Goal and Highlights: Chelsea 1-0 Al Hilal in Club World Cup

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Chelsea 1-0 Al Hilal.

Add 3 more minutes.

A cross went all the way across the box and Chelsea went close.

Alonso goes off and Sarr comes on, Chelsea change.

Carrillo and Michael enter

Pereira and Gustavo Cuellar leave the team.

Al Hilal changes

Lukaku stops Mount and fires a shot that crosses off a defensive leg to avoid the fall of his frame.

Mount with a service to the near post that the goalkeeper keeps out without any problems.

Jang Hyun-Soo anticipates the near post and heads the ball wide.

Mount enters and Ziyech leaves, Chelsea change.

Pereira with a mid-range shot that passes very close to the goal.

Double shot and two saves by Kepa to save the tie that seemed imminent.

Gustavo Cuellar has been cautioned, for Al Hilal.

Pereira with a direct free kick that hits the wall.

Marega with the shot that Kepa saves his goal to prevent the equalizer.

Ziyech with the right-footed shot that was heading for the angle, but the goalkeeper flies to save his goal.

Havertz anticipates and gets in the cross header that passes close.

Precise defensive cutback after Alonso's cross and there will be a corner kick in favor of Chelsea.

Mohamed Kanno's shot from half distance goes over the top of the goal.

It is worth noting that at halftime Kanté came in and Frello went out.

Havertz's shot hits the crossbar, Chelsea close.

The second half kicks off between Chelsea and Al Hilal.

Chelsea 1-0 Al Hilal.

Add one more minute.

Now it's Ziyech's attempt from just outside the box, just inside the goalkeeper's area.

Alonso with a shot from outside the area that goes high.

Ziyech with the cutback inside the box and takes the shot that hits the defender, but it was already offside.

¿Quién más, si no Lukaku? 🤩

El belga aprovechó un error en la defensiva y los campeones europeos se adelantan. 👏🏻

🇸🇦 @Alhilal_EN 0-1 @ChelseaFC_Sp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

EN VIVO
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Salem Al-Dawsari makes the cut and fires the shot high over the goal.

Chelsea goal

Defensive error that causes a rebound inside the six-yard box and Lukaku smashes the ball into the back of the net 1-0.

Marega's right-footed shot is forced wide.

Lukaku's flash right to the goalkeeper's location.

César Azpilicueta with the delayed diagonal that nobody finishes and Chelsea continues with the insistence to open the board.

Lukaku can't get a shot on target and the ball goes all over the penalty area.

Lukaku misses Lukaku's one-on-one pass, but it was already ruled offside.

Alonso's shot hits the defensive wall.

Hakim Ziyech's delayed diagonal shot is headed over the top of the goal by Hakim Ziyech.

Tiago Silva's long-range shot goes wide.

First shot of the match courtesy of Ighalo, which goes over the top of the goal.

The game between Al Hilal and Chelsea kicks off.

Chelsea and Al Hilal take the field in the FIFA protocol. The referee for this afternoon will be Mexican César Ramos Palazuelos.

Chelsea finishes the final details of their warm-up prior to the start of this game:

We agree with the big screen. 😜 pic.twitter.com/q2WmmeoY0P

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 9, 2022

11 Saleh Khalid Al-Shehri

43 Musab Fahz Aljuwayr

32 Al Mufarrij

 66 Saud Abdulhamid

 96 Michael Delgado

 88 Hamad Altuhayfan

 33 Abdullah Al-Jadani

 19 André Carrillo

 21 Mohammed Al-Owais

 70 Mohammed Jahfali

 13 Abdulrahman Al-Obaid

 13 Marcus Bettinelli

 17 Saúl Ñíguez

 18 Ross Barkley

 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi

 31 Malang Sarr

 16 Édouard Mendy

 19 Mason Mount

 7 N'Golo Kanté

 14 Trevoh Chalobah

 23 Kenedy

 10 Christian Pulisic

 11 Timo Werner

1 Kepa Arrizabalaga, 6 Thiago Silva, 4 Andreas Christensen, 2 Antonio Rüdiger, 5 Jorginho, 8 Mateo Kovacic, 3 Marcos Alonso, 28 César Azpilicueta, 9 Romelu Lukaku, 22 Hakim Ziyech, 29 Kai Havertz.

