Egypt's Al Ahli beat Japan's Urawa to win bronze medal at Club World Cup

African champions Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Asian champions Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan 4-2 today to win the bronze medal for the fourth time in the history of the FIFA Club World Cup. Third place match.

At the end of the first half, Al Ahli led 2-1, Egypt scored two goals through Yasser Ibrahim (19th goal) and Percy Tau (25th goal), and then Jose Kanter scored Urawa's first goal in the 42nd minute.

In the second half, Urawa equalized through Alexander Scholes' penalty in the 54th minute, before Al Ahly scored the third goal in the 60th minute when Ali Mahroor's shot hit the foot of Koizumi Yoshio.

Ali Mahroor missed a chance to score Al Ahli's fourth goal after missing a penalty kick in the 75th minute, but he came back to score the fourth goal in the eighth minute of stoppage time.

Al Ahly have won the bronze medal three times in 2006, 2020 and 2021, while Urawa won the bronze medal in 2017.

This is Al-Ahly’s ninth appearance in the tournament and Urawa’s third.

Ahli participated in this tournament as the African champions. In the second round, they defeated Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 3-1 to start their journey. In the semi-finals, they lost to the Brazilian team Fluminense by two goals.

On the other hand, Japan entered the competition as AFC Champions League, starting their AFC Champions League campaign with a clean victory over Mexico's Lyon, before losing in the semifinals to England's Manchester City by three goals. finals.