Match ends, Real Madrid 4, Al Ain 1.
Spain's Real Madrid won the Club World Cup for a third consecutive year, and record fourth in total, by beating Abu Dhabi side Al Ain in the final.
Luka Modric curled home the opening goal from the edge of the area after Karim Benzema's lay-off.
Marcos Llorente hit a stunning 25-yard half-volley - his first professional goal - and Sergio Ramos headed in the third from Modric's corner.
Tsukasa Shiotani nodded in for Al Ain before Yahya Nader's own goal.
Real could have won by more. Lucas Vazquez hit the post early on and Gareth Bale - who scored a semi-final hat-trick against Kashima Antlers - went close with a spectacular bicycle kick which went just over the bar.
Al Ain had shocked River Plate on penalties in the semi-final but never looked like following that up with a famous win at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Midfielder Toni Kroos has won five of the past six Club World Cups - in 2013 with Bayern Munich and 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 with the Spanish side.
Real now hold the record for most victories in the competition, which was first held in 2000, moving one clear of Spanish rivals Barcelona.
Earlier, Copa Libertadores winners River Plate won the third-place play-off by beating Asian champions Kashima Antlers 4-0. Gonzalo Martinez scored twice on what is expected to be his final appearance before joining MLS champions Atlanta United.
Line-ups
Real Madrid
Formation 4-3-3
- 25Courtois
- 2Carvajal
- 5Varane
- 4RamosBooked at 45mins
- 12Marcelo
- 10Modric
- 18LlorenteSubstituted forCasemiroat 82'minutes
- 8KroosSubstituted forCeballosat 71'minutes
- 17VázquezSubstituted forVinícius Júniorat 84'minutes
- 9Benzema
- 11Bale
Substitutes
- 1Navas
- 3Vallejo
- 6Nacho
- 13Casilla
- 14Casemiro
- 15Valverde
- 19Odriozola
- 20Asensio
- 22Isco
- 23Reguilón
- 24Ceballos
- 28Vinícius Júnior
Al Ain
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 17Mohamed Bilal Saeed
- 23Gharib JumaSubstituted forAl Ahbabiat 64'minutes
- 5Ahmed
- 14Al Alawi
- 33Shiotani
- 3Doumbia
- 16AbdulrahmanSubstituted forAl Hammadiat 67'minutes
- 74El Shahat
- 7Lucas Fernandes
- 43Yslam Mohammed Aboudan Al-Jaberi
- 9BergSubstituted forNader Moustafa Elsharifat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Saeed Bu Sanda Ahmed
- 6Al Hammadi
- 11Al Ahbabi
- 12Abdulla Nasser Abdulla Al Mansoori
- 13Barman Ali Shamroukh Al Hammoudi
- 18Amuah Diaky
- 19Salem Ghazy Al Amim
- 28Nasser Alameri
- 30Khalfan Zayed Barout
- 44Juma Hasan
- 88Nader Moustafa Elsharif
- 99Ibrahim Hassain Maroof
- Referee:
- Jair Marrufo
- Attendance:
- 40,696
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home67%
- Away33%
- Shots
- Home24
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away4
- Corners
- Home8
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 4, Al Ain 1.
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Attempt missed. Hussein El Shahat (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Caio.
Goal!
Own Goal by Yahia Nader, Al Ain. Real Madrid 4, Al Ain 1.
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Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo following a set piece situation.
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Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Tsukasa Shiotani (Al Ain).
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Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
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Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Tsukasa Shiotani (Al Ain).
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Foul by Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid).
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Caio (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!
Goal! Real Madrid 3, Al Ain 1. Tsukasa Shiotani (Al Ain) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Caio following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Marcelo (Real Madrid).
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Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Lucas Vázquez.
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Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
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Caio (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
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Yahia Nader (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Would say it's a nice experience for teams like Al Ain to play against Madrid but really who would want to endure 90 minutes of that odious oaf Ramos acting like a pleb around you?
Great side that Al Ain
:/
Every team (bar Al Ain) are winners of their continental Champions League equivalent.
Al Ain are hosts so got a wildcard entry and had to play a preliminary match against the Oceania champs (weakest region). A combination of riding their luck and River Plate seemingly not being bothered got them this far.
Maybe have a rule where the winners host next year?
Emperor's new clothes.....Madrid will get home and realise they have real footballing teams to play and that they are still miles away from being competitive. A nice holiday, now back the reality of your position....failing and falling.
Real Madrid the team of Franco - that says it all
Real Madrid a team funded by Spanish government backhanders.
I would support any team that played Real but let’s be honest this Mickey Mouse Cup against fourth rate teams is a total joke.
😂😂😂
..how many times has a team from Abu Dhabi won it?
'Al' (non league) 'Ain' in the World Club Final?
Laughable.
Of course, this could be a sign for Qatar to reach the 2022 World Cup final, you never know...
I think the fact that we're hardly ever in it is the major contributing factor for that one.