Real Madrid “arrives, sees and wins” the new Intercontinental Cup | International football

On Wednesday, in Qatar, Real Madrid won the first edition of the renewed Intercontinental Cup football tournament, defeating Mexican Pachuca, 3-0, in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, author of the book “Mbappe.”hat trick“In that final, which Argentina won, he scored again at the famous Losail Stadium, with Rodrygo stepping up and Vinicius Junior topping the list as FIFA’s best player in the world. The best And closing penalty accounts.

With three Intercontinental Cups (1960, 1998 and 2002) under his belt, as well as five Club World Cups (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022), the current European champion applied the rule of the strongest in the confrontation with CONCACAF. The champion, in a match in which Carlo Ancelotti (without the injured Alaba, Mendy, Carvajal and Militao) chose the strongest “eleven”, with Kylian Mbappe recovering from the injury he suffered against Atalanta, in Bergamo.

As Julio Cesar said, for Real Madrid it was about “arriving, seeing and winning”. Two weeks ago in Qatar, Pachuca – the Botafogo striker coached by Artur Jorge (who flew to Doha eight hours after winning the Brazilian league) – played his third match in the competition, while “Meringue“He had direct access to the dedication game.

A match that started with Real Madrid’s hypothesis, but facing it with the boldness of the Mexican team, more scoring and shooting, forced goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to make two interventions, one of them with a high degree of difficulty.

Ancelotti is the best coach in his history The bestHe showed dissatisfaction and demanded another position from the team, which Valverde interpreted perfectly, breaking the move prepared by Jude Bellingham for Vinicius Junior. “Dismantling” the defense and providing the opening goal to Mbappe (37′), who scored again in the final.

The match ended the first half without any further note of note, coming back with a brilliant goal from Rodrigo (53 mins)… which was called into question by the VAR due to a possible interference from Bellingham (stuck in the goalkeeper’s field of vision and in an irregular position). ), but the referee objected, because he understood that the Englishman did not interfere in the play and even bowed, because the last defender who was beaten by Rodrigo completely covered the thrower’s ball.

With a two-goal lead, Real Madrid took control and Ancelotti removed elements such as Mbappe and Rodrigo, while Pachuca tried to return to the discussion with Rondon’s header (71), which came very close to Courtois’ post.

Luka Modric was already on the pitch, playing his 559th match for Real Madrid, equaling Michel as the 11th player to have made the most appearances for the club. But it will be Vinicius Junior. (After missing a goal Playstation) He ended the final score with a penalty kick awarded, after a VAR review, due to a foul on Lucas Vazquez.

The final was over, Pachuca surrendered and was only hoping to avoid a more serious result, despite beating Courtois with an illegal and invalid move.