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Striker Brasil Jonathas, saat ini dipinjamkan ke La Liga sisi Elche, mengatakan Liga Champions bisa memancing dia untuk Celtic. (Daily Record)

Skotlandia dapat pergi semua jalan ke Euro 2016 tanpa perlu play-off, mengatakan yakin Watford bek sayap Ikechi Anya. (Berbagai)

Menolak Rangers untuk memberikan gratis masuk ke pemegang tiket musim di play-off pertandingan berpotensi biaya SPFL sebuah £ 500,000 windfall - sejak klub Ibrox telah mengumumkan niat mereka untuk mengenakan biaya masuk £ 5 untuk perempat final dengan Ratu dari Selatan . (Berbagai)

Kiper Dundee United Radoslaw Cierzniak tampaknya akan meninggalkan Tannadice musim panas ini, dengan Sean Dillon dan Calum Butcher kemungkinan untuk tinggal di. (Daily Record)

Inverness CT asisten Russell Latapy telah menjauhkan diri dari Raith Rovers kekosongan tetapi mengakui ia ingin menjadi seorang manajer klub beberapa hari. (Daily Record)

Defender Andy Dowie kata klub Liga Utama tidak ingin Ratu Selatan untuk memenangkan promosi melalui babak play-off. (Surat Harian)

Partick Thistle bersikeras Steven Lawless akan tersedia untuk seleksi terhadap Hamilton pada Sabtu saat mereka menunggu pemberitahuan resmi dari biaya perjudian SFA terhadap gelandang. (Daily Express)

St Johnstone telah gagal dalam banding mereka terhadap denda £ 14.000 untuk acara luar lapangan pada bulan Juli lalu Liga Europa pertandingan melawan Spartak Trnava. (Daily Express)

Manajer St Mirren Gary Teale bercanda bahwa ia akan mengambil 10 hukuman dalam tiga pertandingan terakhir mereka untuk keputusan yang buruk dari para pejabat selama musim untuk mengimbangi. (Surat Harian)

Celtic telah disegel kemitraan pertama mereka dengan klub Amerika Selatan setelah menghubungkan dengan pakaian Venezuela Shanntonella. (Berbagai)

Defender Darren McGregor menegaskan Rangers adalah tim yang lebih baik dari Ratu Selatan, meskipun rekor kalah melawan Doonhamers dalam empat pertandingan liga musim ini. (Berbagai)

Genero Zeefuik, pinjaman dari klub Belanda Groningen, terbuka untuk kembali permanen untuk Hati setelah mencetak 12 gol dalam 15 pertandingan. (Herald)

Bos Hibs Alan Stubbs akan menargetkan pemain berkualitas Premiership selama musim panas terlepas dari apa liga klub Edinburgh yang di. (Daily Express)

Kiper Skotlandia David Marshall telah diberitahu bahwa Cardiff tidak akan menghibur tawaran apapun musim panas untuk berusia 30 tahun. (Sun)

Skotlandia membuat awal yang buruk untuk babak penyisihan grup dari UEFA U-17 Championship, kalah 5-0 dari Prancis di Bulgaria. (Berbagai)

GOSSIP LAINNYA

Pelatih kepala Gregor Townsend mengatakan Ryan Wilson telah "sangat positif" sejak kembali dari larangan klub tiga bulan setelah keyakinannya untuk penyerangan. (Daily Express)

London Skotlandia dan London Welsh telah mengadakan pembicaraan informal tentang kemungkinan bergabung dengan liga Pro12. (Surat Harian)

Commonwealth Games peraih medali perak Eilidh Anak ingin melihat lebih banyak atletik kelas atas peristiwa yang akan diadakan di Skotlandia.

Asal

Manchester City pastikan masuk empat besar

Tuan rumah Tottenham memiliki beberapa peluang namun penampilan kiper Joe Hart membuat kedudukan akhir 1-0 untuk City dalam pertandingan Minggu 3 Mei.

Kemenangan yang membuat City berada di peringkat dua klasemen sementara Liga Primer, dengan selisih sembilan angka dari Liverpool yang tetap berpeluang masuk empat besar.

Walau Liverpool masih memiliki tiga pertandingan untuk menyamakan angka dengan City, perbedaan 35 gol yang dinikmati City praktis tidak bisa lagi dikejar Liverpool dengan memiliki 11 gol saat ini.

Bagaimanapun masih harus ditunggu apakah dia masih akan bertahan di City setelah musim yang kering piala ini.

"Saya amat germbira karena saya pikir kami bermain baik melawan tim yang berat," kata Pellegrini usai pertandingan.

