English Manchester City defeated Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup.
The tournament is held in Saudi Arabia. The match played between the teams in Jeddah ended with the score of 3-0 for Josep Guardiola’s team. The winners included Mateo Kovacic (52nd minute) and Bernardo Silva (59th minute). Urava defender Marius Høybroten scored an own goal (45+1).
In the final of the tournament, the English club, which participated in this tournament for the first time in its history, will face Brazilian Fluminense.
Manchester City ranks fourth in the English Premier League (EPL) rankings, collecting 34 points in 17 weeks. The team is separated by five points from leader London Arsenal.
After reaching the final, Guardiola, the head coach of the English team, talked about his plans for the near future.
“The plan now is to sleep, sleep and sleep again! This is our plan. We need rest. The opponent has the right to rest for one more day. “We will take a day off, have dinner together and create such an atmosphere that the players will understand how important this is for the club,” he said. official site “citizens”.
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