MARRAKECH, Morocco - Goals from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid coast to a 4-0 victory over Cruz Azul of Mexico

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Goals from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid coast to a 4-0 victory over Cruz Azul of Mexico on Tuesday and a place in the final of the Club World Cup. Nike Zoom Wholesale .Sergio Ramos and Benzema made it 2-0 at halftime, with further strikes from Bale and Francisco Isco Alarcon putting the result beyond doubt after the break.Madrids opponents in Saturdays final will be either South American champion San Lorenzo of Argentina or Auckland City, a New Zealand team of amateurs and semi-pros that is the Oceania champion. They play the second semifinal on Wednesday, also in the Grand Stade de Marrakech.Cruz Azul, the CONCACAF champion, proved no match for the pace and penetration that Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale provided for Madrid up front. Daniel Carvajal also was exceptional, marauding with Bale down the right.Cruz Azul captain Gerardo Torrado missed a chance to make the score more respectable when Iker Casillas saved his first-half penalty that lacked conviction.A win on Saturday would secure Madrid its first Club World Cup and cap an exceptional year when it also won the Champions League and Copa del Rey, while Ronaldo collected his second world player of the year award.Only a match away from a new opportunity, well be ready 100 per cent, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. I think the team deserves this title.Ronaldo did not add to his total of 56 goals in 2014 for Madrid, including 32 this season. But the match was so comfortable for Madrid that its star player allowed himself a showboat second-half shot so cheeky that Ancelottis assistants were laughing behind him on the bench.Ronaldo tried flicking in Bales cross from the left by wrapping his right foot around his left ankle to connect with the ball. Cruz Azul goalkeeper Jose Corona easily scooped up the attempt that would have been another fine addition to Ronaldos highlight reel had it gone in.Ive never seen a shot like this, but from Ronaldo we have to expect everything, Ancelotti said.Conceding that Madrid was highly superior, Cruz Azul manager Luis Fernando Tena had no complaints.Its been a joy to play such a skilful team, individually and collectively, he said.Down Madrids right, Bale and Carvajal gave a torrid lesson in speed, guile and mobility to Fausto Pinto, the Cruz Azul left-back at fault for three of the goals.Pintos first-half body-check on Carvajal, who winced and rolled away convincingly enough to get referee Enrique Osses to blow his whistle, gifted Madrid a free kick that Toni Kroos curved in with venom. Ramos decisively headed it past Corona, who was made to work hard all night, for Madrids opener.Pinto was then guilty of ball-watching as Carvajal wriggled past him and sent in a looping short cross for Benzema. The striker hared onto the ball and poked it home with an outstretched tip of his right foot after 36 minutes.Five minutes into the second half, Pinto left Bale too much space and time to head in Ronaldos cross from the left.After tormenting his markers with multiple step-overs, Ronaldo fed the ball to Isco, who dribbled through the defence to complete the scoring on 72 minutes.This was Madrids 21st consecutive victory in all matches, a record run that has seen it score 79 goals to just 10 in reply. Ancelottis men have not lost since Sept. 13, a 2-1 defeat by Atletico on day three of La Liga.Saturdays final will be Madrids last competitive match of 2014. And what a year: Madrid ended its 12-year wait for a 10th European Cup title, beating Atletico 4-1 in the Champions League final, and lifted its 19th Copa del Rey with a 2-1 win over Barcelona.In January, Ronaldo broke down in tears when he picked up the world player of the year award for 2013. In the crowd of 34,862 in Marrakech, some held up signs saying he should retain the Ballon dOr again this year against Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer, the other finalists.After a Dec. 30 friendly against AC Milan, the La Liga leader picks up its domestic campaign again on Jan. 4 against Valencia.___Lineups:Real Madrid: Iker Casillas; Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos (Raphael Varane, 64); Daniel Carvajal, Toni Kroos (Sami Khedira, 73), Asier Illarramendi, Francisco Isco Alarcon (Jese, 76); Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema.Cruz Azul: Jose Corona; Fausto Pinto, Francisco Rodriguez, Julio Cesar Dominguez, Gerardo Flores; Gerardo Torrado, Hernan Bernardello, Christian Gimenez (Marco Fabian, 65); Joao Rojas (Ismael Valadez), Mauro Formica, Hugo Pavone (Pablo Barrera, 65). Nike Zoom Online Shop . Returning to Davis Cup tennis, Federer cruised past Ilija Bozoljac, winning 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 in less than two hours. 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In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 -- even when his double-play grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored Solarte in the third inning for the first run. Solarte, a career minor leaguer and non-roster invitee to spring training, continued a torrid start as the suspended Alex Rodriguezs replacement at third base with a go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning. Playing in his first game in the Bronx, Solarte needed Jeter to tell him to wave to the Bleacher Creatures when they chanted his name during pregame roll call. The Orioles got RBI singles from Matt Wieters and Nelson Cruz in falling to 2-5. Adam Jones and Chris Davis struck out against Adam Warren with a runner on in the eighth and trailing 4-2. Shawn Kelley pitched a perfect ninth for his first career save. Minutes later, the Yankees said closer David Robertson would be put on the disabled list with a strained groin. After missing all but 17 games last season, Jeter announced Feb. 12 his 20th season would be his final one. His retirement tour started on the road, where New York went 3-3 against Houston and Toronto. But Jeter, who went 1 for 4, has said the season doesnt really start until the Yankees have had their home opener, and to help celebrate the team brought together the five-time World Series champion Core Four. Recently retired teammates Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera threw ceremonial first pitches to Jeter and Jorge Posada, who retired after 2011. With an era coming to a close, change was evident everywhere. Robertson moved into Riveras locker. CCarlos Beltran was given Robinson Canos choice spot next to the door leading to the players off-limits sanctuary. Nike Zoom Discount. And the only evidence that Rodriguez -- banned for the year because of his involvement in the Biogenesis drug scandal -- is still a member of the Yankees was in a new series of paintings hanging in the hallway leading to the clubhouse that celebrate New Yorks recent World Series championships. A-Rods nameplate was not above his locker and the new plush chair sitting in front of the stall did not have a No. 13 embroidered in the seatback. Solarte scored New Yorks first run, starting the third with a walk after falling behind 0-2. He advanced to third when Brett Gardner, the only holdover starter from last years opening-day lineup, lined a sharp single to centre field and Jones was slow to get the ball into the infield. Solarte scored on Jeters double-play ball back to Jimenez. Solarte went 1 for 3 and is 9 for 20 this season with six RBIs. The Orioles got the run right back in the fourth when Jones singled, moved to second when Gardner made a leaping catch in foul territory down the line in left on Davis popup and scored on Wieters single. Leading 2-1, the Yankees chased Jimenez in the fifth after Brian Roberts walked to load the bases. But Zach Britton entered and walked Kelly Johnson to make it 4-1. Jimenez yielded four runs and eight hits, walked five and struck out four in his second shaky start since signing a four-year contract in February. NOTES: The Yankees improved to 14-2 in season openers Jeter played in. ... SS J.J. Hardy was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game because of back spasms. "Hes better than he was yesterday," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. ... Orioles LHP Johan Santana (shoulder surgery) was set to throw a two-inning simulated game. ... Yogi Berra was at Yankee Stadium but did not participate in the pregame ceremony. Granddaughter Lindsay Berra tweeted a picture of him with Girardi, Posada and Reggie Jackson. ... Ellsbury had seven hits in the Yankees opening road trip before putting on the home pinstripes. ' ' '