In the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, Manchester City faced AFC Champions League champions Urawa Red Diamonds, but Manchester City completely kicked the opponent and won 3-0 to advance strongly. Although Urawa Red Diamonds are the champions of the AFC Champions League, the gap between Urawa and Manchester City in all aspects is too big. Manchester City's total value is as high as 1.3 billion euros, while Urawa Red Diamonds are worth only 19.35 million euros, which is completely different from the same dimension. As a result, the game was completely one-sided.
Manchester City managed a whopping 74 per cent possession and scored three goals with a frantic 25 shots on goal, nine of which were on target. Urawa Red Diamonds, on the other hand, had only 2 shots on goal and no shots on target. Manchester City, meanwhile, were lucky, with the goal that broke the deadlock coming from an own goal. Bernardo Silva's goal was another deflected goal. Manchester City have made it to the final against Fluminense.
Manchester City have conceded in eight consecutive games before this, and this time they finally kept a clean sheet, which is a good sign. Manchester City are now one step away from winning the first Club World Cup in their history. Fluminense eliminated Cairo Nacional and included legendary Real Madrid defender Marcelo. Will Manchester City be able to beat Fluminense to win the title?
Chelsea played a four-quarter EFL Cup knockout game with Newcastle United. It was only on penalties that Chelsea were 5-3 in the end. It's a very strange game. Chelsea's goal was unbelievable and was entirely the result of a low-level mistake by defender Benoit Badiashiler, giving Wilson a brilliant one-on-one chance to score the ball. The 22-year-old defender, who has only made four league appearances this season, will Pochettino dare to use him after making such a fatal mistake in the EFL Cup?
Although Chelsea pressed on the field, had a huge advantage in possession and had many more shots on goal, they just couldn't score. Conor Gallagher's shot was deflected off the crossbar and Raheem Sterling missed a series of chances, before Armando Broja managed to score offside until Trippier's mistake was seized by Mykhailo Mudryk, who scored the equaliser. Draw both sides into a penalty shootout. In the penalty shoot-out, Chelsea scored. Newcastle conceded two goals. In the end, Chelsea eliminated Newcastle 5-3, which was incredible!