Legendary goalkeeper Iker Casillas will make his 700th club appearance for Real Madrid on Saturday when the Spanish giants face San Lorenzo in the Club World Cup final. Real secured an easy 4-0 victory in the semi final against Cruz Azul while San Lorenzo had a tough time against Auckland City but won 2-1 after extra time.
"I don't think I have anything to prove – what I've done in my career is there for everyone to see," Iker Casillas told FIFA.com. "By playing games I'll hopefully get my confidence back to where it used to be, which is what excites me more than anything. I feel on a high."
Casillas saved a penalty in the semi final, the score was 2-0 at that moment. "If it had gone to 2-1, it might have been a whole different ball game," Casillas said. "Goalies always try to help their team at crunch moments like that. Luckily I dived the right way and I'm happy because the team were able to relax and see it out comfortably."
Real Madrid are enjoying a winning streak of 21 matches in all competitions, just three wins short of the world record currently held by Brazilian side Curitiba. Real Madrid have never won the FIFA Club World Cup before, and neither have San Lorenzo. In fact, no Argentinian club has ever won this competition.
Here are the odds for Saturday's final at Bet365:
Real Madrid win - 1/10 Draw - 17/2 San Lorenzo win - 20/1
My prediction: Real Madrid to win 4-1.
kkole 9 years ago
Real Madrid showed us who is the best team on the world. That was not so great victory, they won't play well as they know but they played good enough to beat San Lorenzo. In this cup we saw how big is difference between european teams and rest of world. Now after this win Real Madrid chasing that record and a lot of titles...
Real Madrid showed us who is the best team on the world. That was not so great victory, they won't play well as they know but they played good enough to beat San Lorenzo. In this cup we saw how big is difference between european teams and rest of world. Now after this win Real Madrid chasing that record and a lot of titles and I think that can be very very good season for Real Madrid.
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VlahovicNovo
9 years ago
Real is king on the world.I dont like Real but are so strong for all competitions a nd i think they will win in chapions league too.Ronaldo and Bale are fantastic but Kroos is very very good.In spanish championchip they will win title so easy i think.
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elvisbektasevic 9 years ago
Iker is the best one! Real Madrid is great this year, but they never won this cup. But never dont late, i know that they can do it. They dont want to stop this wonderfull winning strake, i want to see 4 more wins, that will be world club's record. Go Real! My prediction is 3:1.
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