Possible line-ups for Al-Ahly v Real Madrid

Real Madrid start their Club World Cup journey. The 'Merengues' are the club that have won the championship the most times, four times in total. The Spanish club are followed by Barcelona who have won it three times and behind them Bayern Munich and Corinthians who have managed to win the trophy twice.

In order to book a place in the final, the Spanish team will have to eliminate the Egyptian team Al Ahly, which is the club that have won the most titles in history (more than 140 trophies). They have participated in the Club World Cup a total of 7 times but have never managed to win the tournament, finishing third three times.

Al-Hilal are in the final awaiting a possible match against the winner of the last edition of the Champions League. Underdogs Al Hilal managed to eliminate the Brazilian team Flamengo, who were considered one of the favourites to win the tournament. The Moroccans won 2-3 with a brace from Al-Dawsari.

'Los Blancos' will play this match with major absentees such as Courtois, Benzema, Militao, Lucas Vazquez and Ferland Mendy. However, Ancelotti may be able to count on the Belgian goalkeeper, the French striker and the Brazilian centre-back. in the event that the Santiago Bernabeu side manage to reach the final on Saturday 11th February. 

Possible line-ups for Al Ahly v Real Madrid

Al Ahly: Elshenawy; M. Hany, M. Metwalli, Abdel Monem, A. Maaloul; A. Dieng; Percy Tau, Hamdi Fathi, Al Sulaya, T. Mohamed and Kahraba.

Real Madrid: Lunin; Carvajal, Nacho, Rüdiger, Alaba; Tchouaméni, Kroos, Modric; Fede Valverde, Rodrygo and Vinicius.

 

February 8, 2023