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Real Madrid ties Kashima Antlers 2-2 in regular time of Club World Cup final

Xinhua, December 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Gaku Shibasaki scored twice as Kashima Antlers tied Real Madrid 2-2 after regular time and the World Cup final came into over time.

Benzema tapped the loose ball into the back of the net in the 9th minute after Luka Modric's shot was parried out by keeper Hitoshi Sogahata.

Kashima nearly equalized in the 11th minute, only to see Mitsuo Ogasawara's long-ranger off the bar.

In the 30th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo hit the free-kick into the wall and hammered the loose ball into the sky.

The Japanese side pulled level in the 45th minute, Gaku Shibasaki smashed the ball past keeper Keylor Navas and it was the first goal scored for an Asian Club in Club World Cup history.

It was Shibasaki again in the 52nd minute that put the J league champions ahead. The Japanese skipper fired a long range shot which sent Navas no chance and found the bottom corner.

In the 58th minute, Lucas Vazquez was fouled inside the box and Ronaldo converted the penalty and Real Madrid was back on track.

The Japanese side missed the ultimate chance to embrace a historic home victory, only to see Yasushi Endo shoot wide in the final second of injury time. Endit