Sydney Kick-Off Time: 6:30AM Sunday December 14th AEDT
Round: Quarter Final
Competition: Club World Club
Location: Rabat, Morocco
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Result: West Sydney Loss
Western Sydney Score: 1
Opponent Score: 3
Time Of Result: After Extra Time
Western Sydney Starting Lineup: Ante Covic, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Brendan Hamill, Labinot Haliti, Mateo Poljak, Nikita Rukavytsya, Matthew Spiranovic, Romeo Castelen, Iacopo La Rocca, Mark Bridge, Seyi Adeleke
Western Sydney Substitutions: Tomi Juric (Labinot Haliti 68), Antony Golec (Seyi Adeleke 72), Shannon Cole (Romeo Castelen 78)
Western Sydney Unused Substitues: Daniel Mullen, Vitor Saba, Jaushua Sotirio, Dean Bouzanis, Jason Trifiro, Alusine Fofanah, Daniel Alessi, Kearyn Baccus, Thomas Heward-Belle
Western Sydney Goals: Iacopo La Rocca (65)
Western Sydney Cards: Matthew Spiranovic (Yellow 31), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Yellow 53), Brendan Hamill (Yellow 73), Matthew Spiranovic (Second Yellow + Red 74), Iacopo La Rocca (Yellow 84), Tomi Juric (Yellow 87), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Second Yellow + Red 102)
Western Sydney Manager: Tony Popovic
Opponent Starting Lineup: Jose Corona, Fausto Pinto, Francisco Rodriguez, Julio Cesar Dominguez, Gerardo Torrado, Marco Fabian, Hugo Pavone, Christian Gimenez, Gerardo Flores, Xavier Baez, Mauro Formica
Note 1: This is the first competitive match the Western Sydney Wanderers have played against a team from another Confederation.
Note 2: The Western Sydney Wanderers qualified for the Club World Cup after winning the 2014 Asian Champions League. Cruz Azul qualified by winning the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League.
Note 3: The team who wins this match will play Real Madrid of Europe in the first semi-final.
Note 4: The losing team will compete in the 5th place play-off.
Note 5: Both goals scored by Gerardo Torrado were penalties.
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