Global showdown awaits in Abu Dhabi

• Real Madrid aiming to explain FIFA Club World Cup for third time
• Gremio seeking to turn fourth Brazilian winners
• Second time that Real will face a Brazilian club in this tournament

The Emirati city of Abu Dhabi will yield a theatre for a appetizing final this Saturday, as a FIFA Club World Cup holders, Real Madrid, go head-to-head with a South American champions, Gremio, who will try to put an finish to Europe’s new mastery of a event, only as Corinthians did 5 years ago in Japan.

The Real Madrid players arrived in a United Arab Emirates on Sunday, with their sights resolutely set on lifting their fifth prize of 2017. The Spanish giants also have a event to turn a initial bar to win a Club World Cup in unbroken years, carrying emerged winning from a shining foe 12 months ago.

Standing between Los Blancos and that feat are Brazilian powerhouses Gremio, who imagination their chances of springing a warn and following in a footsteps of compatriots and former winners Corinthians (2000 and 2012), Sao Paolo (2005) and Internacional (2006).

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The match
Real Madrid vs Gremio
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Saturday 16 December, 21.00 (local time)

What we need to know
After struggling to see off a plea of UAE champions Al Jazira in a semi-finals, Real will be penetrating to put on a higher arrangement in a tournament’s showpiece match. All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo, new target of The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award. The Portuguese luminary racked adult 11 shots in a 2-1 feat (the top sum of any actor on a pitch) over Al Jazira, one of that found a net as a European champions equalised in a second half.

Real coach Zinedine Zidane will be channel his fingers that group captain Sergio Ramos is fit adequate to make his lapse to a counterclaim that was exceedingly tested in a semi-final. And in a final, their opponents are expected to be significantly some-more earthy than Al Jazira.

Gremio boss Renato Gaucho, meanwhile, will need to safeguard than his charges are distant some-more clinical in front of idea than they were in their last-four strife with Mexican outfit Pachuca. In a end, a Porto Alegre side compulsory an extra-time idea from super underling Everton to save them from a lottery of chastisement kicks.

The stat
3 – Saturday’s duel will be a third Club World Cup final to array a Spanish group opposite a Brazilian side. Previously, Internacional kick Barcelona 1-0 in 2006, though a Catalans got their possess behind 5 years later, resoundingly defeating Santos 4-0.

Real Madrid have, in fact, played a group from Brazil once before in a tournament: they drew 2-2 with Corinthians in a initial book in 2000.

The words
“I won this form of prize as a player, and we unequivocally wish my players to win it too. We’re adult opposite tough opponents, though Real can be certain that we’re going to conflict compartment a final whistle.”
Gremio manager Renato Gaucho

“I’m informed with Gremio since I’ve watched utterly a lot of their matches, though I’m not too certain of a turn of a Brazilian League right now. They’re a clever team, and they’ll give us a good game. It’ll expected be a formidable match. Like us, a Brazilians competent for a final and they merit to be there. They’ll wish to win only as most as us; it’s not going to be easy.”
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=279805/match=300398163/preview.html