FIFA Club World Cup / Real Madrid won the FIFA Club World Cup for the 5th time, know when the team became the first champion

Zoom News : Feb 12, 2023, 12:00 PM
FIFA Club World Cup: Spanish football club Real Madrid has won the FIFA Club World Cup title for the fifth time in 9 years. Vinicius Junior scored twice and Karim Benzema scored an assist as Real Madrid beat Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal 5–3 in the Club World Cup final. Riyal won their fifth title by defeating Al Hilal. At the same time, before this, this club had also won three continental cups. The final match was played at the Prince Moulay Abdullah Stadium in Rabat, the capital of Morocco. It was also the 100th title for Real Madrid.

Apart from Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde also scored two other goals for European champions Real Madrid in the final. Al Hilal's team could not take the lead at any point in the match but they proved that reaching the final by defeating Brazilian club Flamengo was not just a fluke. Luciano Vito scored two goals while Mossa Marega scored one goal for the team in the final. On the other hand, Vinicius gave Madrid the lead in the 13th minute for champions Real and then scored the fifth and final goal for the team in the 69th minute.

When did Real Madrid become champion?

Real Madrid has won the FIFA Club World Cup title for the fifth time in total. Earlier, he had won this title in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well. This tournament was started from the year 2000. Apart from Rial, Barcelona has won this title three times. At the same time, Riyal has also won the Intercontinental Cup three times (1960, 1998, 2002).

Earlier in Tangier, Flamengo beat Egyptian club Al Ahly 4-2 in the third place match of the tournament. Pedro and Gabriel Barbosa scored twice each for South American champions Flamengo. Ahmed Abdel Qadir scored both the goals for Al Ahli.

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