Honour during interest for African and Asian champions

• Urawa Reds finished third during 2007 Club World Cup
• Wydad looking for initial idea and initial win in a competition
• Asian teams have a corner over African sides in prior meetings 

African champions Wydad Athletic Club and their Asian counterparts Urawa Red Diamonds came to a United Arab Emirates vigilant on going as distant as they could during a FIFA Club World Cup.

Both sides’ hopes were dashed in their opening games, however. While new boys Wydad went down to Pachuca in additional time, Urawa fell to a warn better to UAE champions Al Jazira.

Instead of a semi-finals, they find themselves scheming for a compare for fifth place, that would yield both clubs with a magnitude of consolation. That said, Urawa will be unhappy not to have matched a third place they achieved on their initial contest coming 10 years ago.

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The match
Wydad Athletic Club vs Urawa Red Diamonds
Tuesday 12 December, 18:00 internal time
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

What we need to know
Wydad will wish to urge on their opening opposite Pachuca, a compare in that a African champions unsuccessful to emanate many opportunities and had captain Brahim Nakach sent off in a 69th minute. The sizeable fortuitous of Wydad fans in a UAE are anticipating a lapse of brazen Mohammed Ounnajem from damage can give their side some-more of a slicing corner adult front.

Urawa Reds dominated their compare with Al Jazira though were incompetent to find a behind of a net. All eyes were on Rafael Silva, a favourite of a AFC Champions League final, though he could conduct no some-more than dual shots off target. Tuesday’s diversion will give Silva another event to do what he does best: scoring goals and celebrating them in his possess singular way.

The stat
12: Asian and African teams have met 12 times in a FIFA Club World Cup, with a clubs from a easterly winning 9 of them. Two matches finished in draws, while Africa’s usually normal-time feat came pleasantness of Al Ahly of Egypt, who kick Japan’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 in 2012.

The words
“If we’d managed to measure in a initial half opposite Al Jazira, all would have been different. We’ve got one compare left and we have to ready good for it.”
Urawa manager Takafumi Hori

“Nakach removing sent off unequivocally harm us in a initial match. You always need to gain on mistakes and compensate courtesy to a details. We’re going to try and win a subsequent diversion and urge a fixation in a competition.”
Wydad manager Hussein Amotta

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=279809/match=300398165/preview.html