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Real Madrid will be eyeing the Club World Cup trophy when they take on Brazilian side Gremio in the final on Saturday to become the first team to successfully defend the title.Earlier in the year, Real Madrid became the first club to successfully defend the http://www.footballbillsofficial.com/Lesean-Mccoy-Jersey Champions League title with a crushing 4-1 victory over Juventus.
When Real face Gremio on Saturday, they will want to put their recent setbacks behind and focus on ending the successful 2017 with five titles.
However, if the Spanish giants do find themselves on the losing side, it would be one of their recent falterings, in what has been a haphazard last few months for Zinedine Zidane's side, who are fourth in La Liga, trailing leaders Barcelona by eight points in the standings.
At times, they have looked a shadow of the team that swept to Champions League and Liga glory last season and crushed Manchester United and Barca to win the European and Spanish Super Cups.
No South American side Authentic Ryan Grant Jersey has managed to beat their European counterparts in the Club World Cup since Gremio's compatriots Corinthians stunned Chelsea with victory in 2012, although an upset is not entirely out of the question in Abu Dhabi.
Real only narrowly avoided a catastrophic defeat to Abu Dhabi side Al Jazira, who took a remarkable 1-0 lead at halftime in a chaotic, action-packed semi-final which the double European champions eventually won 2-1.
The Spanish side dominated the game but, not for the first time this season, showed remarkable profligacy in front of goal until Cristiano Ronaldo equalized in the second half and Gareth Bale hit a late winner 30 seconds after coming off the bench.
Real are sure to face an even sterner test from Gremio, although the Brazilians also had to battle their way through their http://www.broncosfootballofficialstore.com/Cj_Anderson_Jersey semi-final, overcoming Mexicans Pachuca 1-0 after extra-time.
Gremio's coach Renato Portaluppi won the Intercontinental Cup (the forerunner to the Club World Cup) with the club as a player and underlined his reputation http://www.eaglesauthenticofficial.com/YOUTH+DARREN+SPROLES+JERSEY for courting controversy by recently proclaiming he was a better player than Real's Ronaldo.
The Portuguese, who was recently named the world player of the year for a joint-record fifth time, became the top scorer in the history of Club World Cup by netting for the sixth time in three separate tournament appearances.The previous record of five was jointly held by Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Cesar Delgado.
Real were given an almighty scare in last year's final, falling behind Japanese side Kashima Antlers before eventually winning 4-2 in extra-time with the help of a Ronaldo hat-trick and Zidane said he expected another difficult final.
"I don't know the Brazilian league well but I watched their semi-final and they are a good team and we will have to lift our standard of play against Womens Marcus Maye Jersey them," Zidane said after the nervy win on Wednesday."It will be a complicated game because there's no Womens Vincent Jackson Jersey such thing as an easy game, as we proved against Al Jazira." NFL Jerseys Outlet Wholesale MLB Jerseys NFL Jerseys Outlet MLB Jerseys China Discount NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Outlet |
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