FIFA Club World Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Al Ahly, 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, Third Place

· FIFA Club World Cup
Urawa Red Diamonds
  • 43': José Kanté
  • 54': Alexander Scholz (P)
FT
2 - 4
Al Ahly
  • 19': Yasser Ibrahim
  • 25': Percy Tau
  • 60': Yoshio Koizumi (OG)
  • 90'+8': Ali Maâloul

Al-Ahly defeat Urawa Diamonds to secure third place at Club WC

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Atsuki Ito.
  • 6': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Mohamed El Shenawy.
  • 7': Attempt missed. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ken Iwao with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Foul by Takahiro Akimoto (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 9': Percy Tau (Al Ahly) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Hussein El Shahat (Al Ahly) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Percy Tau.
  • 11': Foul by José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 11': Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Offside, Al Ahly. Emam Ashour is caught offside.
  • 18': Corner, Al Ahly. Conceded by Alexander Scholz.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emam Ashour.
  • 19': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 0, Al Ahly 1. Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 25': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 0, Al Ahly 2. Percy Tau (Al Ahly) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ahmed Koka.
  • 36': Foul by Kahraba (Al Ahly).
  • 36': Takahiro Akimoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Atsuki Ito.
  • 43': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al Ahly 2. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Emam Ashour (Al Ahly) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hussein El Shahat.
  • 45'+2': Offside, Al Ahly. Percy Tau is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Emam Ashour (Al Ahly).
  • 45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al Ahly 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Al Ahly 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Bryan Linssen replaces Takahiro Sekine.
  • 45': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Shoya Nakajima replaces Ken Iwao.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Atsuki Ito.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Hussein El Shahat (Al Ahly) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emam Ashour.
  • 47': Corner, Al Ahly. Conceded by Shusaku Nishikawa.
  • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly).
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Percy Tau (Al Ahly) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kahraba.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Atsuki Ito with a cross.
  • 51': Penalty conceded by Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 52': VAR Decision: Penalty Urawa Red Diamonds.
  • 54': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Al Ahly 2. Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 55': Foul by Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 55': Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Substitution, Al Ahly. Karim Fouad replaces Hussein El Shahat.
  • 59': Substitution, Al Ahly. Taher Mohamed replaces Kahraba.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 60': Own Goal by Yoshio Koizumi, Urawa Red Diamonds. Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Al Ahly 3.
  • 63': Foul by Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 63': Karim Fouad (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Offside, Al Ahly. Ahmed Koka is caught offside.
  • 65': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuya Ogiwara replaces Hiroki Sakai.
  • 65': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Alex Schalk replaces Yoshio Koizumi.
  • 67': Foul by Ahmed Koka (Al Ahly).
  • 67': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Foul by Taher Mohamed (Al Ahly).
  • 69': Attempt saved. Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Takuya Ogiwara with a cross.
  • 69': Foul by Emam Ashour (Al Ahly).
  • 69': Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Emam Ashour (Al Ahly) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taher Mohamed.
  • 72': Penalty Al Ahly. Karim Fouad draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 72': Penalty conceded by Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 75': Penalty saved. Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 75': Foul by José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 75': Karim Fouad (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaito Yasui.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Karim Fouad (Al Ahly) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ahmed Koka.
  • 78': Emam Ashour (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Foul by Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 80': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Shinzo Koroki replaces Atsuki Ito.
  • 83': Offside, Al Ahly. Karim Fouad is caught offside.
  • 83': Substitution, Al Ahly. Amr El Soleya replaces Marwan Attia.
  • 85': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Amr El Soleya.
  • 86': Attempt saved. Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 86': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Mohamed El Shenawy.
  • 87': Foul by Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 87': Mohamed Abdelmonem (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Karim Fouad (Al Ahly) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 88': Substitution, Al Ahly. Rami Rabia replaces Percy Tau.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Ahmed Koka.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Rami Rabia.
  • 90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly).
  • 90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Al Ahly. Conceded by Shusaku Nishikawa.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Emam Ashour (Al Ahly) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Fouad.
  • 90'+5': Hand ball by Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 90'+5': Rami Rabia (Al Ahly) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+7': Foul by Takahiro Akimoto (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 90'+7': Taher Mohamed (Al Ahly) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+8': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Al Ahly 4. Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 90'+9': Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+11': Second Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Al Ahly 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Al Ahly 4.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 4
52.5 Possession 47.5
15 SHOTS 10
7 ON GOAL 4
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
433 Accurate Passes 365
507 Passes 456
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 12
0.2 Cross % 0.4
59 Long Balls 46
35 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 3
14 Effective Tackles 5
22 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
8 Interceptions 6
12 Effective Clearances 11
12 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: FIFA Club World Cup

Venue: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Attendance: 10,290

Line-Ups

URA Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5 Marius Hoibraten
28 Alexander Scholz
15 Takahiro Akimoto
2 Hiroki Sakai
25 Kaito Yasui
19 Ken Iwao
3 Atsuki Ito
11 José Kanté
8 Yoshio Koizumi
14 Takahiro Sekine
Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:
Ayumu Ohata, Takuya Ogiwara, Shun Yoshida, Takuya Iwanami, Ayumi Niekawa, Alex Schalk, Kai Shibato, Shoya Nakajima, Shinzo Koroki, Tomoaki Okubo, Bryan Linssen, Ekanit Panya.

AHL Al Ahly (4-5-1)

No. Name
1 Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
24 Mohamed Abdelmonem
6 Yasser Ibrahim
21 Ali Maâloul
30 Mohamed Hany
22 Emam Ashour
36 Ahmed Koka
13 Marwan Attia
14 Hussein El-Shahat
10 Percy Tau
7 Kahraba
Al Ahly Substitutes:
Akram Tawfik, Mohamed Magdy, Amr Al Sulaya, Karim El Debes, Khaled Abdelfattah, Rami Hisham Rabia, Hamza Alaa, Karim Fouad, Taher Mohamed, Aliou Dieng, Mostafa Shobeir.

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