The Belgian Jeremy Doku opened the 5-2 win of Manchester City on Juventus in the Club World Cup.
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The English Manchester City beat the Italian Juventus on Thursday at the closing of the Group G of the 2025 Club World Cup (5-2). The appointment was at the World Stadium Camping in Orlando, United States, where those led by Pep Guardiola were much superior.
The goals fell early. On the ninth minute of the game, the Algerian Rayan Aït Nouri leaked a ball between the lines to the Belgian end Jeremy Doku, who inside the area cut inward to get rid of Pierra Kalulu and defined with a cross shot to open the score.
Juventus immediately reacted thanks to an error in Ederson output. The Brazilian goalkeeper of the City tried to go out playing, but it was inaccurate when delivering the ball, which ended at the feet of Teun Koopmeiners. The Dutch midfielder did not miss the opportunity and signed the partial tie.
Manchester City regained the advantage in the 26th minute, when the Portuguese Matheus Nunes overflowed on the right wing and launched a creeping center that the Frenchman Pierre Kalulu, in his eagerness to clear, ended up sending to the bottom of his own goal.
At the time, Erling Haaland entered instead of the Egyptian Omar Marmush. With just six minutes on the court, the Norwegian attacker stretched the advantage after Matheus Nunes left him the ball with a timely horizontal pass inside the area. Android had just to push it.
Citizens did not raise their foot from the accelerator and increased the difference in the scoreboard. The Englishman Phil Foden put the room after a Savinho pass inside the small area and, little with Savinho himself signed the fifth after hunting a rebound and signing a goal that left the reaction to goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio.
Juventus found the discount in the final minutes, when Serbian Dusan Vlahovic won the brand of Nico O'Reilly and was hand in hand with the Ederson goalkeeper. Defined with a cross shot. The assistance was from the Turk Kenan Yildiz, who entered the complement.
There was no time for more and Manchester City became the only team that finished the group stage of the Club World Cup with perfect score (nine points). Juventus, with six points and also classified to the round of 16, ended in the second position of group G.
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