Urawa Red beat Wydad Casablanca to finish 5th in Club World Cup

Abu Dhabi Dec 13 (IANS) Japan s Urawa Red Diamonds on Tuesday defeated Wydad Casablanca of Morocco 3-2 in the FIFA Club World Cup fifth place match.

Mauricio Antonio opened the scoring for the Japanese side 18 minutes into the match but Ismail el-Haddad equalized for Wydad just three minutes later on Tuesday reports Efe.

Urawa Red s Yosuke Kashiwagi put his team ahead 2-1 with a goal in the 26th minute and Antonio made it 3-1 for the Diamonds in the 58th minute.

Wydad s Reda Hajhouj narrowed the gap in the last minute converting a penalty.

The Moroccan team previously suffered a 0-1 defeat against Mexico s Pachuca the winners of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League on Dec. 9 in the quarterfinal.

Urawa Red fell 0-1 to the United Arab Emirates league champion Al-Jazira in the quarterfinals.

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