Santiago Solari celebrated his first trophy as Real Madrid's coach with a 4-1 defeat of Al Ain in the Club World Cup final.
2018 Club World Cup
4-1
Match Events
14' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-0 Al Ain (Modric)
GOALLLLLLLLLL!!! MODRIC PUTS MADRID AHEAD!!! 1-0!!! The Spanish side take the lead as the midfielder curls a crisp strike into the net. Al Ain afford the midfielder space and time on the edge of the box and he bends his effort beyond Eisa into the back of the net. A fine strike.
60' GOAL! Real Madrid 2-0 Al Ain (Llorente)
WHAT A GOAL!! LLORENTE DOUBLES MADRID'S LEAD! 2-0!!! The midfielder scores a stunner from the edge of the box to put Los Blancos in control of the contest. Kroos' corner is cleared, but Llorente meets the ball first time 20 yards from goal and connects with his effort on the half-volley. It travels through a crowd of players before finding the bottom corner. A super strike.
78' GOAL! Real Madrid 3-0 Al Ain (Ramos)
GOALLLLLLLLLLL!!!! RAMOS HEADS HOME! MADRID 3-0!!! Los Blancos are surely on their way to their third Club World Cup triumph in a row. Ramos scores their third goal of the evening as he rises highest in the box from Modric's corner and he buries his header past the hand of Eisa into the top corner. An emphatic headed finish from the Madrid skipper.
86' GOAL! Real Madrid 3-1 Al Ain (Shiotani)
GOALLLLLLLL!!!! SHIOTANI GETS A GOAL BACK!!! 3-1!!! The UAE side get a consolation goal as Shiotani rises to head Caio's free-kick into the net. It was a fine header from the Japanese as he shifted to the front of the line and looped his header over Courtois after connecting with the pinpoint delivery from Caio.
91' OWN GOAL! Real Madrid 4-1 Al Ain (Yahia Nader)
GOALLLLLLL!!! NADER PUTS THE BALL INTO HIS OWN NET!!! 4-1!! Agony for Nader as he cannot help put place the ball into his own net after Vinicius' strike hit his leg and was diverted towards the target. The Brazilian did carve open the Al Ain defence down the left flank and fired at goal. His shot deflected off the defender and into the net. Madrid have a fourth to cap off their win.
Match Report
Luka Modric's wonderful goal helped seal Club World Cup history as Real Madrid beat Al Ain 4-1 to become the first team to win the tournament three years in a row.
Santiago Solari's first silverware since being appointed as Julen Lopetegui's successor was set up by Modric's first-half strike as Madrid comfortably triumphed in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, moving past rivals Barcelona with their fourth title in the competition.
The Croatia midfielder, who added the Ballon d'Or crown to his World Cup Golden Ball this month, bent the opener into the bottom-left corner from 25 yards, with Marcos Llorente also drilling home from outside the box before a Sergio Ramos header extended Real's lead.
Al Ain had a goal from Caio Fernandes ruled out for offside when they only trailed by one and Zoran Mamic's side - who replied through an excellent Tsukasa Shiotani header - can be proud of their efforts on home soil as massive underdogs against the European champions, despite Madrid adding a late fourth through Yahia Nader's own goal.
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Sergio Ramos, L. Modrić, Benzema, Bale, T. Kroos, Marcelo, T. Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, R. Varane, Lucas Vázquez, M.Llorente
Subs: Kiko Casilla, K. Navas, Casemiro, Isco, Nacho, Álvaro Odriozola, J.Vallejo, Marco Asensio, Ceballos, Reguilón, Valverde, Vinícius Júnior
Al Ain XI: M. Berg, Mohamed Ahmad, Tongo Doumbia, Mohammed Fayez, Ismail Ahmed, Mohammed Abdulrahman, Khalid Eisa, Tsukasa Shiotani, Rayan Yslam, Caio, Hussein El Shahat
Subs: Mohnad Salem, Amer Abdulrahman, Diaky Ibrahim, Jamal Maroof, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Ahmed Barman, Mohammed Bu Sanda, Hamad Al Mansoori, Saaed Juma, Mohammed Al Harasi, Sulaiman Nasser, Yahia Nader