The hosts took the lead through a Patryk Mazur strike before Lakyle Samuel drew City level before the break.
It was our only draw in our six fixtures with three wins and two losses saw us pick up 10 points and place 11th in the League Phase as we successfully qualified for the Round of 32.
And against another tough European team, Wilkinson is proud of his team’s performance.
MATCH REPORT | JUVENTUS 1-1 CITY - UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE
“I think that’s the pleasing thing about it, when we come to these away games against the strong sides in Europe, the idea we can impose our game and be good enough to make the game look and feel like we want is great,” said Wilkinson.
“So I think hopefully from a self belief perspective the players will take something from that.
“I think it’s a step in the right direction.
“I think this group, in terms of the way we work, is a difficult one because it sits in the middle of the two teams that we run so we don’t get as much time with them as we would like.
“The two games we lost I think were against the top two in the league so you know that shows the level of opposition we lost to is high.
“And I think there is a lot to look forward to, it’s a talented group of players, it’s a young group so some will play in this for four years which is really positive for the future.
“And the older players in this group are all with the first-team and could come into this team at the right time.
“So I think we learnt a lot from the games we lost and I think we can learn a lot from today that will stand us in good stead for the next game.”
Watch Wilkinson’s post-match interview in full via the video above…
