Sao Paulo, Jan 8: Spain's Real Madrid and Brazil's Corinthians remain deadlocked going into Monday's final round of matches in the World Club championship Group A after a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Morumbi Stadium here.But Real coach Vicente Del Bosque slammed the rules of this inaugural global club tournament under which Real must play their closing match with Morocco's Raja Casablanca before local favourites Corinthians duel with Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr, meaning the Brazilians will know exactly what they have to do to reach the final.Not all the chips are stacked against Real, however, as they have a slender advantage, having scored one more goal than Corinthians and will be playing the African representatives who have already been eliminated and have relatively little incentive to win.In contrast Al Nassr are not out of the final equation following their equally compelling 4-3 triumph over Casablanca, who become the first team eliminated from this tournament.The only certain winners of thetournament so far are World governing body FIFA whose latest venture is proving a great spectacle with thrilling and highly competitive action on the pitch and a hatful of goals.Del Bosque, who has the consolation of leading Corinthians by a single goal scored, railed: ``I do not understand the motives why both matches (on Monday) cannot be played at the same time.''The two star players in the Real-Corinthians epic were Real's French international striker Nicolas Anelka and the Sao Paulo outfit's Edilson who scored a brace apiece. Anelka blotted his copybook by missing a penalty with just seven minutes remaining.After Anelka opened the scoring with a clever backheel from a Roberto Carlos freekick, Edilson equalised with a fierce cross-shot.After 63 minutes he did even better, embarking on a solo run, shimmying past French World Cup winning defender Christian Karembeu before scoring with a neat shot.But Anelka squared the match before having the opportunity of winning it with just seven minutesremaining when Corinthians conceded a penalty after a foul on Real's Brazilian Savio.However, Anelka's weak spotkick was saved by Brazil International goalkeeper Dida, who made a habit of stopping penalties during his country's successful Copa America campaign last season and is proving a worthy successor in the National team to 1994 World Cup legend Claudio Taffarel. Al Nassr secured a 4-3 win over Casablanca, secured by a late strike from Algerian international Moussa Saib.It took only three minutes for the Saudis to open the scoring and the goal came from Fuad Al-Amin. Casablanca equalised with an own goal from Al Nassr's Fahad Al Husseini. In the second half, Al Nassr's Ahmed Bahja made it 2-1 with a deft finish before Al Husseini converted an easy chance to give the Saudis a two-goal cushion.Substitute Bouchaib El Moubarki and Talal El Karkouri squared the match, but Saib provided the final twist.for Valencia, stooped to head the winner from a corner with five minutes remaining. The onedisappointing detail of this game was an attendance of 300 after 35,000 had watched the earlier match featuring local heroes Corinthians.
