It was Thursday morning in America and something didn’t look right in the highlights of the Club World Cup match in Orlando between Manchester City and Juventus.
The video in front of me was the top result for [Juventus vs Man City] on Google Search’s video tab. More than 700,000 people had already watched the best moments of the riveting 3-2 matchup. And yet, footage showed City head coach Pep Guardiola bundled up in a puffer jacket ill-suited to the humid Florida summer.
On a couple of occasions, the commentators on the video referred to the Juventus goalkeeper as Martin Dúbravka. He actually plays for Newcastle, a totally unrelated team that wears a black-and-white jersey similar to that worn by the Italian side.
Oh, also? The match had yet to be played.
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