Julian Alvarez stars as Manchester City sweep past Fluminense and claim Club World Cup
Manchester City can officially be declared the best team in the world after they won their first ever Club World Cup with a 4-0 victory over South American giants, Fluminense, in the final on Friday evening.
The Abu Dhabi project, designed to invest incomprehensible amounts of money into Manchester City has achieved its primary aim… to become the best team in the world. After 15 years of lavish spending, exceptional recruiting and a levy of FFP breaches over their heads, the goal has finally become a reality.
Of course, whilst there is also a focus on promoting Abu Dhabi as a state across the globe, the main reason for Manchester City's modern existence since 2008 has been for Abu Dhabi to 'win'.
They have shown Qatar how it's done and have gotten to the table even before the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As far as Gulf States go, Abu Dhabi is the most successful in football.
Years of expensive failures and inconsistent recruitment came to an end forManchester City the moment Guardiola arrived. His work with Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano has been flawless.
Manchester City have constructed a team the likes of which most can only dream of, and it was only a matter of time before they achieved success on the world stage.
The Club World Cup final on Friday was the culmination of 15 years of investment and work. Manchester City made light work of the best team in South America.
What was dubbed before kick-off as an incredible clash of styles between Guardiola and Fernando Diniz, it was the Spaniard who emerged victorious.
City made an electric start with Nathan Ake rattling a shot into the post after less than 45 seconds, however Julian Alvarez was quickest to the rebound and tapped the ball into an empty net.
It was 2-0
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