Al Jazira 4:1 Pirae. FIFA Club World Cup. Match Report

fifa.com: Feb. 3, 2022

Goals: Al Ameri (5 mins), Al Hashmi (25), Kosanovic (41), Rabii own-goal (48), Diaby (63).

Two left-footed curlers have laid down markers for the rest to beat. First, from the edge of the box, Kosanovic arrowed a free-kick around the wall and into the bottom corner. Then, from the right, Diaby’s sublime strike found the inside of the netting.

Pirae were 3-0 down at half-time and it could have been worse. After some words of inspiration from coach Naea Bennet, however, they came out fighting. The Tahitians produced some intricate passing to pressure their opponents into scoring an own-goal. Tehotu Gitton then fired a free-kick on target, before Heimano Bourebare sizzled with some delightful footwork as the amateurs admirably had their fully professional adversaries on the ropes for a period.

Al Jazira will now face Al Hilal for the right to play Chelsea in the semi-finals