Sperance beats Los Angeles and ranking Flamengo in 1st place in the group D of the Club World Cup

Sperance beats Los Angeles and ranking Flamengo in 1st place in the group D of the Club World Cup


Youcef Belaïli was the hero of the Tunisian team in the 2nd round of the United States tournament




On Friday night (20), the Spence in Tunisia beat the Los Angeles FC with the score 1-0 and added its first three points to the United States World Cup, played in the United States. With the triumph, the African team has also helped Flamengo, who has already obtained the 1st place of the Tournament Group D and is confirmed in the Round 16 of the competition.

First time



Esparance has exceeded Los Angeles 1 x 0 at the Club World Championships - Reproduction/Richard Pelham/Getty Images

The game began with a clear mastery of the Sperated. Still in the first minutes, the attacker Youcef Belaïli appeared face to face with Lloris, but he finished the goalkeeper and lost the opportunity. Shortly after, the Brazilian Rodrigo Rodrigues hit the pole with a kick from the outside of the area. Los Angeles’ response was not long. After the goalkeeper’s rebound, the French Olivier Giroud sent the ball to the nets, but the arbitration marked an obstacle at the beginning of the game.

The game was moved, with good attacks for the American team. At 27 minutes, they managed to put another ball on the net with David Martinez. However, the attacker was also in an irregular position and the goal was canceled correctly. Without other great possibilities, the first stage ended with a 0-0 draw.

Second time

The hope has returned to the complementary phase determined to seek victory. At 3 minutes, the referee marked a penalty on Belaïli. However, Var came into action and canceled the marking after the review. From that moment on, the game became a Frank exchange, with both teams that have clear opportunities to open the marker, but sin when completed the games and put the ball on goal.

Everything has changed in 69 minutes. After fleeing Ben Hamida on the left side, the ball was left to Belaïli, who cut the marking and hit the goalkeeper Lloris under the legs. With a good pace on the pitch, the Tunisian team scored their first goal at the World Cup with their best player in competition. THE Taraji He followed the attack and once again hit the post after kicking the midfielder Guenichi and the spectacular rescue of Igor Jesus on the line.

Already in additions, the tan fight to mark the second goal when Guenichi himself committed a penalty to Marlon, providing a moment of hope for Los Angeles. The striker Bouanga went to the office and stopped at the goalkeeper Ben. With this, the game ended with the victory of the Tunisia team.

Next commitments

With the possibility of qualifying for the next phase, the Spery tackles Chelsea. On the other hand, the already eliminated Los Angeles duel against Flamengo only to meet the table. The two games take place on Tuesday (24), at 22h (Brasilia time).

Source: Terra

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