Manchester City, with the presence of Julián Álvarez, did not have any problems and beat Urawa Red Diamonds by 3 to 0 at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, within the framework of the Club World Cup semi-finals in Saudi Arabia.
Marius Hoibraten against, Mateo Kovacic and Bernardo Silva were the authors of the goals for Josep Guardiola’s teamwhich used the world champion striker in the complement.
In this way, the England team in its first participation managed to reach the final of the competition and will seek to win the trophy that is missing from its showcases next Friday against the Fluminense from Brazil, recent winner of the Copa Libertadores de América.
The champion of the Champions League He was the clear dominator of the game, with his classic possession of the ball and risky chances, although he could not quickly transfer it to the scoreboard and only around half an hour did he manage to take advantage: a good collective play on the left, Matheus Nunes He reached the bottom and launched a cross that Hoibraten deflected and put into his own goal.
In the complement, the Citizens struck quickly with a phenomenal pass from Kyle Walker to Kovacicwho did not fail in the one-on-one match and defined to extend the advantage.
Then, Silva captured a rebound from the goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawawho failed to contain Nunes’ shot, and made it 3-0 to seal the win and advance to the final.
On the other hand, this edition there will be no tiebreaker for third place between Urawa Red Diamonds and Al-Ahly, the two semi-finalists who lost.
Schedule
The final will take place on Friday the 22nd, at 3pm, at King Abdullah Sports City and the match for third place will be played on the same day at the Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium.
Starting in 2025 and as confirmed by FIFA, there will be a new Club World Cup with the participation of 32 teams.
Source: Ambito
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