There is already the final of the Club World Cup. Guardiola’s City and former Real Madrid player Marcelo’s Fluminense will fight for the throne of the best team in the world this Friday. The crown is certainly not honorary, but it is of great value. to the set GuardiolaPlaying without Haaland and even without De Bruyne, It was difficult for them to beat Red Urawa, but the goals came slowly until the final.

If the goal was not due to City’s authorship, it was almost inevitable that it was due to a defensive error by Japanese Red Urawa. They were so locked in that Nunes’ cross from the right was deflected. and with such bad luck, Marius Höibraten Just as the stopwatch had passed the 45th minute of the first half.

It was a ball that did not pose much danger, at least in appearance. But the score was 0-1 because Guardiola’s team had failed before due to their own inefficiency: 13 shots, four on target and four saves by 37-year-old veteran goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa.

Without ‘nine’

City were not clear-headed despite retaining an overwhelming 77% possession in the first half. Japanese? Defend and defend. And defend. It’s not a shot on goal. They almost never set foot in Ederson’s territory. Guardiola suggested an eleven without a pure ‘nine’, protecting Haaland. He also did not feature Julián Álvarez, who was supposed to be the backup center.

Guardiola preferred to place Bernardo Silva in this position, is a multifunctional football player who can do everything. However, he could not unlock his opponent who surrounded his goalkeeper.

There were 10 Japanese guarding Shusaku Nishikawa, until Nunes appeared on the right flank and ended up with the tall Norwegian defender Höibraten, who ripped apart the Japanese structure and regretted putting his left boot where he shouldn’t have. He finished as if it were Haaland who had scored the first goal in a busy city.

the japanese melt

Bernardo Silva then moved to the right wing, leaving the axis of the attack to the dynamic, mobile and undetectable striker Foden, who carried out a lot of activity away from the area.

With the score at 0-1 from here, the Japanese team melted down, allowing Kovacic to enter the field disguised as a centre-forward and bring the score to 0-2, or Bernardo Silva to fully participate in the second half. Efficiency at 0-3.

Guardiola then used the final half-hour to rest his players, thinking about Friday’s final against Fluminense.

Urawa Network: Nishikawa, Sekine, Scholz, Höibraten, Akimoto, Ito, Iwao, Okubo, Yasui, Koizumi and Kanté.

Ram: Maciej Skorza

Changes: Ogiwara, Ito (d. 57); Schalk by Okubo (d. 57); Linssen, Kanté (d. 64); Nakajima, Koizumi (d. 64); Shibato of Iwao (d. 78).

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Aké, Stones, Rodri, Kovacic, Foden, Grealish, Nunes and Bernardo Silva.

Ram: Pep Guardiola

Changes: Bobb, Bernardo Silva (d. 64); Gvardiol of Akanji (d. 64); Julián Álvarez (d. 64) for Foden; Sergio Gómez (d. 77) with the Stones; Kalvin Phillips, Rodri (d. 77)

Goals: 0-1, Höibraten (m. 45+1); 0-2, Kovacic (d. 52); 0-3, Bernardo Silva (m. 59)