‘Worldwide surprise’: Flamengo lost to finalist Al Hilal

Surprise. There won’t be flamenco – real Madrid at the end of Club World Cup, the game that all football is waiting for this weekend in Morocco. So far, the Brazilian team missed its appointment in the final, falling in the semifinals against a serious al hilal (2-3), the champion of Asian champion. With two goals from Salem and another of his old acquaintance The league, Luciano Viettothey sealed their pass to the final where they are waiting for, maybe, the real Madrid.

running start

The truth is that from the very beginning it was seen that the party was not facing the flamenco. After 15 minutes, they were 0-1 down and had two key players, Gerson and Gabrielwith a yellow card. The goal for the Saudis came thanks to a penalty caused by Vietto in minute 2 and modified by Salem in the 3′ that began to build what later was the surprising victory of Al-Hilal.

And it was that until minute 20 entered, the flamenco seems to be out of the game. Back then there were different combinations in between Arrascaeta and Peterstarted to create the first chances until the very end Peter he hit a great shot from the sideline and made it an equaliser.

From there, ‘Fla’ flew and created more occasions without knowing that, on the edge of the break, he had to see how Gersonwith a yellow card to his credit for simulating a penalty, which cost him another second card and therefore the dismissal. Salem He did not miss again from eleven meters and the game went into halftime with a double advantage for al hilal: on the field, where they are just another player and on the scoreboard, where they are a goal ahead.

Marega and Vietto, deadly duo

After the break, a reaction was expected from the Brazilian team which, despite being one down, had to dominate thanks to the quality of its players. But not. He al hilalwho played his cards very well, limiting himself to protecting himself from the rubronegros arreones and launching against blows to Marega as the main executor. The Mali striker dropped aerial balls as his main function and with an error by ‘Fla’, the al hilal braided a counterattack that ended with a perfect cannon shot from Vietto to ‘kill’ the party.

But what really ‘killed’ him was the final whistle because, earlier, Pedro brought his team back into the match with a discount goal that made the final minutes more interesting than expected. However, there is no going back flamenco and yes this surprise is the al hilala team from Saudi Arabia, who will play in the final next Saturday who knows if, apparently, against Real Madrid.

FLAMINGO

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AL HILAL

FLAMINGO: Divine; Mateuzinho, David Luiz, Léo Pereira (Fabricio Bruno, min.46), Ayrton Lucas; Thiago Maia (Vidal, min.81), Gerson; Éverton Ribeiro (Éverton, min.68), Gabriel, De Arrascaeta (Thumb, min.46); and Peter.

AL HILAL: Almayouf; Saud, Jang, AL Bulayhi, Khalifah (Nasser, min.65); Cuellar, Carrillo, Salem Aldawsari; Marega, Vietto (Jahfali, min.87) and Ighalo (Michael, min.57).

THE OBJECTIVES: 0-1, min.4: Salem Aldawsari, from a penalty. 1-1, min.20: Pedro. 1-2, min.53+: Salem Aldawsari, from a penalty. 1-3, min. 70: Vietto. 2-3, min.91: Pedro.

REFEREE: Istvan Kovacs (Romania). He advised Gabriel (min.17), David Luiz (min.42), Pulgar (min.56) and Thiago Maia (min.72) of Flamengo, and of Al Hilal Vietto (min.42), Khalifah (min. 62). ) and Jahfali (min.88). He sent off Gérson for a double yellow (min.15 and min.53+).

INCIDENTS: FIFA Club World Cup semifinal match played at the Grand Stade in Tangier (Morocco) in front of 42,496 spectators. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.

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