Result this Thursday (26) made the Spanish team advance in first position, while the Arabs got the last vacancy of Group H
e They got the vacancies of Group H of. This Thursday (26), the traditional Spanish team with peacefully defeated RB Salzburg, in Philadelphia, 3-0, while the Saudi team beat Pachuca, in Nashville, 2-0. With these results, the first place in group H with seven points, faces Juventus on Tuesday, at 16h (from Brasilia), at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami. Already Al Hilal, second placed from group H with five points, plays against Manchester City, on Monday, at 22h.
Real Madrid expires RB Salzburg by 3 to 0
As expected, Real Madrid had full domain at the beginning of the game, but without despair in search of the goal. The Spanish team abused the touch of the ball in an attempt to pierce the blockade of Salzburg, which showed tranquility, without flushing in the few moments when he was in the attacking field. At 40 minutes, Bellingham made a beautiful release for Vinícius Jr. the Brazilian stared at the Austrian quarterback and beat beautiful to open the scoring. The goal demotivated Salzburg and increased the trust of Real, which increased the advantage on 48 minutes. Vinícius Jr. came free in the area and gave beautiful heel assistance to Valverde: 2-0.
In the second half, veteran Modric entered the midfield of Real to ‘hold’ more the ball. The team began to ‘think’ more and in a counterattack started with Bellingham, Gonzalo García made the third and defined the victory in the 39th minute. From then on the real diminished the rhythm and Salzburg did not even have strength to reduce the damage.
Al-Hilal defeat Pachuca
Al-Hilal and Pachuca began in the attack in Nashville. Coach Simone Inzaghi gestured since the first few minutes demanding aggressiveness from the Arab team. The Mexicans were not intimidated and, even disqualified, sought the first points in the competition. Gradually, the need for victory put Al-Hilal in the attacking field, but Pachuca’s well-posted defense could avoid Arab attempts. But after 20 minutes, in individual play, former Corinthian Malcom tried to find the goalkeeper’s upper left angle, but missed. Following, in a beautiful play of the entire attack, Salem Al-Dawsari showed category to cover up and open the scoring.
Already in the second half, the game was open and nervous. A goal from Pachuca took the al-Hilal out of the eighth. The two teams had a great chance of scoring, but the victory was even with the classified Saudi Arabia team, which still scored the second goal, with Marcos Leonardo, in the additions.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Sarah Paula
