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Rabat – Moroccan football club Wydad AC is set to lock horns today with Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal as part of the FIFA Club World Cup. The game will kick off at 3:30 pm GMT+1 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the Moroccan capital Rabat.
The match will be broadcast live on Moroccan sports channel Arryadia’s TNT version and the Saudi Sports Channel (SSC). Some regions will be able to watch the game live on FIFA+.
The game will be the second of the sporting event, as the opening round featured Egyptian club Al Ahly and New Zealand’s Auckland City. The match ended with the Egyptian side taking the lead with a 3-0 result and qualifying for the next round.
The tournament is taking place in the Moroccan cities of Rabat and Tangier between February 1 and 11, with the participation of seven clubs, including the winners of the six continental football confederations and the host country’s league champions.
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The participating teams include US’ Seattle Sounders, Auckland city, Al Ahly, Al Hilal, Brazil’s Flamengo, Spain’s Real Madrid, and Morocco’s Wydad AC (host).
Unlike other clubs, Al Hilal qualified for the tournament after being nominated by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to represent the region even though they have not won the last AFC Champions League season.
This is because Al Hilal is the reigning champion of the AFC league and the recent edition of the tournament is not yet complete.
According to ESPN, the Asian tournament usually takes place between February and November, but the AFC decided to shift to a September-to-May calendar.
