Il Real Madridfor the ninth time, is world champion. Even if the cup, from this edition, thanks to the birth of the new Club World Cup which will be played in the summer, goes back to being called Intercontinental. In the final i blancos they had no problems in overcoming (3-0) the Mexicans of Pachucawho reached the last act of the competition for the first time. The success (second of the season after the triumph in the European Super Cup) allows Carlo Ancelotti to further expand his trophy cabinet, reaching 31 coaching trophies.
Mbappé returns to break the deadlock
Real dominated, breaking the deadlock in the 37th minute with the recovered player Mbappérecovered at the last minute after the injury suffered against Atalanta in the Champions League and started. the French champion concluded a splendid choral action created by Bellinghamwho cleared the ball in the area Vinicius who, with a double step, dribbled past the goalkeeper Carlos Moreno and provided his teammate with a ball to deposit in the net.
Rodrygo doubles despite Var
He scored the second goal at the start of the second half (53′) Rodrygo with a nice swerve at the limit closed with a great right-footed shot to the far post. To validate the goal, however, it took a few minutes for the Our called theVenezuelan referee Valenzana to evaluate the influence of Bellingham, stationed offside in front of the goalkeeper. The match director, however, did not consider the position of the Englishman (who crouched at the moment of the shot) to be such as to obstruct Carlos Moreno’s view and validated.
Vinicius closes the score with a penalty, 34th title for Modric
In the 82nd minute Var was still in action to recall Valenzana who had not considered a touch in the area to be a foul Idrissi. On the monitor, the referee, this time, corrected himself and awarded the penalty which also allowed Vinicius to enter his name in the scoreboard. In full recovery Pachuca hoped to at least be able to close the gap with a header Menabut the goal was disallowed for offside. It should be noted that in the 70th minute Ancelotti gave space to Modric who, thus, at 39 years and 3 months, gained the satisfaction of winning the 34th title of his career (17 national and 17 international).
