Manchester City continued the winning streak of European teams in the Club World Cup finals. The team became the first British club to win five trophies in a year.
The English giant Manchester City won the men’s club football World Cup final with a 4–0 victory over the Brazilian Fluminense.
City took the lead in the opening minute of the match played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The hit was born when Nathan Ake cannoned the ball into the far post and Julian Alvarez finished alongside. City took the lead in the 27th minute with a two-hit runaway Nino’s with own goal.
In the second half Phil Foden completed City’s third and Alvarez’s fourth.
The World Cup tournament for club teams has long been dominated by European teams. European teams have been number one in the tournament 11 times in a row.
The most recent winning club from outside Europe is the Brazilian Corinthians, who were number one in 2012.
European clubs have won the tournament 16 times and South American clubs four times. There have been no first places for other continents. City won the Club World Cup title for the first time.
The head coach Pep Guardiola has now won everything possible at City, a total of 16 trophies; five Premier League titles, a Champions League, two FA Cups, four League Cups, a Club World Cup, a UEFA Super Cup and two Community Shields, where the winners of the Premier League and FA Cup meet.
Guardiola became the first football manager to lead three different teams to the Club World Cup, having previously won the title with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 and Bayern Munich in 2013.
Football coaches have won the most trophies (49) in history Alex Ferguson during his 39-year career. Guardiola, 52, has accumulated a whopping 37 titles in 14 years – the second most.
In this year’s tournament, the Egyptian al-Ahly finished third, defeating the Japanese Urawa Reds 4–2 in the bronze medal game.