Manchester City-Urawa Red Diamonds FIFA Club World Cup Post Match Thread

[Colin Is The King]

Manchester City 3 Urawa Red Diamonds 0
City Goals - Own goal 45+1' Kovacic 52' B Silva 59'
City Assists - Walker 52'

FT Stats
Possession
City 74% URD 26%
Corners
City 7 URD 3
Offsides
City 3 URD 0
Fouls
City 3 URD 13
Cards
City 2 Y (Akanji, Nunes) URD 0
On Target
City 9 URD 0
Woodwork
City 0 URD 0
Off Target
City 16 URD 2 (BBC site has 25 City shots, URD 2 - City OS City 10 URD 0)

Attendance: 40,127

Compiled from FIFA, BBC, and City Official Site match day threads

https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/107/287833/287838/400017371

https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2023/club-world-cup/urawa-reds-v-man-city-19-dec-2023

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/67733131

 

[Colin Is The King]

19:53
FT: Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City

Urawa Reds will face Egypt's Al Ahly in the third-place play-off.
That also takes place on Friday at 14:30 GMT.

 

[Colin Is The King]

'Comfortable for Man City'​

FT: Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City

Robbie Savage
Ex-Wales midfielder on TNT Sports

Comfortable for Man City ahead of Friday's final. No fitness issues and players getting minutes.

A good night for Pep Guardiola.

 

[Colin Is The King]

19:57
FT: Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City

That is Man City's first clean sheet since they beat Young Boys 3-0 on 7 November.
They had conceded in eight successive games since.

 

[Colin Is The King]

20:02

Goodbye​

FT: Urawa Red Diamonds 0-3 Man City

We're going to leave it there for this game because the TV coverage has finished so we can't bring you any quotes yet!
Stayed to the BBC Sport website and app though, we'll have some reaction later on this evening.

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

URAWA REDS MANAGER MACIEJ SKORZA​

It's the best team in the world in my opinion but our plan didn't work in the perfect way. We expected that possession would be huge in favour of Manchester City. We had our plan for counter attacks but this didn't happen.
Maybe this is the big difference in the physical aspect between the two teams and lack of experience of playing teams like City.

https://www.mancity.com/matchday/fixtures/mens/2023/club-world-cup/urawa-reds-v-man-city-19-dec-2023?page=Commentary

 

[johnkelv]

As the best team in the World, we get the chance to prove it on Friday. We are on a hiding to nothing if we fail, fingers crossed.

 

[Colin Is The King]

 

[Skoorb]

We got over the line but needed an OG to get us going. Forced by some paces direct play by Nunes () which resulted in the opposition defending facing their own goal…….and forcing an error.

Our play was still not without some sloppiness or the occasional lapse of concentration leading to potential hospital passes or opportunities which against better opposition might have been more costly. Not quite sure what Pep can do to sort those out - certain players need to sharpen up & shake this malaise off.