According to La Stampa: `a rude awakening`. Juventus was enjoying a dream, but with five goals conceded, they were harshly brought back to reality by Manchester City. The group stage of the Club World Cup concludes with a stark realization for the Bianconeri, as Pep Guardiola`s team secured a dominant 5-2 victory, controlling the match from beginning to end.
This result serves as a crucial lesson for Igor Tudor`s squad. While the ambitions stated loudly after the commendable wins against Al Ain and Wydad were justified and necessary, the distance separating them from Europe`s elite clubs remains vast, indeed too vast. To continue pursuing their aspirations in the USA, Juventus will consistently need to demonstrate a higher work rate than their opponents, a quality notably absent yesterday in Orlando. Minimizing the kind of errors which, when combined with City`s superior talent, led to a defeat whose potentially more humiliating scoreline was only prevented by Di Gregorio`s series of impressive saves.