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One move knocked Juventus out, Manchester City won the first place in the group 5-2, becoming one of the hottest teams in the finals

6:33pm, 1 July 2025【Football】

In the third round of the Club World Cup group stage, Manchester City defeated Juventus with a 5-2 victory, successfully winning the first place in the group, avoiding popular teams such as Bayern and Paris. Juventus has already qualified in the group in advance. After this crushing defeat, he still entered the second half of the group with the second place in the group. Manchester City is in good shape, and Juventus is a little absent-minded.

In this game, Manchester City has a comprehensive advantage in both game data and game scenes, occupying 76% of the ball possession rate, completing 24 shots, and successfully passing more than three times that of Juventus. It has led the lead in the number of confrontations, passes and other data. Juventus even completed 9 touches and 5 shots in Manchester City's penalty area. If Manchester City hadn't made a mistake in the backcourt in the first half, Juventus might have been 2-0 in the first half.

Manchester City should regard the Club World Cup as a key game for running in new players and new tactics. They spent at least 300 million pounds to sign and strengthen the players in the winter and summer windows, and most of the new players were in place before the Club World Cup, just to practice in the Club World Cup. Wolves full-back Aitnuri, who just joined, also got an assist, which was a cross pass from the wing, which also represents Manchester City's offensive in this game.

Manchester City scored 4 goals from cross-border passes from the wing, using the combination of side and middle to complete the promotion, completing the bottom in the penalty area, and then passing to Juventus' goal, and the players at the far post completed the goal. This is the offensive structure of Manchester City in this game. Juventus could not withstand it with just one move, and even scored an own goal.

So Manchester City's assists and goals distribution in this game are very interesting. Left winger Doku scored 1 goal, right winger Savignho scored 1 goal and 1 assist, and B-shot, who frequently switched Savignho scored 1 goal, and two starting full-backs each scored one assist. In other words, Manchester City's left and right wing configurations have scored goals + assists, which means that it does not rely on the attack in the middle, but strengthens the connection between the left and right wings.

Manchester City is now younger than last season and has a balanced attack. Manchester City in the new season may make a comeback and participate in the championship again. This time they are aiming at the Club World Cup championship, and are currently one of the hottest teams in the Club World Cup final.

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