Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20160414113102/@comment-3965545-20160415213037

Coral Palm keeping him stuck was plot. Itachi could burn through it or use his Susanoo to break out but plot prevented it, nothing more. Yagura doesn't have a chance in hell of beating Itachi even him being 14-15yrs when he actually joined Akatsuki according to DB4.