Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Abu Dhabi: Real Madrid ended Al Ain’s fairytale run at the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 as a pair of spectacular goals from Luka Modric and Marcos Llorente helped secure a 4-1 victory and a third successive triumph at the tournament.
In 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo was Madrid’s match-winner in the final, days after winning the Ballon d’Or; fast forward 12 months and Real once again turned to the year’s newly crowned world’s best - midfield magician Modric - to set them on the way to victory.
Al Ain may have suffered the same fate as fellow Emirati outfit Al Jazira - who lost to Madrid in last year’s semi-final - but Zoran Mamic’s side managed to go a step further at the tournament, making history by becoming the first team from the UAE to finish as runners-up at the FIFA Club World Cup.
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/al_ain-real3-fifa.html
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/al_ain-real4-fifa.html
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/al_ain-real5-fifa.html
www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/al_ain-real2-fifa.html
