Real Madrid were crowned Club World Cup champions for a fifth time after beating Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal 5-3 in the final on Saturday night.
The European champions extended their own record as club world champions by opening the scoring in in the 13th minute through Vinicius Jr and Valverde extended their lead five minutes later but Al Hilal hit back with a goal from Moussa Marega on the counter-attack.
Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde added to Real’s lead with close-range strikes in the 54th and 58th minutes respectively but Luciano Vietto reduced the deficit for Al Hilal from another counter five minutes later.
Vinicius added another for Real in the 69th but Vietto scored his second of the night 10 minutes later to round off a high-scoring encounter that delighted the Moroccan fans.
Madrid also won the Club World Cup following triumphs in the Champions League in 2014 and from 2016-18. They won other versions of the world title in 1960, 1998 and 2002.
