Philly’s 2nd Club World Cup game sees Man City win, a bigger crowd, and some family drama

England s Manchester City faced off against Moroccan side Wydad in Philly s second group stage of the FIFA Club World Cup with the defending champions Man City cruising to a - win Man City scored within the first two minutes of the meeting English star Phil Foden snatching a spilled save from Wydad goalkeeper El Mehdi Benabid in front of the six-yard box Belgian winger Jeremy Doku doubled City s lead before halftime beating the defender covering him to volley in a cross to the back post on a corner kick Manchester City s Phil Foden runs with the ball during the Club World Cup group G soccer match between Manchester City and Wydad AC in Philadelphia Wednesday June AP Photo Chris Szagola Man City who played a man down for the final minutes after defender Rico Lewis was sent off controlled the majority of the meeting and only faced two shots on target from the Casablanca-based association Police presence was visibly increased around the sports complex compared to Monday night s match between Brazilian side Flamengo taking on Tunisia s Esp rance de Tunisie Officers from the U S Department of Homeland Shield were near the Broad Street Line s NRG Station The second half saw two brief stoppages The first came when a protester ran onto the field to protest the killing of cats and dogs in Morocco ahead of the country cohosting the World Cup in with Portugal and Spain The second happened when the Wydad fans packed behind the goal at the south end of the stadium lit flares and one made it onto the field next to Man City s Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Wydad s supporters light torches during the Club World Cup group G soccer match between Manchester City and Wydad AC in Philadelphia Wednesday June AP Photo Derik Hamilton A protester runs on the field during the Club World Cup group G soccer match between Manchester City and Wydad AC in Philadelphia Wednesday June AP Photo Chris Szagola Though there was a good showing of fans in Wydad and Moroccan colors there were more fans in the Sky Blue of Man City Jerseys from the English Premier League European soccer the United States National group and prominent national teams and players were seen around the stadium too Total attendance for the match was up from the Linc s first Club World Cup match on Monday Fans were spread more evenly around the stadium s levels Match splits up family for minutes Various fans who came to see the championship didn t have a specific rooting interest Others did and had the jerseys to prove it And there was the Oudghiri family who came from New York Adam wore a Man City kit His mother Nadia was born in Morocco and wore a Moroccan national group jersey I m a Moroccan fan Nadia declared Any club that plays for Morocco I will advocacy Ayah Adam s sister and Nadia s daughter wore no distinct soccer colors and served as the family tiebreaker Adam Oudghiri rear with sister Ayah and mom Nadia outside Lincoln Financial Field before Wednesday s championship Nick Kariuki Billy Penn I really don t know what organization to advocacy but I ll just patronage Man City because my brother s here the -year-old announced before hugging Adam Adam revealed he had seen Man City play in a friendly match against Serie A side AC Milan last year at Yankee Stadium but this match was more nerve-wracking because he had a soft spot for Wydad due to mom No such family drama for Sutton Lloyd and his younger brother Finn who came with their mother from Summit N J to sponsorship Man City They also saw the company at Yankee Stadium Man City fans Sutton Lloyd and his younger brother Finn right with mom at Wednesday s Club World Cup event at the Linc Nick Kariuki Billy Penn This tournament was a good opportunity for the brothers to see how specific City s new signings like Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki would fit into the unit next year and see players who didn t take the field last summer including Foden Like a large number of Premier League fans in the U S the Lloyds weren t familiar with Wydad before the battle Wydad fan and native Moroccan Mamoun Mrane travelled from Brussels Belgium for the match He stated he never expected to see his squad playing in Philadelphia We re a great crew so we re used to big matches But no This match honestly no he announced Fisher Liu who lives in D C but is originally from Guangdong Province in China turned up at the Linc in a Liverpool jersey one of City s main rivals in the English Premier League I m definitely on the side of Casablanca he revealed Because I m a Liverpool fan I don t want Manchester to win Liverpool fan Fisher Liu right of Washington D C was at the Linc to root against Man City Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Lui announced the convenient advance and relatively cheap tickets there were plenty available starting around at kickoff made it enticing for any neutral soccer fan to come for the contest He planned to return for the match between Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg and Spanish giant Real Madrid on June The Linc s next match sees Brazilian side Flamengo returning to the field to take on London s Chelsea on Friday June at p m Chelsea last played in the Linc in during the first-ever English Premier League Summer Series in Philly will host six more games in this tournament including a quarterfinal on the Fourth of July The post Philly s nd Club World Cup contest sees Man City win a bigger crowd and certain family drama appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY