Guardiola urges City to ‘go for it’ and grasp a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity after reaching Club World Cup final
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The Club World Cup reaches its crescendo tonight as the annual tournament of six continental champions, plus a host nation, has been whittled down to just two.
The reigning Champions League winners, Manchester City, are Europe’s representative and defeated Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday. They are hoping to add a new trophy to their collection this evening as they face Brazilian side Fluminense in Saudi Arabia.
The Copa Libertadores champions have struggled domestically this season but reached the final after beating Al Ahly 2-0 in the other semi-final. City are hoping to win the tournament for the first time in the club’s history and claim five trophies in a calendar year.
Striker Erling Haaland, who has missed the past four matches with a foot injury, is unavailable, along with Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku.
Follow all the updates from the final below plus get the latest odds and tips right here:
Manchester City vs Fluminese live
- HT: Man City 2-0 Fluminese
- GOAL! Nino own goal – Man City 2-0 Fluminese [27’]
- GOAL! Alvarez scores – Man City 1-0 Fluminese [1′]
- Manchester City face Fluminense in the Club World Cup final, live on TNT Sports
- Final of Fifa’s club competition is being played in Saudi Arabia
- City are without Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Kevin de Bruyne
- Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake, Rodrigo, Lewis, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez
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Man City 2-0 Fluminese
67’ Ederson had to come off his line and intercept a cross there, maybe the changes are just starting to have an effect.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:26
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
64’ The game is sort of meandering along now, despite the triple change from Fluminese, there has not been a marked injection of pace, although they have a chance here but despite Lima feeding Martinelli in the box, he was unable to create enough space to get the shot away.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:24
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
62’ Stones has a chance and he has headed wide! That was a good chance and leap but the header was always going wide of the target.
And now there is a stoppage in play while the Fluminese captain receives treatment.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:22
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
61’ Triple change from Fluminese, and that will be the end of the Club World Cup final for Felipe Melo and Marcelo.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:20
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
58’ The urgency from City’s play seems to have diminished slightly in this second half. Admittedly the game has not been taken to them, but their own intensity has dropped too.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:18
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
57’ Marcelo has just been shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Bobb, it looked like that came out of a bit of frustration.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:16
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
55’ Fluminese have a chance to come forward now, they are not quick but the passes are inch-perfect.
However yet again it comes to nothing and they are forced back into their own half.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:14
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
52’ Almost! City almost have a third, it’s a good strong save from Fabio down to his left. The goalkeeper has been quite active so far and has made some good saves, despite the scoreline.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:12
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
51’ City think they have a penalty shout when Rico Lewis is brought down in the box, but there was no foul. They end up with a corner and take it short, the ball comes out to Grealish who is brought down.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:11
Man City 2-0 Fluminese
49’ City are not under a huge amount of pressure here, and Fluminese’s danger comes from inch-perfect balls up top from the likes of Marcelo, but they aren’t being allowed to get a foothold in the game.
Sonia Twigg22 December 2023 19:09