The host Al Jazeera emirate easily beat Tahitian AS Pirae (4-1), representative of Oceania, this Thursday in Abu Dhabi, in the match of the Club World Cup preliminary round from FIFA.
Zayed Al Ameri (minute 5), Ahmed Al Hashmi (25) and Serbian Milos Kosanović (41) sentenced the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium clash in the first half.
The Pirae, an amateur formation, shortened at the beginning of the second half, with a goal against Rabi Mohammed, but Al Jazira once again recovered a wide distance on the scoreboard with the final 4-1, the work of the Malian Abdoulay Diaby in 63.
After this victory, the Al Jazeera will meet in the second round (quarter-finals) on Sunday to the Asian champion, the Saudi Al Hilal.
The winner of that duel will be the opponent in the semifinals (Wednesday 16) of English Chelsea, qualified directly for the penultimate round as European champion.
Al Jazeera dreams of emulate the great performance of his compatriot Al Ain in the 2018 Club World Cup, also in the United Arab Emirates. Then the representative of the host country surprised the Argentine River Plate in the semifinals and got to play the final, where they were beaten by Real Madrid (4-1).
No Asian team has ever been champion of the Club World Cup, that in its current format, open to all confederations, has crowned European teams thirteen times and South American teams four times – Brazilians, on all four occasions.
The representative of South America in this Club World Cup is Palmeiras The Brazilian, who will play on Tuesday in the semifinals against the Mexican Monterrey or the Egyptian Al Ahly, who face each other on Saturday in the ‘quarterfinals’. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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