1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf, 5 Ali Hadi Albulayhi, 20 Jang Hyun-Soo, 12 Yaseer Al-Shahrani, 2 Mohammed Al-Burayk, 15 Matheus Pereira, 28 Mohamed Kanno, 6 Gustavo Cuéllar, 9 Odion Ighalo, 17 Moussa Marega, 29 Salem Al-Dawsari.

Not only teams from CONCACAF or the African continent have reached the final, but an Asian club has also reached the final on one occasion, and for that we have to go back to 2018 when Al-Ain F. C. faced Real Madrid in the final, although they were beaten 4-0.

The London team thus arrived at the stadium with the mission of reaffirming its tag of favorite on the field of play.

Hey, skipper! 💙 pic.twitter.com/jk4WPXhkva

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 9, 2022

The winner of this game between Chelsea and Al Hilal will face Palmeiras of Brazil in next Saturday's final, while the loser will face Al Ahly of Egypt in the match for third place.

It is worth noting that for this tournament the London team will not hold anything back and traveled with all its stars to win one more title in its trophy cabinet, highlighting that the last time it participated was in 2012, losing to Corinthians in the final.

The second finalist of the Club World Cup will be defined when Chelsea plays in the United Arab Emirates against Al Hilal. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

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This is the start time of the game Chelsea vs Al Hilal of 9th February in several countries:

Argentina: 1:30 PM in ESPN

Bolivia: 12:30 PM in ESPN

Brazil: 1:30 PM in ESPN

Chile: 12:30 PM in ESPN

Colombia: 11:30 AM in ESPN

Ecuador: 11:30 AM in ESPN

USA (ET): 11:30 AM in Fox Sports

Spain: 5:30 PM

Mexico: 10:30 AM in TNT Sports

Paraguay: 1:30 PM in ESPN

Peru: 11:30 AM in ESPN

Uruguay: 1:30 PM in ESPN

Since the Club World Cup is played every year with the champions of each confederation, this will be the first time that these two institutions, which are among the greatest in the United Arab Emirates with Al Hilal and England with Chelsea, will meet for the first time.

Moussa Marega arrived as the big star in Arabia last year and is one of the players to follow for his speed, corpulence and power in his punch that can be lethal, as he did with Porto of Portugal.

The balance that Jorginho gives to the Blues' midfield is very good, as he has a lot of ball recovery, but also contributes with the beginning of the offensive generation of the attacks that, as a plus, also has the ability to generate damage with mid-distance shots.

1Abdullah Al-Mayouf, 5 Ali Hadi Albulayhi, 20 Jang Hyun-Soo, 6 6Saud Abdulhamid, 12 Yaseer Al-Shahrani, 6 Gustavo Cuellar, 28 Mohamed Kanno, 15 Matheus Pereira, 29 Salem Al-Dawsari, 9 Odion Ighalo, 17 Moussa Marega.

1 Kepa Arrizabalaga, 2 Antonio Rüdiger, 4 Andreas Christensen, 31 Malang Sarr, 28 César Azpilicueta, 5 Jorginho, 8 Mateo Kovacic, 19 Mason Mount, 9 Romelu Lukaku, 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi, 22 Hakim Ziyech.

The winner of the second semi-final between Chelsea and Al Hilal will face the winner of the series between Palmeiras of Brazil and Al-Ahly of Egypt; the losers of the two matches will also meet on Sunday, but for third place in the competition.

There is no doubt that Al Hilal is one of the biggest teams in the Asian continent and, after a great display after beating Al-Jazira 6-1 in the previous phase, they want to continue their good streak and spoil the pools, however, they will have to prioritize their defensive scheme, a situation they suffered from at times in their last match.

The last European club that failed to win the Club World Cup was precisely Chelsea, which, on this occasion, is the overwhelming favorite to reach the final, especially after advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup after eliminating Plymouth Argyle last Saturday; it should be recalled that their coach Thoma Tuchel will not be present in the dugout after testing positive for Covid-19.

The Chelsea vs Al Hilal match will be played at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dabi, UAE. The kick-off is scheduled at 11:30 am ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with all the information on VAVEL.