Real Madrid continue dominating in club football as they defeated Gremio in the final of the Fifa Club World Cup yesterday 16th December, 2017 hosted by the UAE. After winning the trophy, Real Madrid has now set record as the first football club to win the trophy 2 times consecutively.
Real Madrid won Gremio at the Zayed Sport City Stadium by a lone goal scored by no other than the FIFA best player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo. He played a spectacular free kick at 53mins to scored the spectacular goal.
The full squad of Real Madrid that won the trophy are:
Goalkeepers: Navas, Casilla and Moha Ramos
Defenders : Ramos, Varane, Nacho, Achraf, Theo Hernandez, Marcelo and Carvajal
Midfielders : Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Mateo Kovacic, Llorente, Asensio, Isco and Ceballos.
Attackers: Cristiano Ronaldo , Lucas Vázquez, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzem, and Mayoral.
With this trophy, the total trophy won by Real Madrid so far this season is three. In the beginning of this season they beat Manchester United and Barcelona to win the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish super cup respectively
In the whole of this year 2017, Real Madrid has won a total of 5 trophies. These include the LaLiga, the Champions League, the Spanish super cup, UEFA Super Cup and now the FIFA club world cup.
The coach of Real Madrid, Zinedane Zidane has won a total of 8 trophies since starting his career as the head coach with the club in just 2 years. This trophies are: Champions League 2016, UEFA Super Cup 2016, FIFA club world cup 2016, LaLiga 2017, Champions League 2017, UEFA Super Cup 2017, Spanish Super Cup 2017 and FIFA club world cup 2017
No doubt, Real Madrid is the most successful football club in the world and currently the best club in the world.
They should keep enjoying there success and I hope they win more trophies and give us more entertainment in the world of soccer