Kick-off and restart delays: Manchester City fined again

Manchester, 20 June 2025 – Another fine for the Manchester City, which will have to pay £1,1 million to the Premier League due to failure to respect the kick-off time and the restart of play during the second half of some league matches. The rule violated by Guardiola and his team is number 33, which requires punctuality both in kick-offs and in the resumption of play, in order to respect the fans and participating clubs, as well as to guarantee the broadcast of each match on time. Manchester City are not new to this type of sanctions: last season, in fact, the citizens were fined for the same reason, with the 22 delays costing 2 million pounds. This year there have been fewer incidents of this kind, with the longest (2 minutes and 24 seconds) dating back to the derby played with the Manchester United last December. In any case, the club will have 14 days to pay the fine.

In the meantime, Guardiola and his continue their adventure in the United States for the Club World Cup: after Wednesday's victory against the Wydad Ac thanks to the networks of Foden e documentary, the citizens will have to face the Al-Ain, a team coming off a 5-0 defeat against Juventus. After that, there will be the challenge between Manchester City and the Bianconeri, scheduled for Thursday at 21 pm at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The one between the citizens and the Old Lady will undoubtedly be the most important challenge in Group G, given that these two teams are the main candidates for the next round. In all likelihood, Thursday's match will decide which team will advance as first and which will have to settle for second place, but first both teams have to do their job on the second matchday, where Manchester City will face Al-Ain and Juventus will face Wydad. The match against Juventus, moreover, could be the rematch of the match in Champions League played on December 11th, which saw the Bianconeri win 2-0 thanks to goals from Vlahovic e McKennie. Since then, both teams have changed quite a bit, with the Bianconeri, among other things, coming under the guidance of Igor TudorThe two teams will meet again on Friday, but in the meantime, Manchester City will have to pay a fine to the Premier League for last season's delays.