A confident victory at the finish line of the group stage Kcm-2025.
The first half is one mistake after another
It’s generally believed that teams are already on vacation at this point – not being able to concentrate for the full 90 minutes is far from sufficient. In the cases of Juventus and Manchester City, the errors began immediately, resulting in a large scoreline. Already in the 27th minute, the team scored three goals for two, each after individual errors.
“Old Signora” put together a solid defense. We played in a 3-4-2-1 formation; without the ball, the far defenders were penalized. And even that didn’t help Bianonrie—Igor Tudor’s wards were allowed to enter twice in this segment. Doku’s first pass scored in the ninth minute: the Belgian ran towards Koshtu, like a cone. When the attack switched to his flank, Kalya moved too far and didn’t have time to cover the winger. Yuva had six players in his penalty area—and there was still no one to hold Germy.
The second pass was an unexpected mistake by the same Kalya. In the positional attack, City pulled him into the Marmush area, but Omar wasn’t there. No one interfered with the central defender, but he still decided to pass into the corner. Having unsuccessfully placed his leg, the ball rolled straight into the goal. Juventus were fortunate that the City players had made a mistake beforehand. With a goalkeeper draw, Ederson rolled too far to his own, the Turin players immediately intercepted the ball, and Kopmeins was punished for the miss. Thus, Juventus at least avoided a defeat in the opening minutes and kept alive the hope of putting something City into play in the second half.
City didn’t see that long.
Given the above, you shouldn’t make any lofty statements, but for the “city dwellers,” such a game is already progressing (if you exclude one effective mistake by hooks). The team solved problems with ball promotion – Rodri returned to the lineup, and Tidjani Reynders managed to integrate. The Dutchman quickly developed chemistry with his teammates, he perfectly sees the movement in the final third and selects the moment to aggravate the equipment. In particular, he dispersed the attack at this moment with the naked “sky blue” third – his pass opened up the right flank, Mateush Nunesh peeled off Kopmeins and set up Holand for the goal (by the way, birthday).
Holand himself played a good game after coming on as a substitute. The Norwegian, to score and increase the separation of the city, was enough for six minutes on the field. Later, the striker created the goal for Foden and Savio. A long-range pass from Ederson went straight into the other half of the pitch, which Erling handled perfectly—neither a rebound nor a ricochet—and closed the gap. At that moment, three players moved towards him, and the striker passed it into the penalty area. Even then, Phil and Savio had already caught the goalkeeper.
Tonight, all the elements of the PEP system worked perfectly—and he spoke frankly after the match:
We haven’t played like this in a long time—with the ball and without it. The players were dedicated to the game. We talked about what we need to improve to get back to where we were in the past.
Listen, it’s only one game! But I think today, more than ever, the players felt again what we need to do to be a good team. That’s the secret! Words or images aren’t necessary; they played and they knew it.
Wasn’t organized enough – Tudor has a lot of work to do
But for Turin, the interim results are disappointing. Tudor will have to rebuild the team, so withdrawing makes sense. On the other hand, the players have simply forgotten the basics. The team entered with three central defenders, tried to maintain a numerical advantage in their third – and even with such a play in the moment with a goal from the document that he was left alone, in the episode with Erling’s ball, no one started to maintain him during the dispersion of the “Citizens” attacks (the Norwegian was without a guard in the free zone).
It is felt that the team lacks organization – and as soon as an opponent like City appears (with high-quality, well-played, structural players capable of increasing the pace), a “Bianonrie” dispersion. Tudor is upset by this state of affairs:
They were better as a team. They controlled the game. It was difficult to play. Then we wanted to change the composition a little. It wasn’t easy to apply pressure like that. They were much better. We need to be a holistic team. We need to be more organized and apply better pressure.
“Citizens” with thoughts already in the quarterfinals and Juve on vacation
A fair result from the group stage: Manchester City entered the playoffs in first place, while Turin finished second. The advantages of the first team are quite tangible: Group G’s representatives from Quartet H entered the Round of 16, and Real Madrid played there. Madrid passed this stage qualitatively, having swung at Al Khiliya (1:1), beaten Pachuk (3:1), and nailed Salzburg (3:0).
Citizens didn’t want to be among the “cream” teams in the early stages of the tournament – they had a dismal experience with the playoffs.
Champions League But the Juventus test will be a big one now; they’ve become “creamy.” There’s a chance of going even further, so the team is already on vacation with one foot.Yuva – Man City
Yuva – Man City
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