City, who won their first Champions League title this year, are yet to win the Club World Cup, a trophy Guardiola won twice with Barcelona and once with Bayern Munich. The last 10 editions of the Club World Cup have been won by European sides and City will be firm favourites when they take on Asian Champions League holders Urawa at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Tuesday. However, Guardiola urged caution, pointing to the strength of Japanese football, with Japan's national team, the 'Samurai Blue', having recorded wins over Spain and Germany in last year's World Cup. "When you play the Club World Cup there is no tiredness. "Almost all of us never won - and as a club we never won - and we want to do it.

Source: Egypt Today December 19, 2023 07:13 UTC