African Champs Esperance Pip Chivas To Club World Cup Fifth Place

18th December 2018

Copa America winners River Plate to clash with European winners Real Madrid in Wednesday semis

ES Tunis' forward Mohammed Youcef Belaili (R) celebrates after scoring a penalty kick during the fifth place match of the FIFA Club World Cup 2018 football tournament between Tunisia's Esperance Tunis and CD Guadalajara at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on December 18, 2018.
ES Tunis' forward Mohammed Youcef Belaili (R) celebrates after scoring a penalty kick during the fifth place match of the FIFA Club World Cup 2018 football tournament between Tunisia's Esperance Tunis and CD Guadalajara at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on December 18, 2018.
SUMMARY
  • Walter Sandoval converted an early penalty to give CONCACAF champions Chivas the lead, but Tunisian side Esperance levelled before half-time through a Mohammed Belaili spot-kick

AL AIN, UAE- African champions Esperance defeated Mexico's Chivas 6-5 on penalties to claim fifth place at the Club World Cup following a 1-1 draw in the United Arab Emirates.

Walter Sandoval converted an early penalty to give CONCACAF champions Chivas the lead, but Tunisian side Esperance levelled before half-time through a Mohammed Belaili spot-kick.

Copa Libertadores winners River Plate meet UAE champions Al Ain later Tuesday in the first semi-final, with Real Madrid set to take on Kashima Antlers in the other last-four clash on Wednesday.

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