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New Zealand's Auckland City beat Moroccan champions Moghreb Tetouan 4-3 on penalties at the Club World Cup in Rabat on Wednesday

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The 11th FIFA World Club Cup got underway in Rabat on Wednesday, with Moroccan champions Moghreb Tetouan taking on Oceania champions Auckland City of New Zealand

Auckland were the dominant force in the first half and might have take the lead as early as the 8th minute.

Tim Payne tried his luck from outside the Tetouan penalty area, but home goalkeeper Mohamed El Yousfi produced a good save.

Tetouan's only real opportunity in the opening half fell to Moroccan international Mouhssine Iajour on 25 minutes, but El Yousfi's opposite number Tamati Williams was equal to it.

Clear-cut opportunities were few and far between, but Auckland should have opened the scoring ten minutes before the break.
Ryan De Vries' pass set up Emiliano Tade, but the Argentine striker shot wide.

Chances were even rarer in the second half and the game moved through extra time to the dreaded penalty shoot-out.

Tetouan fell behind early on when midfielder Ahmed Jahouh saw his penalty saved by Williams.

Sanni Issa, who had only come off the Auckland bench in the second period of extra time, showed nerves of steel in slotting home to put the Kiwis back in front 4-3

Now Mehdi Khallati had to score and he sent Williams the wrong way but the ball hit the post.

Auckland City's prize is a quarter-final showdown on Saturday with another African side, ES Setif of Algeria, winners of the 2014 CAF Champions League.