wasted the opportunity to score his second personal goal and the fourth for the royal club when he received the ball on a silver platter from Dias behind the defense, so he quickly ran into the area, but he played it low and goalkeeper Moreno cleared it (90).
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