On Wednesday, the second semifinal of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup taking place in Abu Dhabi took place.
In the final, the Madrid "Real" club easily advanced, battling against the Japanese champion - the "Kashima" club. Gareth Bale led the "White" team to victory by scoring all of the team's goals.
"Real" did not have an easy start to the match and scored their first goal only at the end of the first half. In the 44th minute, Gareth Bale, after a great play with Marcelo, brought the away team to the lead.
In the second half, G. Bale scored two more goals in just two minutes and solved all the problems in this match. Bale scored a hat-trick in just 11 minutes of play.
In the 78th minute, "Kashima" scored a consolation goal, but the final result remained 3:1.
On Saturday, the Madrid "Real" team will face the local "Al Ain" team in the tournament final. For third place, "Kashima" will compete with "River Plate".
Result:
"Kashima" 1 - 3 "Real Madrid" 44' [0 - 1] G. Bale 53' [0 - 2] G. Bale 55' [0 - 3] G. Bale 78' [1 - 3] S. Doi