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		</div><p>Real Madrid secured their third successive Club World Cup title as they defeated Al Ain 4-1 in Saturday’s final in Abu Dhabi.</p>
<p>Luka Modric opened the scoring in the 14th minute, the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner curling a delightful shot past goalkeeper Khalid Eisa.</p>
<p>Marcos Llorente then produced a fine finish of his own on the hour mark for his first ever Real Madrid goal, firing in a low strike after the ball came to him following a Toni Kroos corner.</p>
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<div>Skipper Sergio Ramos added a 79th-minute header from Modric’s cross, seven minutes before the United Arab Emirates champions registered a consolation through Tsukasa Shiotani.</div>
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<p>The three-goal advantage was then restored in stoppage time via an own-goal from Yahia Nader.</p>
<p>It was a record fourth triumph in this competition for Real, with them surpassing LaLiga rivals Barcelona’s tally of three wins, as boss Santiago Solari celebrated his first trophy in management.</p>
<p>Early pressure from Solari’s men saw the ball deflect off an Al Ain post after Llorente sent a cross towards Lucas Vazquez, and Marcelo then drove a shot off-target.</p>
<p>Real subsequently survived a scare when Marcelo misjudged a header and Hussein El Shahat’s shot was kept out by Ramos on the line.</p>
<p>A minute later the Champions League winners were in front as Vazquez delivered the ball from the right, Karim Benzema touched it to Modric and the Croatia international curled a shot into the bottom corner from just outside the box.</p>
<p>Al Ain’s Caio put the ball in the Real net soon after but the effort was ruled out for offside, and for the rest of the first half it was one-way traffic as the Spanish giants looked to increase their advantage.</p>
<p>Vazquez, Gareth Bale and Benzema were all unsuccessful with shots and Ramos headed wide from a corner.</p>
<p>Benzema then failed to make the most of a good opportunity as he fired over, before Eisa did well to tip over a Bale header and save a Modric volley.</p>
<p>Bale, scorer of a hat-trick in the semi-final victory over Kashima Antlers, almost made it 2-0 in spectacular fashion shortly after the break, sending the ball just over with an overhead kick, and moments later a Benzema shot bounced wide.</p>
<p>Real then added a second when Al Ain’s attempt to clear a corner sent the ball to Llorente – who had just had a penalty appeal waved away – and the midfielder smashed it in, with the distance similar to how far out Modric had been.</p>
<p>Bale was thwarted by Eisa again and Thibaut Cortouis was called into action to deny Caio before Ramos connected with Modric’s delivery to make it 3-0.</p>
<p>Shiotani then reduced the deficit as he nodded in from a free-kick, only for Real to go 4-1 up in added time when substitute Vinicius Junior’s effort was inadvertently diverted in by fellow substitute Nader.</p>
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