The Mexican team Pachuca has qualified for the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup Qatar 2024 after winning the Challenge Cup over Al-Ahly of Egypt on penalty kicks 6/5 in the match that was held yesterday evening at the World Cup Stadium 974, setting up a date with Spanish Real Madrid in the final of the tournament the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Losail World Cup Stadium. Pachuca is the second Mexican team to qualify for a continental final. Ironically, both times came in Qatar, the first for a team. Tigres Unal in the Club World Cup 2020 edition after winning the semi-finals of the tournament over the Brazilian Palmeiras with an unanswered goal by the veteran French player Andre Pierre Guinea, becoming the first Mexican club to reach the final, and the second in the current tournament for the Mexican team Pacheco. Other than that, all participations were not witnessed. Any Mexican team is in the final, and therefore we can say that Qatar made the Mexican clubs happy for the second time.
History of Mexican bands
The first participation of Mexican teams in the Club World Cups was with the presence of the Necaxa team in the year 2000 and achieved third place, and the second participation was recorded in the name of the Deportivo Saprissa team in the 2005 edition and achieved the bronze medal after finishing third in the tournament, and in the 2006 edition the Mexican team América Club took fourth place after losing to Al-Ahly of Egypt scored two goals to one, and in the 2007 edition, the Pachuca team finished in fifth place, while in the 2007 edition In 2008, the same team finished fourth, and in the 2009 edition, the Atlante team finished fourth in the Club World Cup, and in the 2010 edition, the Pachuca team finished fifth in the Club World Cup, and in 2011 the Monterrey team also finished fifth, but in the 2012 edition it finished third and won the medal. Bronze, but he returned in the 2013 edition and ranked fifth, and in the 2014 edition, the Cruz Azul team participated and achieved fourth place. While the 2015 edition, the America Club team participated and ranked fifth, but it finished fourth in the 2016 edition, and in the 2017 Club World Cup, Pachuca won the bronze medal, and in 2018 Guadalajara finished sixth in the tournament, and in the 2019 tournament, the Monterrey team achieved the bronze medal, and in the 2020 edition, it achieved Tigres Unal silver medal.
A major attack on Kahraba
Al-Ahly’s technical staff and players were subjected to a fierce attack from Al-Ahly fans after the team lost to Mexican Pachuca and lost qualification for the Confederations Cup final to meet Real Madrid. The fans expressed their great anger after the loss, especially since the team was on the verge of qualifying after missing the first two penalty kicks from the Mexican team. The reason for the attack came as a result of a state of recklessness, and the largest attack from the fans was towards the team player Kahraba, who wasted in extra time the easiest opportunity from a complete one-on-one opportunity. After he tried to handle the ball in a showy manner, Al-Ahly was prevented from scoring.
Martinez, President of Pachuca: We lived a cinematic movie against Al-Ahly
Mexican President Armando Martinez expressed his great happiness after his team reached the final of the Confederations Cup after defeating Al-Ahly. He said, “It was a big and very difficult match, against a big team and in front of the fans that filled the stadium, but we succeeded in achieving victory and qualifying for the final, and currently we have a big match ahead of us.” “It will be difficult against Real Madrid, the Spanish champion, and we hope to play a great match.” Martinez concluded: “The match scenario was like a movie. After we lost 0-2 to Al-Ahly on penalties, but we came back and won.”
Pachuca achieved the dream of reaching the final
Mexico’s Pachuca achieved his life’s dream by facing Spanish European champion Real Madrid in the final match of the Confederations Cup (Intercontinental) after defeating Al-Ahly of Egypt 6-5 on penalty shoot-out in the FIFA Challenge match that was held the day before yesterday.
The Mexican team confirmed that it had become a knot for Al-Ahly, after repeating its victory over them for the second time, and after defeating them in their meeting in the 2008 Club World Cup in Japan 4-2 in extra time.
Pachuca’s dream was postponed from 2008 until now, as it lost the semi-final in Japan to Liga do Quito of Ecuador and also lost the third place match to Gamba Osaka of Japan.
Pachuca’s participation in Doha is considered a successful and positive participation in all aspects. He achieved a second title, which is the FIFA Challenge Cup, after defeating Al-Ahly. He also achieved the Americas Challenge Cup after defeating the Brazilian Botafogo 3-0 in Doha as well, and now he is approaching the third title, and he is the champion. The Confederations Cup for Clubs if he achieves the surprise and defeats Real Madrid next Wednesday at Lusail Stadium. Pachuca’s victories ignited excitement and enthusiasm in the tournament, which witnessed a crowd turnout that brought to mind the wonderful crowd attendance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and it is expected that the final match will have a large crowd attendance due to the Mexican surprises.
At a time when the Mexican fans and the Pachuca fans experienced the joy of winning over Al-Ahly of Egypt and qualifying for the final, sadness dominated the Egyptian fans who filled the 974 World Cup Stadium, and the sadness was not only due to the loss, as much as it was due to the victory escaping from their team’s hands in the last moments, After Kahraba missed a one-on-one with the goalkeeper in extra time, and missed a penalty kick that would have been enough to win, especially since Al-Ahly took the lead in the first two kicks.
The riyal in Doha today
The Spanish team Real Madrid arrives today in Doha with a list of 26 players to participate in the 2024 FIFA Confederations Cup. The list will witness the addition of all the team’s players, including the injured players, most notably Kylian Mbappé, Dani Carvajal, the Brazilian Eder Militao, and the Austrian David Alaba. Italian team coach Caro Ancelotti confirmed that the injury suffered by French striker Kylian Mbappe in the left thigh kept him from facing Rayo Vallecano in the seventeenth round of the Spanish Football League, but it did not prevent him from traveling to Qatar, where he said, “We believe that Mbappe can… Recovering from injury. Real Madrid played its last match before coming to Doha yesterday evening against Rayo Vallecano and fell to third place with 37 points, knowing that the royal team has a postponed match against Valencia that will be held on January 3.
Salvadoran Barten was the referee for the final
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has decided on the referee for the Intercontinental Cup final match between Real Madrid and Pachuca in the final match of the continental championship the day after tomorrow at the Lusail World Cup Stadium. Salvadoran Ivan Barten will be the referee for the match, and he previously refereed 4 matches in the Cup competitions. The past 2022 World Cup Qatar, including a confrontation as the fourth referee, and this season in the CONCACAF Nations League he officiated 3 matches in which he received 13 yellow cards. And two red cards. In addition, he led 3 Copa America matches, two of which were the fourth-month referee in the match between the United States and Panama. He received 5 yellow cards and two red cards.