Club World Cup: Juventus vs Manchester City, friendship first, will qualify together soon?

So far this year's Club World Cup, the most exciting thing may be Juventus fans. In the two games, they showed strong offensive strength and presented a brand new atmosphere, which made people admire them. Even when facing weaker opponents, few people can imagine that they will easily score 9 goals. After all, in the Serie A last season, Juventus played in a mediocre way, lacked fighting spirit, and performed poorly. But in the Club World Cup, they have courage and vitality and become one of the most admirable teams in the five major leagues.

What is this?

First, the opponent is weak and his style of playing is not upright, and he often makes bad fouls and moves, and the referees leave it alone, which intensifies the fighting spirit of Juventus players;

Secondly, the current Juventus head coach Tudor's coaching style is closer to the Premier League, focusing on physical confrontation, and he is a legendary player of Juventus. Compared with former head coach Mota, Tudor is better at inspiring the team to cooperate in combination, so it is not surprising that Juventus' efficient performance in the first two games.

So can Juventus continue his outstanding performance against Manchester City today?

Judging from market feedback, Juventus has not received much support today. Although they have not lost to Manchester City in the past five matches, and even defeated Manchester City 2-0 in the Champions League last time, maintaining a stable confrontation advantage, even more reliable than against Serie A relegated team Empoli.

However, most fans believe that Juventus is difficult to sustain in terms of offensive firepower and defensive stability. In addition, Manchester City has sufficient bench depth, and under the intensive schedule, people are not optimistic about Juventus' performance.

Although the fans' concerns are understandable, there are three key points that require special attention before the game. First of all, the lineup adjustment. In the interview before the game, head coach Tudor also said that in the hot and hot summer, he agreed with Guardiola's view that it is difficult for players to continue sprinting, and it is very difficult to maintain the rhythm. Although this does not mean that the two teams will act step by step, this pre-match statement also plays a psychological suggestive role to some extent, and considering that the two teams have advanced ahead of schedule, there will inevitably be a rotation lineup today.

Secondly, when the lineup rotation, there may be a big difference in the tactical styles of Juventus and Manchester City. No matter what lineup Manchester City sends, they use ball control and high pressure as their main tactics, while Juventus is different. When Muani, Ilditz and Concesan appear, they mainly focus on high-pressure and fast offensive and defensive conversions; but when Vlahovic and Kuppmenas come on the court, they focus more on defense and counterattack, and sometimes even retreat to the near-the-stop line, so this may become Juventus' main tactical choice when playing against Manchester City.

The last key point is the test of offense and defense efficiency. The previous two opponents had almost no challenges to Juventus and Manchester City. Casablanca and Ain are not teams with excellent defense. They often choose to attack instead of adopting defensive strategies when facing strong opponents, so there are naturally loopholes in their defense. However, today the two teams may face greater difficulties in their offense. Especially for Manchester City, their problems have been analyzed by us this season: the team's offensive ability is insufficient, and even with a high point like Haaland, they are unwilling to cross, and Rodri can choose to shoot long shots when on the court, but after he is injured, this problem becomes more and more prominent. During the summer transfer, Manchester City introduced Reindes to solve this problem. Facing Juventus today is actually a formal test of the new Manchester City team. According to convention, Guardiola may be relatively conservative.

And Juventus' defense is trustworthy, and there are no big problems in other aspects except for possible mistakes in set pieces. On the offensive end, although Vlahovic wasted some opportunities before, Tudor allowed him to better utilize his heading advantage and running awareness based on the tactical system of the two teams.

Based on the above considerations, although Juventus' game control and lineup depth are not as good as Manchester City, they have the ability to bring challenges to Manchester City. When both sides have qualified for promotion, the two sides are more likely to reach a consensus. According to the trend of our database, you may see a fierce draw between the two sides in this game, or Manchester City will be a little better. What do you think about this?