WEDNESDAYJuventus 3-0 Internazionale Milano (Morata 35pen 63, Dybala 83)Juventus took a firm grip of their Coppa Italia semi-final thanks to Álvaro Morata's first goals since 4 October. The Spanish forward, who had not scored in his previous 20 Juve appearances, opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Juan Cuadrado had been felled by Jeison Murillo, who was later sent off. Morata snapped up a loose ball to double the holders' advantage ahead of next week's second leg in Milan, before Paulo Dybala slotted a late third.Atlético Madrid 2-3 Celta Vigo (Griezmann 29, Correa 82; Hernández 22 64, Guidetti 56)Atlé...
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Gent leave it late, Juventus through, Barcelona win
THURSDAYGent 2-1 Club Brugge (Dejaegere 59, Kums 90+2; Diaby 38)Sven Kums struck in added time to give Gent victory against Club Brugge in the first leg of their Belgian Cup semi-final. Despite Dian Cools's 23rd-minute sending off, the visitors took the lead before half-time through Abdoulay Diaby. However, Brecht Dejaegere deflected in a Lasse Nielsen shot in the 59th minute to equalise and Kums's well-placed shot ensured Gent will be ahead of the holders for the second leg on 3 February.Luzern 1-2 Dynamo Kyiv (Schachten 42; Júnior Moraes 22 33)Two Júnior Moraes goals ensured Dynamo bounced ba...
Juventus into last four, Barcelona close on semis
WEDNESDAYAthletic Club 1-2 Barcelona (Aduriz 89; Munir 18, Neymar 25)Holders Barça are well placed to reach the Copa del Rey semi-finals, though they are not quite as comfortable as they might have been due to Aritz Aduriz's late effort for Athletic in the opening instalment of this last-eight tie. Munir El Haddadi and Neymar – with his 20th club goal in 25 appearances this season – gave the visitors a two-goal cushion inside 25 minutes. However, Aduriz, joint-leading scorer in the UEFA Europa League group stage, gave Athletic, who go to the Camp Nou next week, hope at the death.Celta Vigo 0-0 Atlético Madrid...
Bayern have history on side in Juventus showdown
Two of the great names of European football face off in Turin when Juventus host FC Bayern München in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.• Twice champions of Europe, Juventus have got to the semi-finals or beyond in each of the past two seasons, while Bayern won the last of their five titles in 2013 and were semi-finalists in 2014 and 2015.• Juventus qualified for the last 16 as Group D runners-up and have a strong record at home in Europe. However, Group F winners Bayern will not be daunted – they are the only foreign team to have beaten the Bianconeri on home soil in the past decade.• This first-leg match will provide
Ten-man Roma rescue a point against Juventus
• Ten-man AS Roma rally to draw 1-1 at home to Serie A leaders Juventus.• The hosts lose Vasilis Torosidis to a second yellow card with the scoreline 0-0 on 62 minutes.• Juve take the lead from the resulting free-kick as Carlos Tévez curls in.• Roma respond via a deflected Seydou Keita header with 12 minutes remaining.• The result leaves Juve nine points clear of second-placed Roma.• La Vecchia Signora also boast a better head-to-head record.• Reaction:Seydou Keita, Roma midfielderWe doubled our efforts when we went down to ten men, we pushed hard and we managed to ...
Giovinco to join Toronto from Juventus
Toronto FC have announced that Italy playmaker Sebastian Giovinco will join them when his contract with Juventus ends at the end of the Serie A season.The 27-year-old has signed a deal running until summer 2020 with the Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit that will reportedly make him the highest-paid Italian footballer in the world."I have heard so many great things about Toronto over the years and I know I will feel right at home," he said. "Until then, there are many things I still want to accomplish for Juventus. I will give my heart and soul to Juve until I change shirts."A product of Juventus's academy, Giovinco had loan spells at Empoli FC and Parma FC, and has scored nine
Juventus punish Chievo, Roma sink Sampdoria
Serie A Leaders Juventus chalked up their 20th win of the campaign by dispatching AC Chievo Verona 3-1, before closest rivals AS Roma swept aside UC Sampdoria 3-0.The result in Turin seldom looked in doubt from the moment Kwadwo Asamoah opened his account for the season after 17 minutes. Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio then consolidated the advantage before Martín Cáceres's own goal six minutes into the second half revived Chievo's hopes.Buoyancy soon turned to despondency, however, when Fernando Llorente registered the Bianconeri's third. That took the leaders 12 points clear at the summit, though Roma later reduced the deficit. Mattia Destro put Sampdoria on the back foot close to half-time and added a second before the hour mark, after Miralem