Wydad AC: Club World Cup opponents for Juventus

The Casablanca club installed Amine Benhachem as coach last month, who will fancy causing an upset against Juve.
Nordin Amrabat switched from the English second tier to sign for Wydad AC this month.
Nordin Amrabat switched from the English second tier to sign for Wydad AC this month. | George Wood/GettyImages

The Moroccan won his first four games at the helm with Wydad AC, which included an Excellence Cup triumph over Stade Marocain, before tasting back-to-back 1-0 losses against Porto and Sevilla.

Benhachem prioritizes a solid defence, physically strong midfielders and to relentlessly create goal-scoring opportunities.

The Moroccan giants boast a handful of high-profile stars who will want to shine under the spotlight. Dutch-born whizzy wingers Nordin Amrabat and Mohamed Rayhi could prove a handful despite being veterans.

Amrabat is still going strong despite his advanced age of 38, having signed from English Championship side Hull City. While Raydhi has always been hungry for goals wherever he has plied his trade. The 30-year-old has been a hit in the Dutch Eredivisie, Saudi Pro League and in the UAE Pro League.

Wydad AC Player Fact

Since Rayhi took over penalty-taking duties this calendar year, he has scored five of the six spot-kicks.

Key Wydad AC Players

Goal assists: Cassius Mailula & Ismail Moutaraji

Goalscorers: Mohamed Rayhi & Oussama Zemraoui

Corners: Ismail Moutaraji

Penalties: Mohamed Rayhi

Wydad AC Group G Games

18 June: Wydad AC vs Manchester City (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia)

22 June: Wydad AC vs Juventus (Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia)

26 June: Wydad AC vs Al-Ain FC (Audi Field, Washington D.C.)

JUVENTUS CLUB WORLD CUP SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS

Giovanni Daffara, Michele Di Gregorio, Giovanni Garofani and Carlo Pinsoglio.

DEFENDERS

Bremer, Andrea Cambiaso, Alberto Costa, Federico Gatti, Javier Gil, Pierre Kalulu,  Lloyd Kelly, Jonas Rouhi, Daniele Rugani and Nicolo Savona.

MIDFIELDERS

Vasilije Adzic, Francisco Conceicao, Manuel Locatelli, Douglas Luiz, Weston McKennie, Khephren Thuram, Teun Koopmeiners, Filip Kostic, Augusto Owusu, Nicolo Turco and Timothy Weah.

STRIKERS

Lorenzo Anghele, Nicolo Cudrig, Nico Gonzalez, Tommaso Mancini, Samuel Mbangula, Arkadiusz Milik, Kolo Muani, Alessandro Pietrelli, Dusan Vlahovic and Kenan Yildiz.