The winners of this semi-final will play Brazilian side Gremio in Sunday's final.

Gremio overcame Mexican side Pachuca in the other semi thanks to a fabulous goal in extra time from striker Everton.

Pachuca, incidentally, is famous for having links with Cornwall and they actually serve Cornish pasties in the city. I can personally vouch for their taste and quality.

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They will need to get back in the game in the second half, but Real Madrid are bidding to win their third Club World Cup title and lift the trophy for a second consecutive time.

The La Liga champions won the tournament in 2014 and 2016. Only rivals Barcelona (2009, 2011 and 2015) have won it more than Real.

Manchester United are the only English side to win the tournament when they beat Ecuadorian side LDU Quito in 2008. Liverpool (2005) and Chelsea (2012) have both lost in the final.

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You might have spotted a familiar face in the Al Jazira dugout in the form of head coach Henk ten Cate.

The erudite Dutchman was Chelsea assistant manager to Avram Grant from October 2007 to May 2008.

Since he left Stamford Bridge his managerial career has taken in some interesting sights. He has had spells at Panathinaikos (Greece), Al-Ahli Dubai (UAE), Umm Salal (Qatar), Shandong Luneng Taishan (China) and was caretaker boss at Sparta Rotterdam (Holland).

The 63-year-old has been in charge of Al Jazira since January.

Real Madrid have had a whopping 18 shots in that first half, dominated the possession, had nine corners. Yet the scoreline reads 1-0 to the side from the UAE.

Well, nobody was expecting this scoreline at half-time. There's still a long way to go of course but Al Jazira's players must be starting to dream about what would surely be the greatest result in the club's history.

Of course Romarinho deserves the credit for a superbly taken goal, but what about Ali Khasif? The goalkeeper has actually been struggling with an injury for most of the first half which makes his heroics even more remarkable.

Al Jazira's reserve goalkeeper has been warming up for most of the half with Manuel Almunia, the former Arsenal and Watford shotstopper who is the club's goalkeeping coach, so it remains to be seen if Khasif emerges for the second half.

There is a huge gulf in class between the teams here. Real are pinging the ball about with ease. Surely only a matter of time until even Ali Khasif's brilliance in the Al Jazira goal is overcome?

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A slightly surreal turn of events as Casemiro heads in at the back post from Isco's cross. But Al Jazira's players feel there is a foul and the goal has been put under review. The referee consults the video footage and decides to disallow it.

Real Madrid's players were quit sheepish with their celebrations, so perhaps the right call.

Real Madrid get the ball in the net and find a way past Ali Khasif when Karim Benzema heads in at the back post, but the referee had spotted a foul by Cristiano Ronaldo on Mohammed Ali Ayed and it is chalked off.

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This is turning into the Ali Khasif show. First he dives full length to get fingertips on a Luka Modric's shot and push it past the post. The goalkeeper is then perfectly stationed to gather a powerful Cristiano Ronaldo header from the resulting corner.

Al Jazira then hit on the counter attack but Ali Mabkhout, star of the UAE national team, drags his shot wide from a good position.

No matter how many goals Real Madrid end up scoring here (and it could be plenty) an early shout for the man-of-the-match award is Al Jazira Ali Khasif.

The goalkeeper this time makes another superb save, this time diving one-handed to push away an shot from Karim Benzema.

A rare foray forward from Al Jazira but the move peters out and Real Madrid are back to confidently stroking the ball about the pitch.

Al Jazira goalkeeper Ali Khasif, having made a couple of brilliant saves, is now receiving attention from the physio for a problem with his knee.

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Real Madrid swing a corner into the box and the delivery is met by the head of Cristiano Ronaldo who brings a brilliant reaction save from Ali Khasif.

Moments later the Al Jazira goalkeeper makes a fine diving save to deny midfielder Luka Modric. It only seems like a matter of time until Real open the scoring.

Unsurprisingly Real Madrid dominating the early possession in front of a capacity crowd. Al Jazira will try to keep this tight for as long as possible.

Cristiano Ronaldo's first meaningful touch sees the Portugal winger strike a half-volley over the crossbar from about 30 yards. An early sighter.

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We are under way at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, in Abu Dhabi. Real Madrid playing in their all black away strip, while Al Jazira are playing all in the white.

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Real Madrid enter the Club World Cup at the semi-final stage having qualified as the winners of the Champions League courtesy of their 4-1 win over Juventus in Cardiff back on 3 June.

This will be Al Jazira's third match in the tournament following a 1-0 win over New Zealand side Auckland City, the Oceanian Champions League winners, in the first round and a 1-0 victory over Asian champions Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan in the second round.

Al Jazira originally qualified for the Club World Cup as the host team after winning the 2016-17 UAE Pro-League.

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Al Jazira are from the from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and were founded in 1974 after a merger that year between Al khalidiya Club and Al Butain Club.

Apart from a couple of foreign players their squad is almost entirely made up of players from the gulf state.

Their most famous ever player was Liberia striker George Weah, who played for the club for a couple of seasons at the end of his career before hanging up his boots in 2003.

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Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has picked a strong starting line-up for the match with attacking talents of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Isco all in the side. Gareth Bale is on the bench.

Real Madrid XI: Navas, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Hakimi, Kovacic, Modric, Benzema, Casemiro, Isco, Ronaldo

Not so many household names in the Al Jazira side. Morocco winger Mbark Boussoufa and Brazilian striker Romarinho are the only players to have played their club football outside of the UAE

Al Jazira XI: Khaseif, Ayed, Fayez, Mabkhout, Boussoufa, Rashid, Al Hosani, Romarinho, Al Attas, Juma, Mubarak

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The Club World Club is a Fifa tournament which, since 2005, involves seven teams from around the world competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a fortnight.

The teams include the winners of this year's Uefa Champions League (Europe), Copa Libertadores (South America), AFC Champions League (Asia), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and CAF Champions League (Africa) in addition to the host nation's national champions.

However, the winners of the European and South American competitions are given a bye until the semi-finals.

There's a busy night of Premier League action ahead, but first there is the orderve of a Club World Cup semi-final between Real Madrid and Al Jazira at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi to get your teeth into.

Real are taking this pretty seriously and have picked a fair few of their big stars for the game and we will have every kick here on this live text commentary.