Doha (dpa)
Spanish European champion Real Madrid defeated Mexican Pachuca, champion of North and Central America and the Caribbean, 3-0, to win the FIFA Intercontinental Club Cup.
Real Madrid owes this victory to its Brazilian star Vinicius Junior, who will win the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2024.
Vinicius set up the first goal for his French colleague Kylian Mbappe in the 37th minute, ending the first half with the Madrid giants superior.
The other Brazilian, Rodrigo Goes, added the second goal for Real Madrid in the 53rd minute of the match that was held in the Qatari capital, Doha, at Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 Qatar World Cup final.
Vinicius concluded Real Madrid’s goals with a penalty kick in the 84th minute.
With this coronation, the Madrid team achieved its sixth world title, after winning the Club World Cup 5 times in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022, in addition to the Intercontinental Cup, which in the past brought together the European and South American champions, with a score of 3 times in the years 1960, 1998 and 2002, and the Italian Carlo Ancelotti continued. Real Madrid coach who won the FIFA award FIFA awarded the best technical manager this year his successes, achieving the fifth title in 2024, after winning the Spanish Super Cup, the Spanish League, the European Champions League, and the European Super Cup.
As for Pachuca, led by its Uruguayan coach, Guillermo Almada, he left Doha content with the two Americas’ Derby Cup titles, after defeating Brazilian Botafogo, the South American champion, with a score of 3-0 last Wednesday, and the Challenge Cup, after defeating Al-Ahly of Egypt, the African champion, on penalties, earlier this week. The current one.
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