2023-12-15 01:00:00
Written by Ahmed Haridi Friday, December 15, 2023 03:00 AM A team faces Club Lyon The Mexican, the North American champion, will face his Japanese counterpart, Urawa Red, the AFC Champions League champion, at 4:30 pm today, Friday, at the “Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City” stadium, in the first match of the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup, which Saudi Arabia is hosting until… On December 22nd.
Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala will lead Mexico’s Club Leon confrontation with Japan’s Urawa, and he will be assisted by Cameroonian Elvis Knope, first assistant referee, Mozambican Arsenio Maringola, second assistant referee, in addition to Polish Simon Marczyniak, fourth referee.
The winner of the match will meet English club Manchester City, the Champions League champion, in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, next Tuesday evening.
Club Leon will seek to appear strongly in its first match in the Club World Cup, as it is the ninth Mexican team to participate in its history, but it will face a difficult test once morest Urawa Red, knowing that the Japanese team is participating in the tournament for the third time, and has previously achieved a bronze medal in the tournament. 2007 version.
Club Lyon received a strong boost following midfielder Lucas Romero and experienced winger Angel Mina regained full fitness. On the other hand, Urawa Reds will be without captain Hiroki Sakai due to a knee injury.
The Lyon team is expected to play the match, with the following formation: Rodolfo Cota, William Tessio, Paul Bellon, Adonis Frias, Ivan Moreno, Fidel Ambriz, Ivan Rodriguez, Omar Fernandez, Angel Mina, Nicolas Lopez, Federico Viñas.
On the other hand, Urawa may start the match with a lineup consisting of: Shusaku Nishikawa, Takuya Ogiwara, Alexander Schulz, Marius Hebroten, Takahiro Akimoto, Tomoaki Akubo, Atsuki Ito, Ken Iwao, Ekanite Banya, Yoshio Koizumi, Jose Kante.
The Club World Cup began last Tuesday evening, with the victory of the Saudi Jeddah Club over its counterpart, the New Zealand team Auckland City, by three clean goals, to face Al-Ahly Club, at eight o’clock in the evening today, Friday, in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
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