The Club World Cup semi-final between Al Ahly and Real Madrid is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8 at 9:00 p.m. at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, and will be broadcast live on the FIFA+ streaming platform.

The second semifinal of the Club World Cup will be played by the finalist of the last draw of the CAF Champions League, Al Ahly, and the winner of the UEFA Champions League trophy, Real Madrid.

Al Ahly Cairo, Egypt’s most successful team, lost the last CAF Champions League final 0-2 to Widad Casablanca (Morocco), after winning the trophy a year earlier in 2021, 3-0 in the last action against Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) .

Al-Ahly, coached by former Switzerland international Marcel Koller from 2022, had to go through two rounds to reach the semi-finals of the competition: 3-0 against OFC Champions League winners Auckland City (New Zealand) and 1-0 against Seattle Sounders (USA), winner of the CONCACAF Champions League trophy.

Al Ahly are the team with the most appearances at the Club World Cup, 19, and have finished third in the last two tournaments.

In the domestic league, Al Ahly lead the table with 37 points after 15 matches, six points ahead of the next two places, Pyramids and Future, who each have one extra match.

Real Madrid enter the competition directly in the semi-finals and start 2023 below expectations, sitting 2nd in La Liga after 20 stages, eight points behind leaders Barcelona, ​​against whom they also lost the Spanish Super Cup, 1-3 in Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia).

Carlo Ancelotti’s side are coming off the back of a surprise league defeat, 0-1 away to Mallorca, and they are without Karim Benzema, Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Lucas Vazquez and Eden Hazard for the competition in Morocco. all are injured.

Real Madrid have the most Club World Cup trophies in their history, with four won in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, having managed to showcase themselves in the format every time they have participated.

Probable teams

Al Ahly: El Shenawi – Hani, Metwali, Abdelmonem, Maalul – Dieng – Kahraba, Fathi, El Solia, Mohamed – Tau.

Real Madrid: Lunin – Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Camavinga – Kroos, Chuameni, Dani Ceballos – Valverde, Rodrigo, Vinny Junior.

Superbet offers odds of 2.10 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Al-Ahly – Real Madrid.

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