A 4th World Cup for Guardiola?

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By: Manu Tournoux

A 4th World Cup for Guardiola?

Unsurprisingly, Manchester City beat Urawa in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup (3-0) on Tuesday, and will challenge Fluminense on Friday in the final. Pep Guardiola absolutely wants to win a new trophy, having already won this competition three times.

After the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League (but not the Community Shield, lost on penalties against Arsenal), Manchester City has the opportunity to win the Club World Cup to conclude the year 2023 in beauty. The Cityzens beat the Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday in Jeddah (3-0) and join Fluminense in the final of the tournament, Friday (7 p.m.), again in the large Al-Ittihad stadium (Karim Benzema’s club).

Without Kevin De Bruyne (in the recovery phase), Erling Haaland (foot injury) or even Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez (both on the bench), Pep Guardiola’s men found the fault before half-time on a csc from the Norwegian Marius Hoibraaten (45th + 1). Mateo Kovacic, launched by Kyle Walker, doubled the strength (52nd) and Bernardo Silva, with a deflected shot, scored the third goal against the winner of the last Asian Champions League (59th).

The Catalan coach is particularly motivated by the idea of ​​winning a new trophy, having won 36 titles since the start of his coaching career. Guardiola can just be crowned at the Club World Cup for the fourth time, after his double with Barça (2009 against Estudiantes and 2011 against Santos) and his victory with Bayern (2013 against Raja Casablanca).

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Manu Tournoux

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