The European champions and the South American champions meeting in the final is the scene that most media and fans around the world want to see.
After all, the final is worth watching when the champions of the two continents with the highest football level meet in the final.
Although the Club World Cup champions of the past five years have all been European teams, and Real Madrid is much stronger than Corinthians on paper, Corinthians is a Brazilian giant after all, not a weak team.
It is much stronger and more interesting than teams like Al Ahly and Monterrey.
After the two teams for the final were decided, the world's enthusiasm for the Club World Cup final suddenly increased.
In addition to the title of world champion, keywords and names such as Real Madrid, Lu Wenbin, Ronaldo, and six-time champion are also important reasons that attract the attention of media and fans around the world.
Media from all over the world reported on the semi-finals and gave previews of the finals, reminding fans to watch the live broadcast on time.
"In the second semi-final of the Club World Cup that just ended, Champions League champion Real Madrid swept CONCACAF champion Monterrey 5-1 and advanced to the final, where they will compete with Copa Libertadores champion Corinthians for this year's Club World Cup championship."
"In 2012, Real Madrid has already won all the titles they can, including the Champions League, the Spanish King's Cup, the La Liga, the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup."
"If they win the Club World Cup, Real Madrid will have won six titles in a year, an unprecedented feat in world football."
"Six crowns. In an era when winning three crowns is enough for the whole world to look up to, winning six crowns is simply daunting!"
"If Real Madrid really beats Corinthians and wins the six-crown championship, then I can declare that this Real Madrid is the strongest Real Madrid in history, and the nickname of the Galacticos is more worthy of its name!"
"In the semi-finals, Lu Wenbin has already performed a hat trick. I wonder what Lu Wenbin will do in the finals?"
"Can Corinthians end the European team's record of five consecutive Club World Cup titles? Everything will be decided in the final on December 16. Please watch it on time. This station will bring you live broadcast!"
Amid increasing attention, Al Ahly and Monterrey played a third and fourth place match on the afternoon of December 16.
After 90 minutes of fighting, Monterrey defeated Al Ahly 2-0 and won the third place in the 2012 Club World Cup, while Al Ahly only finished fourth.
Then, in the evening, it was Real Madrid and Corinthians' turn to compete for the championship.
At 20:00 on the evening of December 16th local time, with the referee's whistle, the 2012 Club World Cup final between Real Madrid and Corinthians officially kicked off at the Yokohama National Stadium in Japan.
Real Madrid still used their 4231 formation, while Corinthians played a 442 with parallel midfield positions.
After the start of the game, Corinthians took the lead in attacking Real Madrid with the kick-off right.
Although South American football is of good level, its attention cannot be compared with European football, which is the center of world football and where capital is concentrated.
The Club World Cup is actually a very rare competition opportunity for South American players.
Especially now that the opponent is Real Madrid, which has superstars like Lu Wenbin and Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as the gimmick of Real Madrid winning six titles, etc., it is quite attractive to the media and fans, and the level of attention is almost the highest in all previous Club World Cup finals.
It is said that the final of the Club World Cup was broadcast by TV stations in more than 100 countries around the world.
If they perform well in the Club World Cup final, even if they fail to win, they will definitely attract the attention of big European clubs and may get the opportunity to transfer to Europe and make big money.
Therefore, Corinthians' frontcourt players played very actively and proactively, wanting to perform well and score goals.
Of course, the backcourt was not to be outdone, defending fiercely and decisively, hoping to block any counterattacks from Real Madrid.
However, fierce defense has its pros and cons. Sometimes it can scare the opponent. For example, after Di Maria was almost injured by a tackle from the opponent, he retreated and became afraid.
But Lu Wenbin, who knew that he had zero chance of getting hurt, couldn't be scared.
Not only did he not retreat, but he took the initiative to step forward and tangle with the opponent, intending to force the opponent to commit a foul and give himself a free kick opportunity.
In the 20th minute, the opportunity really came.
After receiving a pass from Ronaldo on the wing near the center circle, Lu Wenbin began to break through. After passing a midfielder, he was tackled by the opponent's defender Xikang at the front of the penalty area about 25 meters away from the goal.
Xikang did not retract his foot when he made the tackle, and in fact he wanted to injure Lu Wenbin and send him off the field.
As a result, not only was Lu Wenbin not injured, but he actually stepped on him when he fell down. It was useless for him to complain to the referee, as the referee believed that he had tackled Lu Wenbin and Lu Wenbin stepped on him because he was unstable.
Xikang was shown a yellow card and Real Madrid was awarded a free kick in the frontcourt.
Lu Wenbin had been fouled and won a free kick before, but he didn't score that time. This is one of the reasons why Xikang continued to foul in the hope of getting lucky.
Although there was no system skill this time, Lu Wenbin still kicked the ball directly into Corinthians' goal based on his free throw level.
Real Madrid fans and Lu Wenbin fans at the scene and in front of the TV burst into warm applause and cheers.
Xikang, who broke the rules, was extremely depressed.
Now, not only did he get a yellow card, but he also allowed Lu Wenbin to score a goal. This foul was really a loss.
After that, Xi Kang, who had received a yellow card, became more cautious. Other players were also afraid of Lu Wenbin's free kick skills and did not dare to commit fouls easily.
Real Madrid's attack became much smoother.
In the 36th minute, Real Madrid scored again.
This time, Xabi Alonso passed Lu Wenbin and made a long aerial pass to Benzema. Benzema chested the ball and passed it to Ronaldo. Ronaldo took a long shot near the corner of the penalty area and scored in the far corner.
Real Madrid leads Corinthians 2-0.
In the next ten minutes, the Corinthians players, who wanted to make a name for themselves, launched a massive attack in an attempt to equalize the score.
But Real Madrid's defense was not made of paper, and the Corinthians players' shooting skills were poor and their luck was not good, so in the end, no goal was scored and the first half of the game ended.
After a 15-minute break, the second half of the game officially began.
Corinthians continued their attack in the first half, and finally in the 58th minute, their midfielder Paulinho assisted striker Guerrero to score a goal and equalized the score.
Just when a very small number of Corinthians fans were still cheering for the team excitedly, hoping that they would continue to work hard and overtake the score, in the 62nd minute, Real Madrid expanded the score again.
Di Maria made a cross from the bottom of the wing, and Lu Wenbin volleyed the ball into Corinthians' goal again in the penalty area.
Real Madrid 3-1 Corinthians.