Overview
- Manchester City opened their Club World Cup campaign with a 2-0 Group G victory over Wydad AC in Philadelphia after Phil Foden scored early and Jeremy Doku converted a first-half corner.
- Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Al-Hilal in Miami after Gonzalo Garcia opened the scoring, Ruben Neves converted a penalty and Yassine Bono saved Federico Valverde’s stoppage-time spot-kick.
- Debuts for Manchester City’s new signings Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki and Real Madrid’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen signaled extensive squad rotation in the expanded 32-team format.
- A red card shown to City defender Rico Lewis late against Wydad and Al-Hilal’s penalty drama highlighted the competitive intensity of the group-stage matches running through June 26.
- DAZN is streaming all 63 tournament games for free across US venues that are also serving as infrastructure tests ahead of the 2026 World Cup.