Club World Cup against underdog
With walking pace: Manchester City celebrates the opening victory
18.06.2025 – 8:11 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Manchester City is the big favorite. But in the first game of the English at the club World Cup, they spray little Esprit.
Manchester City started with a relaxed opening victory in the club World Cup. The team of coach Pep Guardiola won 2-0 (2-0) against Wydad Casablanca. In Philadelphia Phil Foden (2nd minute) met right at the beginning and Jeremy Doku (42nd) for the Premier League club, in which former DFB captain İlkay Gündoğan and Starstürmer Erling initially only sat on the bench.
City’s Rico Lewis saw the red card (88th) in the final phase after he had caught his foot on a tackling Samuel at the top.
The kick -off in Philadelphia was at twelve noon local time, at around 26 degrees the “Skyblues” were sometimes leisurely at walking pace – and yet the most successful club team Morokkos City could never really get embarrassed. Manchester played the early goal from Foden against the Casablanca five chain in the cards, after which they didn’t have to invest too much. Foden (38th), Doku (54.) and Haaland (74th, 90th+3) still gave good opportunities for further hits, the rest was controlled balls.
While Gündoğan and Haaland were substituted in the middle of the second half, the newcomers Rayan Cherki (Lyon) and Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) won shortly before the club World Cup were right in the starting eleven-the calm service started for the duo.