Juventus – WAC

Juventus should confidently outplay their opponent

Despite the fact that Juventus of Turin did not come to the tournament in the USA as favourites, the Serie A representative started the Club World Cup with an excellent result. Only Bayern played better in the first round. Juventus' opponent was Emirati Al Ain, which was considered the underdog of Group G. There was no fight in this meeting. Turin put on the match the main squad, which in the first half scored four times. Kolo-Muani (twice), Conceição and Yildiz scored goals. In the second half, Al Ain scored a goal that was cancelled out by the referee due to offside, while Juventus put the final nail in the UAE club's prospects with an explosive Conceição effort to make it 5-0. Vidad played his opening game of the tournament against one of his toughest opponents, Manchester City. Guardiola did not release all the key players on the pitch, but the Citizens expectedly kept control of the entire game. The Moroccans created several scoring chances during the match, but it seemed that the English club was playing at a third of its usual level. Manchester City scored their first goal in the second minute through Foden's effort, and the second goal came at the end of the first half through Doku's shot, assisted by Foden. Thus, Vidad lost with a score of 0:2. Bookmakers have identified the nominal hosts as the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.33 on their victory. Juventus, as it turned out, came to the Club World Cup well charged. It should be recalled that the Turin team secured their place in the Serie A Champions League zone only in the last round. Juventus have also had modest success in the European competition, falling out early in the play-offs of Europe's elite tournament against PSV. Having endured a lot of stressful situations this season, Juventus appear to have high ambitions of winning the EFC. Vidad, of course, does not have such plans, but the Moroccans are very much focused on getting out of the group and making a lot of money. The team boldly went on the attack in the meeting with Manchester City. Vidad's players will not falter in the upcoming game, where the opponent will definitely not be hammered in their penalty box. The clubs will exchange goals in a head-to-head encounter.