Manchester City beat Wydad in the opening game of the World Cup
Foden and Doku scored for Pep Guardiola’s side to win on Wednesday (18)
Manchester City started the Club World Cup with a victory. This Wednesday (18), the team beat Wydad Casablanca 2-0, at Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia.
Phil Foden opened the scoring after 1 minute and 52 seconds, the fastest goal of the competition so far . Still in the first half, at 42 minutes, Jérémy Doku increased the advantage and closed the score.
Coach Pep Guardiola gave Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, formerly of Milan, and French attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki, formerly of Lyon, debuts against the Moroccans, who both started as starters.
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The Brazilians Vitor Reis and Savinho also started the clash between the 11.
With the victory, Manchester City temporarily took the lead in Group G, with 3 points. Al Ain and Juventus face each other later this Wednesday and could steal the English team’s position.
Guardiola’s men return to the field on Sunday (22), against Al Ain, at 10 pm (Brasília time), at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Also on Sunday, Wydad Casablanca faces Juventus, at 1 pm (Brasília time), at Lincoln Financial Field.
