Weak clubs like Auckland City appear in Club World Cup

Al Ain lost miserably to Man City (white shirt) in the second match.

At Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Man City easily showed their strength against the representative from the UAE. The victory demonstrated the superiority of the European giants in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, while also exposing the alarming weakness of Al Ain - a team that has been compared to semi-professional club Auckland City.

In the 8th minute, Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring for Man City with a delicate chip. In the 27th minute, Echeverri increased the score to 2-0 from a beautiful free kick. Before the end of the first half, Haaland successfully kicked a penalty to help the English representative lead 3-0.

In the second half, coach Pep Guardiola made many changes to save energy for the final match against Juventus, Man City still completely dominated. Gundogan scored twice in the 73rd minute after breaking the offside trap and lob. After that, Oscar Bobb and Cherki took turns to put their names on the scoreboard, ending the match with a score of 6-0.

Al Ain were almost incapable of defending. Their few chances, such as a shot high into the box in the 81st minute or Nassim Chadli’s inaccurate shot in the 70th minute, only highlighted the disparity in skill. Even though Haaland was not really sharp and missed a few good chances, Man City still won easily.

The heavy defeat extended Al Ain's string of heavy defeats after a 0-5 defeat to Juventus. With 11 goals conceded in 2 matches and no goals scored, Al Ain are reminding fans of Auckland City - the team that lost 0-10 to Bayern Munich and 0-6 to Benfica.

In the remaining match of Group G, Juventus defeated Wydad AC to take the lead with a better goal difference than Man City.

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