Surprises gives you life, surprises gives you this Club World Cup. When it seemed that with the bell of Fluminense before him Inter from Milan It was enough, the Al Hilal To bend to Manchester City in what will be the big surprise of the competition. The Saudís beat those of Pep Guardiola In a vibrant extension.
He started well Manchester City The Battle of Orlando. Guardiola's men started the clash wanting to close it by the fast track and, at nine minutes, it seemed to be so. Cherki He took a ball with his hand that, incomprehensible, was left without sanction, and after a dried play, Bernardo Silva He ended up beating Bono to make the first of the English goals. The encounter was based on citizens, but nothing is further from reality.
He Manchester City He continued to dominate in the first half, but he ran into a Bono imperial. The Moroccan made seven gol value stops to hold a Al Hilal that tried to generate danger against, although with little success. The best thing for the Saudis was the result, although after the intermediate everything was going to change.
TO THE HILAL PLANT battle
The passage through the changing rooms reactivated those of Inzaghi, They decided that they were going to plant battle. In this way, in the first minute of the second act, Marcos Leonardo, head, made the tie. Malcom, In 52 ', he signed the second after taking advantage of the defensive weakness of Guardiola. Suddenly, and to the surprise of the world, the Al Hilal He had turned around. Guardiola's face said absolutely everything on the bench, although Haaland Always to the rescue, I was going to put the boards again at the exit of a corner.
After ten frantic minutes of second part, the match began again. And here, the Al Hilal I was going to continue saying many things. To the point that Malcom He was a victim of a penalty that the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela said, although he annulled him when the former Barcelona player was off at the time of starting the race.
He had it Haaland In the final section of the match. When Norwegian's shot was sneaked in, a defense of the Al Hilal worked the miracle to avoid the third of the City. Then it was Bono who put a hand that cleared a corner a powerful shot of RUBEN DIAS.
And the surprise came
The extension began and the surprise Four minutes from extra time, Rúben put a perfect corner and Koulibaly He got up above all to connect a perfect header that ended inside the Manchester City goal.
He Manchester Citysin Haaland He had to row again and did it with a perfect center of Cherki what The foot He finished first at the bottom of the bonus networks in the final stretch of the first half of the extension. Although there was still more.
In the second act of extension, Marcos Leonardo It was made with a rejection in the area that allowed him to beat Ederson, To make the final 3-4 to confirm the great bell of this Club World Cup.
