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The FIFA Club world championship is underway, with some of professional football’s best teams from all over the world competing to see who is at the top of the heap.
But the madness of foreign football fans has hit the United States, with chaos that follows in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon.
Manchester City of Premier League in England and Wydad AC, competing in Botola from Morocco, took the pitch at Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday – but the players weren’t the only people or items on the field.
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A demonstrator invaded the pitch and fans released smoke fellows during Wednesday’s club world championship in Philadelphia. (AP; IMAGN)
During the game, protesters invaded the field. Pitch invaders took the pitch with a sign that said “Morocco! Stop shooting dogs and cats.”
He ran for a few seconds before being tackled by security workers and escorted out of the stadium. One of the protesters’ shirt and characters included the logo of PETA (humans for ethical treatment of animals).
According to Peta, “homeless cats and dogs in Morocco are shot, poisoned and left to die in cages without food or water.” The government has expanded a “trap, castrate, vaccinated and return” program for straying animals, but activists have claimed animals are killed rather than castrated.
Peta wrote about the incident at X.
“Activists stormed the @FIFACWC field to postpone Morocco’s mass shooting, poisoning and burning alive by dogs and cats in front of the FIFA world championship in 2030 to make the country’s streets look presentable,” Peta wrote.
“Call the Moroccan government to end the slaughter of homeless animals and ask FIFA to stop standing by while animals die.”
Morocco is among the hosts of the World Cup in 2030.
A pitch -height info is removed by security during the club World Cup G -Football match between Manchester City and Wydad AC in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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Later, the atmosphere of the game became potentially dangerous as Wydad fans threw smoke fellows on the field. Fire crackers were reportedly thrown on the field as well. A flare that was thrown behind Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson caused a short stop in the second half.
Manchester City’s Phil Foot scored two minutes into the match and later had an assist to lead the Premier League power center to a 2-0 win.
In the 88th minute, Rico Lewis was shown a red card after a tough mistake on Samuel Obeng, leaving the city with 10 men on the field.
Wydad Casablanca fans with torches in the stands during a group step match in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field. (Brian Snyder-Reuters via Imag images)
Manchester City leads Group G and faces al-Aain on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Wydad remains in Philadelphia, where it will meet another tough opponent in Juventus.
