Manchester City 3-0 Urawa Red Diamonds advanced to the Club World Cup final, with Mateo Kovacic scoring the first goal and a B seat contribution

At 02:00 on December 20, Beijing time, the semifinals of the Club World Cup were contested at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Manchester City played against Urawa Red Diamonds, and Saudi referee Al Huvish officiated the game. Towards the end of the first half, Nunes crossed for an own goal from Hojbroten. In the second half, Walker set up Mateo Kovacic to score the first goal of his career for Manchester City, before Bernardo Silva added a goal to seal the win. In the end, Manchester City defeated Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 and advanced to the final of the Club World Cup.

Key events

In the 45+1 minute, Nunes cut into the penalty area and crossed, Hojbroten made an own goal, Manchester City 1-0!

In the 52nd minute, Walker sent a precise diagonal stopper, Kovacic scored calmly with a single knife, Manchester City 2-0!

In the 59th minute, Nunes's cut shot was saved, Bernardo Silva got the ball and hit the goal to change the line and enter the net, Manchester City 3-0!

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Players from both sides stepped onto the pitch and the battle was about to begin

In the 8th minute, Rodri made a cold shot from the edge of the area, and the ball went wide of the post

In the 15th minute, Grealish knocked back, and Seat B met the ball and shot high

In the 18th minute, Grealish picked up a pass, and Seat B's volley was confiscated

In the 24th minute, Akanji was shown a yellow card for a tactical foul

In the 28th minute, Foden's successive passes were blocked, and Rodri's long-range shot was deflected wide again

In the 30th minute, Nunes shot hard from a small angle, and Shusaku Nishikawa saved the ball

In the 36th minute, Foden made a long-range shot from the top of the arc, and Nishikawa made a rescue

In the 38th minute, he missed the game, and the camera was given to Haaland and De Bruyne, who were absent from this game

In the 56th minute, Nunes headed in front of the goal from close range, but the ball was deflected

In the 62nd minute, Grealish had a great chance to make too many adjustments and couldn't get on target

In the 70th minute, Bob broke the ball in front of the court and volleyed, but the ball was slightly wide

In the 76th minute, Bob reversed the triangle and Alvarez had a close-range shot blocked

In the 81st minute, Manchester City made a mistake at the back, and Ederson came out to save

In the 85th minute, Alvarez burst into the penalty area, and Shusaku Nishikawa saved the ball

In the 88th minute, Phillips fired from a distance and the ball was off target

lineup

Urawa Red Diamonds starters: 28-Alexander Schulz, 1-Shusaku Nishikawa, 19-Ken Iwao, 5-Hoy Broten, 11-Jose Kante, 14-Takadai Sekine, 8-Yoshiho Koizumi, 21-Tomoaki Okubo, 15-Kaohiro Akimoto, 3-Atsuki Ito, 25-Kaito Anju

Substitutions: 78'19-Ken Iwao, 64'11-Jose Kante, 64'8-Yoshiho Koizumi, 57'21-Tomoaki Okubo, 57'3-Atsuki Ito

Subs 64'9-Linsen, 57'17-Schalke, 64'10-Shoya Nakajima, 57'26-Takuya Hagiwara, 78'22-Shibadokai

Subs: 2-Hiroki Sakai, 30-Shinzo Koshiki, 16-Ayumi Kigawa, 4-Takuya Iwanami, 27-Ekani, 31-Shun Yoshida, 66-Ayumu Ohata

Manchester City starters: 2-Kyle Walker, 8-Kovacic, 6-Ake, 5-Stones, 31-Ederson, 10-Grealish, 20-Bernardo Silva, 25-Akanji, 16-Rodri, 47-Foden, 27-Mateus Nunez

Substitutions off: 77'5-Stones, 64'20-Bernardo Silva, 65'25-Akanji, 77'16-Rodri, 65'47-Foden

Subs used 77'4 - Calvin Phillips, 77'21 - Sergio Gomez, 65'19 - Alvarez, 65'24 - Gvardiol, 64'52 - Oscar Bob

Subs: 33-Carson, 18-Ortega Moreno, 3-Ruben Dias, 82-Rico Lewis, 92-Hamilton, 76-Susojo, 68-Max Allen

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