Following their success against Fluminense, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Mateus Nunes join the list of Portuguese players to have won the Club World Cup.
Six months after winning the prestigious European Cup, Manchester City won the Club World Cup on Thursday, beating the Brazilian team Fluminense (4-0).. Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Mateus Nunes are the three world champions for the first time in their careers. They thus become the sixth, seventh and eighth Portuguese players to lift this trophy, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Fabio Coentrao, Pepe and Nani.
This transcontinental success of the Three Lusitanians and the Sky Blues ended in two stages. The first was during the semi-final match between them and Urawa Red Diamonds, during which Bernardo Silva excelled by scoring the third goal for his team, which easily defeated the Japanese club (0 – 3). Holder During this meeting, Mateus Nunes also performed well. He then came on at the end of the match against Fluminense to provide an assist for the Cityzens' fourth and final goal.
Ruben Dias will have played the entire final after spending the first half on the bench. Given the difficulties he has faced in recent weeks, the former Benfica player was subjected to a slight taunt by Marcelo's teammates.
