Pls guys help me im debating this with my friends

I would assume the top 5 genin (pre-shippuden) would be Neji, Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, and quite possibly Shikamaru. This is a, somewhat, nice team, but what exactly are they going to do against Itachi's susanoo, tsukuyomi, and other op techniques?

None of their attacks are able to pierce susanoo, only option would be for Gaara to pull him out, therefore cast tsukuyomi on him and destroy the rest of them.

Tsukuyomi, as it is, is able to break down the opponents psyche and assuming he can use it repeatedly like he did against Sasuke, he should have a few shots off on the others.

Amaterasu? Only thing that (I believe) could possibly stop it would be Gaara's sand but even that isn't fast enough to shield absolutely everyone in time.

So yeah, I can't exactly see them defeating Itachi in this case. I'm willing to be proven wrong though.

Put Itachi up against an army of Genin and he will turn them into mush.

Well i think this proves out that power scaling in naruto and boruto is so different. Boro, which is the second or third strongest in Kara, is defeated by just best 4 genins of boruto generation, while itachi, being also the second or third strongest, cannot be defeated by the genins

Boruto himself is easily at Chunin level in battle strategy and ability, meaning Sarada and Mitsuki are similar, and Kawaki may be higher.

Boruto's crew also would have lost if Momoshiki didn't pop out, so it was four "Genin"+Otsutsuki who fought Naruto and Sasuke at once.

Anyways yeah Itachi is just way above them. Itachi was easily a threat to 3 Jonin at once, 5 Genin are nothing to him.

Itacbi stomp.

Itachi SPITS. The genins die.