Real Madrid, once again Real Madrid became champion of the Copa Intercontinental after beating 3-0 Pachuca with goals from Kylian Mbappe, Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Jr. In this way, if the Club World Cup titles are also counted, there are nine consecrations for Merengue, which left well behind the four of Bayern Munich and AC Milan. And he adds only one defeat in this type of definitions, the one that gave him Carlos Bianchi’s MouthJuan Román Riquelme and Martín Palermo in the year 2000.
On December 18 at the Lusail stadium in Doha, exactly two years after the Qatar 2022 final that saw the Argentine National Team face France, Mbappé managed to get even for that lost final. The French star opened the scoring 37 minutes into the first half in the same goal in which the hat-trick a Back Martínez in the world final.
The 1-0 goal came after a great collective maneuver on the Pachuca field. First, around the central circle they joined a wall Edward Camavinga y Federico Valverdewho found him free Jude Bellingham at the edge of the area. There, the English midfielder filtered a sensational pass for Vinicius and the Brazilian, winner a few hours ago of The Best award given by FIFA, assisted Mbappé. Great goal.
If that goal seemed to be a difficult blow to bear for the Mexican team, which had been resisting well against its rival’s hierarchy, 2-0 was definitely a blow knockout, although it came with controversy. Rodrygo received the ball on the edge of the area, hooked it in front of his marker and finished with a beautiful placed shot.
In any case, the goal could have been annulled by an advanced position by Bellingham, who interfered with the goalkeeper’s view. However, after reviewing that action on the monitor, Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela validated the goal.
From there the team shined Carlo Ancelotti. Vinicius, near the end, converted the penalty that Oussama Idrissi committed against Lucas Vázquez into a goal. And so Real Madrid became champion once again.