Morocco meets Mexico in transatlantic clash

• Seasoned campaigners Pachuca take on newcomers Wydad
• First of 5 matches to be hold in Abu Dhabi
• Los Tuzos aiming to urge on a fourth place they achieved in 2008

Abu Dhabi provides a venue for a opening compare of a second turn of a FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 on Saturday, with CONCACAF Champions League winners and contest regulars Pachuca holding on new boys Wydad Athletic Club, who will be anticipating to build on a success enjoyed by African sides in prior editions.

The esteem for a winners is a place in a initial semi-final, opposite Gremio of Brazil, who have already arrived in a United Arab Emirates in credentials for a game.

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The compare
Pachuca vs Wydad Athletic Club
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Saturday, 9 December, 17:00 (local time)

What we need to know
Having missed out on a place in a Mexican joining championship play-offs, Pachuca tuned adult for UAE 2017 with a attack run in a Copa MX, a final of that will be played on 21 December. Though they have been though rival football in a final dual weeks, Los Tuzos have a lot going for them, with successful manager Diego Alonso creation an attack-minded side spearheaded by a free-scoring Victor Guzman and provider-in-chief Jonathan Urretaviscaya.

Opponents Wydad Athletic Club have good reason to be confident as they make their FIFA Club World Cup debut, carrying won a CAF Champions League for a initial time in 25 years and doing so opposite a strong Al Ahly of Egypt. The Moroccans have arrived in a UAE in excellent form, interjection to a goals of front male Mohammed Aoulad, who has scored 4 of their final seven, and a efficacy of a tandem shaped by Walid El Karti and Achraf Bencharki, who both played a executive purpose in a club’s continental pretension win.

The stat
4 – Pachuca are holding partial in their fourth FIFA Club World Cup. When they step out opposite Wydad, Los Tuzos will pierce past America and Monterrey as a CONCACAF side with many appearances in a competition.

The words
“We know it’s not going to be easy, though we’ve come prepared. We’ve not had any games over these final dual weeks though we’ve worked unequivocally tough and we wish things work out for us.”
Joaquin Martinez, Pachuca

“The compare opposite Pachuca is going to be unequivocally tough, like each diversion during a FIFA Club World Cup. We haven’t come only to take part. We need to perform during the really best to uncover how good Moroccan football is.”
Salaheddine Saidi, Wydad Athletic Club

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2017/m=12/news=morocco-meets-mexico-in-abu-dhabi-2923431.html