At 2 a.m. Beijing time on December 23, the final of the 2023 Club World Cup was held as scheduled, with last season's Champions League champion Manchester City facing Fluminense, the winner of the Copa Libertadores. In this game, due to a certain gap in strength between the two sides, Manchester City won this game, in which Julián Alvarez scored three goals alone, and finally helped Manchester City beat Fluminense 4-0, Manchester City won the Club World Cup.
In this campaign, the game only lasted less than 1 minute, Manchester City opened the goal account, only 40 seconds, Ake completed a long shot on the periphery of the penalty area, the neutral post popped up, and the Argentine international Julián Alvarez in front of the goal scored a goal, Manchester City made a dream start, 1-0! It is worth mentioning that this goal is the fastest goal in the history of the Club World Cup!
In the 27th minute, Foden sent a cross from the left side of the penalty area to Fluminense player Nino's own goal, Manchester City 2-0 Fluminense. In the second half, Manchester City's goals continued, and in the 72nd minute, Alvarez crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Foden in front of the goal outflanked the goal to extend the score, Manchester City 3-0 Fluminense.
In the 88th minute, Mateus Nunes provided the assist and Alvarez scored again to complete the brace as City beat Fluminense 4-0. In this campaign, Alvarez shined, scoring 2 goals and 1 assist, completing 2 shots, 1 pass and 3 goals, helping Manchester City achieve a big victory!
The win also saw Manchester City win the 2023 Club World Cup, the first time in their history, and the fourth team in England to win the Cup, following Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea. At the same time, this is Manchester City's fifth title in 2023, after winning the FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup, creating a five-time title!
Champions coach Pep Guardiola led the team to win the championship, this is the fourth time in Guardiola's coaching career to win the Club World Cup, the world coach has led Barcelona to win the Club World Cup twice in 2009 and 2011, and led Bayern to win the Club World Cup in 2013, the 52-year-old Guardiola not only became the manager with the most titles in history, but he is also the first coach in history to lead three different teams to win the Club World Cup four times, setting a record.