Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) and Erling Haaland (Manchester City) are called to be protagonists at the closure of the Group G of the Club World Cup.
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Duel of European Titans in Florida. The Juventus of Italy and Manchester City of England face this Thursday for the leadership of the G Group after having secured their pass to the round of 16 of the World Cup with two victories each.
Turin's team, top champion in the history of Serie A, heads the table for the greatest number of many scored. After crushing 5-0 al Ain (United Arab Emirates) on the first day, he scored without disheveled 4-1 to Wydad (Morocco).
In a tournament where European teams have suffered more than the account, the Old lady He has advanced with a firm step before his first important test: Pep Guardiola City, at the World Stadium Camping in Orlando, where the forecasts indicate that there could be a storm.
The Mancunians also arrive in Florida with confidence after easily overcome the Wydad (2-0) in their debut and endorse a 6-0 al Ain on the second day. For the loser a possible duel against Real Madrid in the eighth, as long as the meringues come to Salzburg this Thursday.
Go to glory
In Orlando, Juve will have the talent of Turkish attacker Kenan Yildiz, 20, one of the greatest promises of his generation. In front of Wydad, 10 black and white He signed a great game scoring a double and causing a goal in the Puerta de los Morquís.
The team led by the Croatian Igor Tudor, who replaced the Brazilian Thiago Motta in March, trusts in his pearl and at the good moment of his other two strikers, the young Portuguese Francisco Conceição and the Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani, to dominate the City.
A good role against Citizens And in the tournament they would be a positive moral injection for a juve away from his past glory, which barely reached the classification for the next Champions League with a fourth place in the Italian series.
The City is presented to the duel with a payroll full of stars such as the Norwegian Erling Haaland or the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, and promises such as the Argentine Claudio Echeverri, former soccer player of River Plate, or the Frenchman Rayan Cheki, freshly signed from the lyon.
In the United States, those of Guardiola try to forget a campaign in which they did not conquer any important title and revalidate their triumph of the last edition of the World Cup, when they were still played with seven participants instead of the current 32.
The beginning of the tournament has been encouraging for the Mancunians, who also recovers little by little to his brain, the Spanish golden ball Rodri Hernández, whose long absence because of a delicate knee injury he laid the team this season.
“Winning this competition will not change last campaign, but my mentality is currently seeing if we can extend our time here,” Guardiola said at a press conference. “Now that we are here, I want to do my best. I want to take advantage of the moment because one is here once every four years.”
Possible alignments:
Juventus: Michele Di Gregorio – Pierre Kalulu, Nicolò Savona, Lloyd Kelly – Alberto Costa, Weston McKennie, Khéphren Thuram -Ulien, Andrea Cambiaso – Francisco Conceição, Kenan Yildiz, Randal Kolo Muani. DT: Igor Tudor.
Manchester City: Stefan Ortega. DT: Josep Guardiola.
Juventus vs. Manchester City: time and where to see the club World Cup duel
Date: Thursday April 26
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Camping World Stadium de Orlando, Florida (EE.uu.)
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