"World Club": Al Ain rages on Hope 3

UAE champions Al Ain have won the Arab League standings with Africa champion Esperance, their 3-0 win over Al Ain in the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Clubs organized by United Arab Emirates until 22 December.

Mohammed Ahmed (2), Egyptian Hussein Al Shahat (16) and Bandar Al Ahbabi (60) scored goals for Al Ain.

The match was held Monday in the semifinals for Argentina's South American Riverblight, while Esperance will play fifth and sixth place against Mexican Guadalajara, who lost to Japan's Kashima Antlers. 2-3 Saturday.

Al Ain became the second Emirati team to qualify for the semi-finals after the island in 2017, while Esperance failed to cross the quarter-finals for the second time after 2011, after losing to Al Sadd in Qatar 1-2.

Al Ain also confirmed the superiority of Asian Arab teams at the expense of their African counterparts, after the Arabs' fourth victory on the continent. Al Nasr had won 4-3 in the first edition in 2000 and Al Ahli defeated Al Ahly 1-0 in 2005. Esperance lost the third Arab standings against Al Sadd in Qatar in 2011.