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YOKOHAMA (Japan), Dec 18: Brazil’s Sao Paulo survived a second-half siege to beat European champions Liverpool 1-0 and win FIFA’s Club World Championship on Sunday. Midfielder Mineiro latched on to a clever through-ball from Aloisio to fire past goalkeeper Pepe Reina in the 27th minute and give the South American champions their third world title.
Liverpool dominated for large periods and had three goals disallowed as they failed in their bid to become world champions for the first time.
“We scored three goals but they didn’t allow any of them,” said Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. “We made lots of chances and did enough to win the game.”—Reuters
