Manchester City and Atletico Madrid’s preseason friendly in Seoul was delayed by 40 minutes due to torrential rain.
Pep Guardiola’streble winners will now take on Diego Simeone’s side at 8:40 p.m. local time at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, providing conditions do not deteriorate further.
Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez will both start in the City forward line alongside Phil Foden and Jack Grealish.
The Sporting News is following Manchester City vs. Atletico Madrid live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.
Man City vs Atletico Madrid live score
| 1st Half | Goal scorers | |
| Man City | — | |
| Atletico | — |
Starting lineups:
Man City (4-2-3-1 right to left): 31-Ederson (GK) — 2-Kyle Walker, 3-Ruben Dias, 5-John Stones, 14-Aymeric Laporte — 16-Rodri, 20-Bernardo Silva — 47-Phil Foden, 19-Julian Alvarez, 10-Jack Grealish — 9-Erling Haaland
Atletico Madrid (formation right to left): TBC
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Man City vs Atletico Madrid live updates, highlights, commentary
20 mins to kickoff: We’ve had another slight nudge back to the kickoff time after the latest inspection. The officials think the game will be playable at 8:40 p.m. local time.
40 mins to kickoff: No further delays, so fingers crossed we get going at the new kickoff time. In the meantime, why not have a look at what went down when these teams met in the Champions League in April 2022?
1 hr 10 mins to kickoff: Confirmation now that kickoff has been delayed by half an hour. That’s 8:30 p.m. local time and here’s how that translates worldwide.
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| USA | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:30 a.m. ET |
| Canada | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:30 a.m. ET |
| UK | Sun, Jul 30 | 12:30 p.m. BST |
| Australia | Sun, Jul 30 | 9:30 p.m. AEST |
| India | Sun, Jul 30 | 5:00 p.m. IST |
| Hong Kong | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:30 p.m. HKT |
| Malaysia | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:30 p.m. MYT |
| Singapore | Sun, Jul 30 | 7:30 p.m. SGT |
| New Zealand | Sun, Jul 30 | 11:30 p.m. NZST |
KICK-OFF DELAYED: Still no sign of an Atleti XI and this probably has something to do with reports emerging on the ground in Seoul that kickoff will be pushed back due to the torrential rain that has given the playing surface a battering. There is not confirmed time yet, but a delay of half an hour has been mooted. Player safety is always paramount but these are concerning times for Guardiola and Simeone, who will be reluctant to see their squads put at risk on the eve of the new season.
Weather report 😱☔️ pic.twitter.com/XuuHhVcai4
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) July 30, 2023
1 hour to kickoff: Here are the 11 City players who will need to make sure they have their most reliable sets of studs on.
TODAY’S TEAM! 🙌
XI | Ederson, Walker (C), Stones, Dias, Laporte, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Alvarez, Haaland
SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Phillips, Ake, Cancelo, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Gomez, Akanji, Perrone, Bobb, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee#ManCity pic.twitter.com/A47tYzcoxk
— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 30, 2023
1hr 10 mins to kickoff: Without putting too fine a point on it, it’s a bit wet in Seoul.
Right then pic.twitter.com/Blmrrq63f7
— Jack Gaughan (@Jack_Gaughan) July 30, 2023
1 hr 30 mins to kickoff: We’ll have confirmed team news with you in the next half hour or so. This will be City’s first game since Riyad Mahrez’s move to the Saudi Pro League was confirmed. Even though that was hardly a surprise, given he did not join his teammates on this tour, it underlines the opportunity that academy youngsters Cole Palmer, James McAtee and Oscar Bobb have with the Premier League and European champions now a little light in terms of cover on the right wing. Bobb and McAtee have impressed in their preseason outings so far, with the latter opening the scoring against Bayern Munich.
2 hours to kickoff: Hello and welcome to the Sporting News’ live coverage of Manchester City vs. Atletico Madrid from Seoul. The last time these two teams met in the Champions League it ended in a mass brawl between the two teams. Given this is a preseason friendly, here’s to everyone being a lot more relaxed today.
Man City vs Atletico Madrid lineups
Erling Haaland has featured as a halftime substitute in both of City’s friendlies so far this preseason but is in from the start as Guardiola fields something close to the XI he will pick to take on Arsenal a week from now.
Man City (4-2-3-1 right to left): 31-Ederson (GK) — 2-Kyle Walker, 3-Ruben Dias, 5-John Stones, 14-Aymeric Laporte — 16-Rodri, 20-Bernardo Silva — 47-Phil Foden, 19-Julian Alvarez, 10-Jack Grealish — 9-Erling Haaland
Atletico Madrid come into the match off a surprise 3-2 defeat to a K-League All-Stars team, and will look to bounce back with a better performance.
Atletico Madrid projected starting lineup (4-3-3): Grbic (GK) — Azpilicueta, Savic, Hermoso, Kostis — de Paul, Saul, Lemar — Griezmann, Morata, Galan.
Man City vs Atletico Madrid live stream, TV channel
The match will be televised in some regions, and will be available to watch online throughout the world.
- Date: Sunday, July 30
- Time: 7:00 a.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. BST
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| Country | TV channel | Live stream |
|---|---|---|
| USA | CBS Sports | Fubo, Paramount+, CITY+ |
| Canada | — | CITY+ |
| UK | — | CITY+ |
| Australia | CITY+ | |
| India | — | CITY+ |
| Hong Kong | — | CITY+ |
| Malaysia | Astro SuperSport 3 | Astro Go, sooka, CITY+ |
| Singapore | — | CITY+ |
| New Zealand | — | CITY+ |
USA: The match will be available on CBS Sports which is also streamed on Fubo, whilst subscribers to Paramount+ will also be able to tune into the game online on the website or app.
Malaysia: The game will be available on television on the Astro SuperSport 3 channel, as well as online through the Astro Go website, and sooka.
Worldwide: For fans in other regions of the world, the match will be live streamed on Man City’s subscription streaming platform CITY+.