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All players rotate! Manchester City Club World Cup stages a great shift in the universe, and the Argentine little devil starts worth looking forward to

4:01am, 28 June 2025【Football】

At 9:00 am on June 23, a focus battle was staged in the second round of the 2025 Club World Cup group stage. The Premier League Blue Moon Army Manchester City faces Al Ain from Asia. In this game, Manchester City coach Guardiola rotated all players and sent a starting lineup that was completely different from the first round. Argentina's little devil Echeviri also made the first move, and his performance is worth looking forward to.

Manchester City beat Casablanca Vidard 2-0 in the first round, and Forden started the blitz and assisted Duoku to score. Although Rico Lewis got a red card for a foul in the second half, Manchester City still won easily. In this game, facing Al Ain from the hometown of Chief Mansour, Guardiola conducted a full-staff rotation. Haaland, who came on as a substitute in the first round, started as a single arrow, B Shi and Mattus Nunes were separated from the wings, veteran Gundogan joined hands with Echeviri to take the middle, and Nico Gonzalez was single-handedly the midfielder. On the back line, Husanov, who had been missing for a long time, finally played and partnered with Gwadior to the central defender. New aidnuri and veteran Akanji were separated from two wings. The goalkeeper is Ortega Moreno from Germany.

In this lineup, 19-year-old Echeviri from Argentina is the most worthy of attention. The core player of the Argentine U20 national team midfielder is regarded as the most likely to become Messi's successor, and his technical characteristics are exactly the same as those of the Argentine superstar. During the two and a half seasons of playing for Argentina's giants River Plate, although Echeviri was young, he also handed in 48 games with 4 goals and 8 assists, showing his first glory. In January 2024, Manchester City successfully signed Echeviri for 18.5 million euros. Last season, Echeviri made two appearances in the FA Cup final and the 38th round of the Premier League respectively. Especially in the FA Cup final, he had a very dangerous shot after appearing, but unfortunately he was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Henderson.

This summer, Manchester City midfielder core De Bruyne left the team freely, and new aid Serky joined, while the future of the little devil Echeviri is still confusing. It is not known how many opportunities Manchester City, who is determined to revive, can give him. In this case, the Club World Cup became the best platform for Echeviri to prove himself. If he can perform well in this game, he can increase his weight in Guardiola's heart. He will have more confidence to stay in Manchester City and compete with Sherkey in the new season.