The Club World Cup has begun, with Raja Casablanca facing Auckland City in the opening match. Raja Casablanca, representing the host country Morocco, aims to perform better than their previous appearance in 2000. The match is significant, and in the event of victory, Raja could potentially face the reigning European champion, Bayern Munich, in the semi-finals. The other African representative in the competition, Al Ahly, is set to play against the Chinese team Evergrande on Saturday. The match began with a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Compositions:
Raja Casablanca:
- ASKRI
- EL HACHIMI
- CHTBI
- OULHAJ
- HAFIDI
- IAJOUR
- KARROUCHY
- BENLAMALEM
- GUEHI
- ERRAKI
- MOUTAOUALI (c)
Auckland City:
- WILLIAMS
- IWATA
- BILEN
- BERLANGA
- IRVING
- BALE
- KOPRIVCIC
- KRISHNA
- DICKINSON
- VICELICH (c)
- CRISTOBAL
