Antonio Rudiger: Real Madrid Defender Takes On Entire Juventus Team During Friendly, Video

Antonio Rudiger: Real Madrid Defender Takes On Entire Juventus Team During Friendly, Video

Edwin Kiplagat
updated at August 4, 2023 at 7:16 AM
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  • Antonio Rudiger was not happy with a foul committed by Juventus on his teammate Vinicius Jr.
  • The Real Madrid defender wanted to fight the entire Juventus team during their friendly
  • The Italian side had the last laugh as they won 3-1

Real Madrid defender, Antonio Rudiger was captured on video trying to fight the entire Juventus team. The German is known for his hilarious antics on and off the pitch.

Madrid were beaten 3-1 by Juventus in their final friendly of their pre-season tour of the USA.

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Real Madrid open their La Liga season against Athletic Bilbao. Photos by Daniele Badolato/Juventus FC and Matthew Ashton.
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Nine minutes into the second half, Juventus defender, Federico Gatti fouled Vinicius Jr. The challenge wasn't received well by Madrid players, especially Rudiger, who started shoving Gatti, according to a video posted on Tiktok by ESPN FC.

Both teams started pushing and shoving, and when things had calmed down briefly, Rudiger approached Gatti and had some words for him. Milan players tried to stop him, but the former Chelsea defender was adamant in the scuffle. He managed to shove Gatti one last time before walking away.

Rudiger was perhaps frustrated by Madrid's performance and result. He managed to avoid a card before getting subbed off in the 63rd minute.

Juventus beat Madrid

It was another defeat for Madrid, who failed to convert their 34 shots at goal. This means they have now scored just once from 63 shots in their last two games.

The Spanish giants dominated the encounter, but Juventus' clinical display handed them their second defeat in a row in pre-season. The Italian side went 2-0 up through Moise Kean and Timothy Weah after 20 minutes.

Vinicius Jr. pulled one back just before halftime, but Madrid struggled in front of goal in the second half again. Dusan Vlahovic sealed the win for Juventus in added time.

Madrid had already lost 3-0 to arch-rivals Barcelona and head back to Spain to prepare for the new season on the back of two defeats.

Rudiger bullies Guler

The veteran defender recently welcomed new signing, Arda Guler to Madrid in style. He did not give the youngster time on the ball during training, as Sports Brief earlier reported.

As Guler tried to protect the ball, Rudiger was not having that. The Turkish youngster unsuccessfully tried to evade the towering defender.

Rudiger managed to recover the ball, but it seems Guler received a knock in that incident.

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Edwin Kiplagat has five years of experience in journalism working as a Sports Editor at Africa Insight Communications and ESPN. Edwin Kiplagat is a Bachelor's Degree holder in journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya.