Saturday, December 22, 2018

GALACTICOS MAKE IT THREE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP TITLES IN A ROW (AND FOUR OVERALL) AFTER POLISHING OFF AL-AIN IN TITLE GAME; River Plate Blow Out Antlers For 3rd Place

At Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:

Goals from Luka Modric (14'), Marcos Llorente (60'), Sergio Ramos (79'), and Yahya Nader (OG-90'+1) powered Real Madrid to their third consecutive FIFA Club World Cup championship (and fourth overall) on Saturday as Los Blancos dominated Al-Ain from the host country 4-1 at Zayed Sports City Stadium, breaking the record they shared with archrival Barcelona for most titles in this tournament.

Here are the happy Galacticos celebrating their record-breaking championship.

Getty Images photo by Michael Regan via FIFA website



Earlier on Saturday, at the same stadium, Gonzalo Martinez scored twice (73', 90'+3; that him here, celebrating) as River Plate demolished Japan's Kashima Antlers 4-0 in the third-place game.

Getty Images photo by David Ramos via FIFA website

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