Article by Adrian Duţă, Darius Stănescu – published on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 19:01 / Updated Wednesday, June 18, 2025 19:43
Manchester City – Wydad CasablancaGroup G match from the World Club Championship, is now taking place. The match started at 7:00 pm, it's LiveText on GSP.ro and transmitted in Romania only on the Dazn and Voyo streaming platforms. This confrontation represents the first test for the new transfers done by Pep Guardiola to City in this Mercato.
After missing the title in the recent season ended by the Premier League, his band Pep Guardiola He wants to prevail at the World Clubs Championship this year and to award his interclubi trophy again, after the triumph since the last edition of the competition, 2023, when he was playing in the old format.
Live. Manchester City – Wydad 2-0
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Group G from the World Club Championship also includes Juventus and Al-Ain.
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Have marked: Foden 2, Doku 42
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Foden opened the score with a nearby shot, after the Moroccan goalkeeper rejected a center on the right.
Manchester City – Wydad, Start teams
Manchester City: Ederson – Lewis, Reis, Ake, O'reilly – Reijonders – Cherki, Foden – Savino, Marmoush, Doku
Reserves: Ortega – Ait Nouri, Akanji, Bobb, R. Dias, Echeverri, Gundogan, Gvardiol, Haaland, Khuanov, Nico, M. Nunes, Rodri, B. Silva, Stones
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Wydad: Benabid – moufid, Meijers, Ferreira, Boutouil, Moufi – Amrabat, Zemraoui, Moubarik, Lorch – Mailula
Reserves: Aqzdaou, El Motie – Arthur, Aziz, Benktib, Bennani, Fatii, Harkass, Mahtou, Malsa, Moutaraji, Mwalim, Obeng, Pedrinho, Rayhi
Coach: Mohamed Benhachem
Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, PA)
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
The first test for the new transfers performed by Manchester City in this period of Mercato
Three players are going to debut for Manchester City. This is the midfielder of Tijjani Reijnders (26 years old), transferred from AC Milan for 55 million euros, the left defender Rayan Aït-Nouri (24 years), from Wolves for 36.80 million euros, and the far right Rayan Cherki (21 years), coming from Olympique Lyon for 36.50 million euros.
The last official match played by Manchester City, on May 25, ended with victory for “citizens”. Pep Guardiola's students defeated Fulham away, score 0-2. City finished in 3rd place in the Premier League, behind Arsenal and Liverpool, securing its place in the Champions League league phase.
On the other hand, Wydad lost Union Touarga, score 2-0, in the match played in Excellence Cup, on June 10. Wydad finished 3rd in the Morocco championship, behind Berkane and Far Rabat. Through this 3rd place, Wydad has ensured its qualification in the CAF Confederations Cup.
It is for the first time that Manchester City and Wydad Team meet in an official match.
