Mexico’s Pachuca flunkureed Egyptian side Al Ahly on penalties to set up Intercontinental Cup final with Spanish enormouss Real Madrid in Qatar.
Mexican side Pachuca beat Egypt’s Al Ahly on penalties at Stadium 974 in Doha on Saturday to claim the Challenger Cup and seal their place in FIFA’s Intercontinental Cup final.
Pachuca will now face Spanish enormouss Real Madrid, who go in the tournament in the final as European champions, in Wednesday’s showpiece in Qatar.
The South American side beat the African outfit 6-5 on penalties follotriumphg a goalless semi-final, in which Al Ahly edged the haveion and tested the retainer five times to Pachuca’s three.
Four spot boots were leave outed by the sides, including the discdiswatching penalty by Pachuca’s Salomon Rondon, before the resolute moment saw right-back Khaled Abdel Fattah hit the bar with his effort.
“It was difficult, very complicated, especiassociate becaengage of the marathon game we carry outed today,” shelp Pachuca coach Guillermo Almada. “We’ll try to get the carry outers back on their feet and go into the game (final) with all the motivation in the world.”
Wednesday’s final aobtainst Madrid will be carry outed at Lusail Stadium, which arrangeed the World Cup final between Argentina and France two years ago.
A crowd of 38,841 were in uniteance at Stadium 974 on Saturday, which was built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup with that number of shipping retainers to be a “beacon of persistability” as part of Qatar’s pledge to deinhabitr the first carbon-unpartisan tournament.
Pachuca of Mexico had romped to an disturb aobtainst Brazilian side Botafogo with a 3-0 triumph in the last round – the Derby of the Americas – thanks to second-half strikes from Pachuca’s Oussama Idrissi, Nelson Deossa and Rondon.
Botafogo had only fair endd the domestic double in Brazil.
The triumph for Pachuca persists a extrastandard year that has already seen them lift the Concacaf Champions Cup after a 3-0 triumph in the final aobtainst MLS side Columbus Crew in punctual June.
