Juventus have secured a place in the Champions League final with their 2-1 win over Monaco in Turin completing a 4-1 aggregate victory. First-half goals from Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves ended the tie as a contest before the break to ensure Massimiliano Allegri’s side will contest the final in Cardiff next month. Alves’s stunning […]
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Gonzalo Higuain scored twice to give Juventus a 2-0 win at Monaco in the Champions League semi-final first leg. The Argentine gave the visitors the lead on 29 minutes, finishing low into the bottom left corner from inside the area after a brilliant Juventus team move. It was 2-0 on 59 minutes again through Higuain, […]
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Barcelona were held to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou by a focused Juventus side on Wednesday night, ending their hosts’ hopes of another sensational second-leg rally and advancing to the Champions League semifinals 3-0 on aggregate. A combination of stout defending from Juventus and imprecise finishing from Barcelona meant they could not repeat […]
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Monaco was able to recover from 5-3 first leg deficit, advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals 6 – 6 on aggregate after a 3-1 victory against Manchester City in their round-of-16 second-leg tie on Wednesday at Stade Louis II. Monaco dominated the first half and opened the scoring through teenager Kylian Mbappe’s poked finish from […]
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Manchester City overcame Monaco in an eight-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium, coming from behind to run out 5-3 winners in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg. Radamel Falcao’s brace had looked to set Monaco on their way to a 3-2 victory in the second half, but goals from Sergio Aguero — his second of […]
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French side, Monaco announced on Wednesday that a loan deal has been reached with Real Madrid for Portuguese international defender Fabio Coentrao with Layvin Kurzawa moving to Paris Saint-Germain. Coentrao, has spent four seasons at Real Madrid, where he failed to make an impression, having previously played for Benfica in Portugal for four years. The […]
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