2/7/2025–|Last update: 14:47 (Mecca time)
The Croatian Igor Tudor, the Italian coach, made a shocking statement after his team was excluded from the Club World Cup at the hands of Real Madrid.
Juventus lost yesterday 0-1 against the Royal Club in the match that took place at the Hard Rock Stadium for the final price of the World Cup clubs, to catch his compatriot Inter, who bid farewell to the championship with the defeat of 0-2 of the Brazilian Flumnene.
Tudor, 47, revealed in a press conference after the match that a large number of his team players requested their replacement, knowing that the available substitutions according to the law are only 5 in each match.
“10 players asked me to switch, due to several things, most notably: exhaustion after a long season, the tension resulting from the match, then the intense heat that doubled our suffering,” Tudor said.
🚨🗣️ Igor Tudor: “Ten Juventus players asked to be substituted” during their Club World Cup defeat to Real Madrid.
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“I must congratulate the players, they adhered to the plan and the strategy that we put in place even though we played in difficult circumstances, I wanted to push more players in the attack but I was afraid to play in a numerical deficiency in the back. The players presented everything in the last two games against senior opponents and now we will rest to start again.”
The Spanish newspaper “Sport” believes that the Juventus coach joined these statements to the votes that criticized the establishment of matches in a harsh atmosphere such as Chelsea coach Enzo and Chance Alonso and many players.
“The raising of the world football stars their voices against an invisible enemy, but it is not ruthless in this tournament is the heat and the high rug.”
“It is known that the request for switching is not an easy thing for a professional player who prefers the fighting until the last breath, whatever his physical suffering, but if 10 players request out against Real Madrid in a decisive match on the qualification card for the quarter -finals in the World Cup, this is evidence that Juventus players were actually two dead.”
At the same time, Tudor admitted that the opposing team was the most dangerous, praising Real Madrid’s power, which his French star Killian Mbappe returned to.
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“Real Madrid was more dangerous without a ball. When the ball was in our possession, we were coherent, and it was not easy to find spaces. Real Madrid is a first -class team,” said Croatian coach.
“Real Madrid plays at a speed of 200 km per hour, and with Mbappe the speed reaches 250. Note that playing at a speed of 200 km is very special,” Tudor said.