Juventus gave up early without competing for the top spot? There are so many defeats from Manchester City that make people unable to understand

Sports Weekly All-Media Special Correspondent Xiao Wu

Juventus gave up before the game started? This is not a good phenomenon. After the game of losing to Manchester City, coach Tudor personally admitted that he arranged a multiplayer rotation in this game when he qualified early, and the result was a shameless 2-5. This was even the first time Manchester City beat Juventus since 1976. The Zebra Legion easily lost confidence in the match in just one game, and also lost the reputation and spirit accumulated in the first two group matches.

Juventus today seems to be heading against the saying "Victory is the only important thing." Tudor can announce in embarrassment after the game: "Manchester City has many players who are much better than us, and can spend 100 million for new players"; Vlahovic can use up a contract of tens of millions without shame and walk on the court; renter Muani can laugh and rush to the opponent to greet him as soon as the whistle was blowing a crushing defeat. All of this is wrong.

Something is happening inside the team, but we don't know the details. Before the Club World Cup, the management confirmed Tudor's coaching position, which also means confirming the three-back system. However, Savona has been used to play the central central defender throughout the game. It is not surprising that the embarrassing scene continues to be staged, until Savona is under too much pressure and has a sprained ankle in the confrontation with Haaland.

Muani and Concesan are two loan players, but they are still unable to determine whether they can stay at Juventus. Players like Via Jr. and Mbangula who have a sense of belonging to the team are easily sacrificed because they can create value-added (Va later refused to report to Nottingham Forest). Mbangula also quoted the content of "The Book of Romans" on social media: "The pain you are experiencing now cannot be compared with the joy that is about to come." Both of them were dissatisfied with the club's coldness.

Juventus does not have the strength to maintain the basic lower limit under the condition of sending a large number of substitutes. If Yeldez, Cambiaso, Concesan and Muani are all placed on the bench, Tudor's tactical system will no longer exist. He relies more on the role of a single-point player than his predecessor Mota, such as Yeldez who almost got a hat-trick in the last game. Tudor knew that he would lose this game, but he didn't expect that he would lose in an extremely embarrassing way. If goalkeeper Digregorio had not performed bravely, Manchester City's goals would have even been in double digits.

What's even more bizarre is that Tudor is not completely unavailable. Douglas Louis, who performed well in the first group stage, looked at the water dispenser in the second game, and Rugani, who was photographed chatting and laughing with Tudor, disappeared completely. Someone needs to come forward to explain these questions. This person is not Tudor, maybe he should be the general manager of the world flying Comoli, but the truly responsible sports director is still vacant. Juventus' current management can only be described as confusion.

What makes people wonder is that Juventus was originally in a better situation than Manchester City. It only took a draw to ensure the first place in the group, enter the relatively easier half-zone, and avoid possible top 16 opponents Real Madrid. This strategic mistake also cast a shadow on the next journey. What's even more regrettable is that Manchester City is far from as strong as the score shows. Even if Juventus cannot make good shots in the backcourt for most of the time, Vlahovic alone has wasted two scoring opportunities, and Manchester City's defense is not a solid piece. If Tudor insists on sending the main lineup, it is entirely possible to play a draw.

Manchester City's new left-back Ait Nuri successfully passed 53 times in the game, which shows how Juventus' interference with him was evident.

Juventus did not lose in this game because of the strength of the stars, but because of strategic choices and game attitudes, which is the least necessary. The defense is most obvious. It does not interfere with the opponent's passer. It is frequently beaten behind the scenes and lets the defense line compete with Manchester City's vanguards to compete for a one-on-one success rate. They can only retreat step by step and lose their armor. The slogan "until the end" should not only stay in social media tags.

However, nothing is helpful. The whole world believes that there is a 5-goal gap between Juventus and Manchester City. It seems that they have forgotten the fact that Juventus defeated his opponent 2-0 in the Champions League this season. That team is actually no different from the current Zebras in the lineup, and Manchester City's new players have not fully integrated.

Tudor wanted to emphasize that his opponent spent a lot of money, but he didn't know that Juventus' own money spent on Copminas and Douglas Louis had exceeded the transfer funds that Manchester City spent on Reindes and Sherkey. Moreover, these two matches happened to be a turbulent period for Manchester City, but now Guardiola's team has successfully completed the update, but Juventus' reconstruction is still far away. Chaotic management, poor strategic choices, unacceptable game attitudes, all of this will not give fans any confidence.