{"id":195826,"date":"2025-06-19T01:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195826\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:07:13","slug":"football-news-live-real-madrid-suffer-unwanted-first-on-trent-debut-man-city-win-opening-cwc-game-mudryk-charged-for-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/195826\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news LIVE: Real Madrid suffer unwanted first on Trent debut, Man City win opening CWC game, Mudryk charged for doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double debut <\/p>\n<p>Two of Manchester City&#8217;s new summer signings are making their debut this evening in their Club World Cup opener. <\/p>\n<p>Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders both start for City. <\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden also gets a start against Wydad AC, joining Omar Marmoush, Savinho and Jeremy Doku in an attacking line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Rayan Ait-Nouri is part of a very strong bench that includes Erling Haaland, new captain Bernardo Silva and Josko Gvardiol. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Man City XI:<\/strong>\u00a0Ederson, Lewis, Ake, Reis, O&#8217;Reilly, Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Savinho, Doku, Marmoush.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs:\u00a0<\/strong>Ortega, Dias, Stones, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Akanji, Khusanov, Rodri, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Bernardo, Nunes, Echeverri, Bobb, Haaland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wydad AC XI:<\/strong>\u00a0Benabid, Moufid, Boutouil, Moufi, Meijers, Ferreira, El Moubarik, Zemraoui, Lorch, Mailula, Amrabat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs:\u00a0<\/strong>El Motie, Aqzadou, Harkass, Moutarajji, Malsa, Arthur, Aziz Ki, Benktib, Pedrinho, Bennani, Mahtou, Rayhi, Obeng, Fathi, Mwalimu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester City's French midfielder #29 Rayan Cherki warms up before the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Group G football match between England's Manchester City and Morocco's Wydad AC at the Lincoln Financial Field stadium in Philadelphia on June 18, 2025. 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