“Bookmaker Ratings” made a prediction for the semi-final match of the Club World Cup, Al-Hilal vs Chelsea.
The Saudis, as it turned out, have quite a decent team. They are coached by the Portuguese Leonardo Jardim, who managed Monaco for five years.
In addition, Monaco only in the recent past has players from the European leagues play for them: Ighalo from Watford and Manchester United, Marega from Porto, Matheus Pereira from Sporting and West Brom. In the quarter-finals, they effortlessly dealt with Al-Jazeera, shipping them six goals. They looked very good, albeit against the background of an average opponent.
Chelsea struggled with Plymouth in the Cup, narrowly won in extra time, and then flew to Qatar. We don’t think that the Londoners are going to play at full power in the semi-finals. It’s good if they use at least 50% of their capabilities. For them, the main thing will be just to reach the final and avoid injuries in the process.