An Arab top match with an international touch
Al Ain football club to conclude its journey through the competition race of the FIFA Club World 2025 football tournament by facing Wydad Athletic Club in Washington D.C, the capital city of the United States of America
Al Ain football club of the United Arab Emirates and Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco will be concluding their journey through the competition race of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 football tournament, when they meet in the match which will be taking place in the third and final round of competitions of the seventh group.
The match will kick off at exactly 03:00 PM the time of Washington D.C, the capital city of the United States of America, 11:00 PM the time of Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The match will be taking place in synchronization with the other top match between Manchester City football club of the United Kingdom and Juventus football club of Italy, so as to determine the champion of this group, taking into consideration that both teams have secured the qualifying ticket the round of 16 of this football tournament.
Despite that Al Ain football club of the United Arab Emirates and Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco have been knocked out of the competition race to secure the qualifying ticket to the tournament’s round of 16, but this evening’s match will have a special tone to it, taking into consideration that it will be a pure Arab match, which holds competitive, morale and fans dimensions that will keep it away from being categorized as a match “that have no effective result”.
The match’s coaching meaning
The Ainawi “Boss” is seeking to conclude its participation through this international football tournament by claiming a positive result that reflects its competitive spirit, as well as to ease the the impact of both defeats in the team’s previous two matches vs Juventus football club (which was over with the result of 5-0) and Manchester City football club (which was over with the result of 6-0). While Wydad Athletic Club is looking forwards to deliver the best performance possible after sustaining two defeats vs Mancheter City football club (which was over with the result of 2-0) and Juventus football club (which was over with the result of 4-1). The two teams are occupying the third and the fourth positions on the group’s standings table, without any points.
In this context, Vladimir Ivić, who is the Serbian head coach of Al in first football team, emphasized over the great importance of this match, he also stressed “that this match will not be vs Manchester City football club or Juventus football club, rather, it will be vs a football team that knows how to play for the sake of securing a positive result, which is something that he saw in Wydad Athletic Club’s performance through their previous matches”. He also pointed out that it necessary for Al Ain first football team players to learn how to play such matches with the mentality of claiming victory and the positive result.
The anticipated Arab fans atmospheres
It is expected that the benches of Audi Field stadium will witness a remarkable Arab fans attendance, which consists of the members from the United Arab Emirates and the Moroccan communities, as well as the lovers of both teams from the United States of America, which is something that will give the match the thrilling and enthusiastic atmospheres.
Financial motivations to boost competitiveness
Away from the coaching and fans aspects, the financial motivation is considered as an important element that will ignite the spirit of competitiveness, as the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in coordination with the continental football associations has allocated specific bonuses in order to motivate performance through all matches, including those matches in the group stage.
According to the tournament’s official financial list:
The aim of those bonuses is to boost rigorousness and enthusiasm even in the matches that do not have any effect on the position of the qualified teams, which is something that will add a true competitive value to the match between Al Ain football club of the United Arab Emirates and Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco.
The kits of both teams
During the pre-match coordinative meeting, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has adopted the the official playing kits for both teams. It has been scheduled for Al Ain football club of the United Arab Emirates to be wearing the white shirt outlined with purple stripes, while Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco will be showing up with the full red kit.
The orange kit has been adopted for the goalkeeper of Al Ain football club, while the goalkeeper of Wydad Athletic Club will be wearing the yellow kit.
A Canadian refereeing whistle
The referees committee at the the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has assigned the task of officiating the match between Al Ain football club of the United Arab Emirates and Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco to a Canadian refereeing staff, which will be led by Drow Fisher “who will be the pitch referee”, assisting him on the pitch line his countrymen Micheal Barojen and Willis Arfa “who will be the two assistant referees”, while the Honduran Heinz Schrauwe has been assigned with the task of “the forth referee”.
