Manchester City won its debut in Club World Cup, Foden shines but ends with red

In the early morning of June 19, the first round of the 2025 Club World Cup Group G competition started in Morocco. The Champions League champion Manchester City easily defeated African champion Casablanca Vidard 2-0, making a good start. England's rising star Foden became the biggest highlight in this game. He scored a goal in 2 minutes of the game, and then assisted Duoku to expand the score. Manchester City showed an overwhelming advantage at the beginning of the game. Only 120 seconds into the game, Duoku initiated an offensive from the left, Foden and Savigno completed a subtle cooperation and scored a follow-up shot, giving the Blue Moon a fantastic start. In the 42nd minute, Foden took a precise corner kick, and Belgian winger Doku volleyed and scored another goal. This goal fully demonstrates Manchester City's accomplishments in set piece tactics and also makes the game lose its suspense early.

Although the score was ahead, Manchester City encountered setbacks in the second half. In the 88th minute, young player Rico Lewis accidentally kicked the opponent's player in the face while fighting, and the referee decisively showed a red card to send him off. After the VAR review, the original verdict was maintained, and Manchester City was forced to fight with 10 people until the end of the game. This foul also sounded a wake-up call for the team - more control over the game's mood needs to be controlled in the next game.

According to technical statistics, Manchester City's ball possession rate is as high as 72%, completing 18 shots and 7 of them were aiming, fully controlling the rhythm of the game. Although new aid Serky made a mistake, his overall performance was remarkable. Coach Guardiola started rotating the lineup in 60 minutes, and main players such as Haaland and Gundogan took the stage one after another to maintain their form.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that Manchester City has participated in the Club World Cup in his history. Compared to the caution he was when he participated in the first competition in 2023, Blue Moon has now shown the championship temperament. However, after the game, Guardiola remained cautious: "We still have a lot to improve, especially the focus at the end of the game. "

After this game, Manchester City temporarily ranked first in Group G. According to the schedule, they will face the South American Liberators Cup championship in 3 days. Considering the strength of other opponents in the same group, the situation in the Blue Moon group qualifying is very good. But in order to achieve the "triple-champion" great achievement, the team still needs to solve the problem on the defensive end - this is the biggest hidden worry exposed in this game.