Sementara manajer Tottenham, Mauricio Pochettino, memuji permainan menyerang timnya walau tidak membuahkan hasil yang diharapkan.

Tak berhasil meraih angka membuat peluang Tottenham ke empat besar semakin sulit walau secara matematika masih memungkinkan untuk menggeser Manchester United yang saat ini berada di peringkat empat.

Chelsea rebut gelar juara Liga Primer 2015

Satu-satunya gol Chelsea dalam laga melawan klub London tenggara itu dicetak oleh Eden Hazard pada menit-menit akhir babak pertama.

Tak lama usai pertandingan, manajer Jose Mourinho, mengatakan kepada Sky Sports bahwa dia kembali ke Chelsea untuk bekerja sebaik mungkin.

Mourinho kembali ke Chelsea musim lalu setelah memimpin Chelsea sepanjang 2004-2007, dan juara Liga Primer ini merupakan piala kedelapan baginya untuk Chelsea.

Gelar juara Liga Primer merupakan yang kedua bagi Chelsea musim 2014-2015 setelah lebih dulu merebut piala Liga Inggris, namun klub milik miliuner Rusia Roman Abramovich ini sudah tersingkir di Piala FA dan Liga Champions.

Kini perhatian ditujukan kepada peringkat dua -yang masih akan diperebutkan Arsenal, Manchester City, dan Manchester United- sementara Liverpool masih punya peluang untuk masuk empat besar dengan hanya selisih empat angka dari Manchester United di peringkat empat.

Robin van Persie tak lagi menendang penalti

Kegagalan penalti itu menyebabkan Manchester United harus menelan kekalahan 0-1 dari West Brom di markas mereka di Old Trafford.

Ini adalah kekalahan ketiga berturut-turut yang dialami oleh Manchester United.

Van Persie, 31 tahun, memiliki kesempatan untuk menyamakan kedudukan setelah gol tendangan bebas pemain West Brom, Chris Brunt, membobol gawang Manchester United di menit ke-63.

Namun tendangan penalti Van Persie itu berhasil ditepis oleh kiper Wesr Brom, Boaz Myhill.

Ketika ditanya apakah Van Persie akan terus menjadi pilihan pertama untuk menendang penalti, Van Gaal menjawab, "Tidak. Ia kini berada di ujung jalan."

"Yang berlaku dalam hal ini selalu sama," katanya. "Wayne Rooney pernah gagal juga, dan ketika Anda gagal, maka tempat Anda (sebagai penendang penalti) ada di paling bawah."

Apakah Chelsea akan mendominasi?

Muncul pertanyaan tentang akan seberapa besar pengaruh Chelsea setelah menjadi juara Liga Primer 2014-2015.
Berdasarkan bukti-bukti terbaru, gelar Liga Primer sulit untuk dipertahankan.
Namun manajer yang penuh keyakinan seperti Mourinho tidak akan khawatir.

Manchester United di bawah Ferguson adalah klub terakhir yang mempertahankan gelar, tiga kali berturut-turut pada tahun 2006-07, 2007-08 dan 2008-09.

Sejak itu Chelsea menguasai Liga di bawah Carlo Ancelotti sebelum gelar digilir antara Manchester United dan City selama empat musim pertandingan.

Tidak satu pihakpun meragukan kemampuan Chelsea menjadi juara Liga Primer.

Mereka telah menjadi tim yang menakjubkan dari permulaan sampai akhir.

Tantangan yang dihadapi Mourinho dan Chelsea sekarang adalah mengatasi tiga pesaing utama, Manchester City, Manchester United dan Arsenal.

Juara yang digulingkan, Manchester City, mengalami musim yang mengecewakan, setelah sempat menjadi juara tahun 2011-2012 - ketika ditangani Roberto Mancini - yang pertama sejak 44 tahun.

Lorenzo Naik Podium Pertama di MotoGP Spanyol

Pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo akhirnya menapaki tangga podium untuk pertama kali musim ini setelah memenangkan MotoGP Spanyol di Sirkuit Jerez, Minggu (3/5) dan diikuti oleh pebalap Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez di posisi kedua dan pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP lainnya, Valentino Rossi di posisi ketiga.

Hasil MotoGP Spanyol:

1. Jorge Lorenzo - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (44m 57.246s)

2. Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team (45m 2.822s)

3. Valentino Rossi - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (45m 8.832s)

4. Cal Crutchlow - CWM LCR Honda (45m 19.973s)

5. Pol Espargaro - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (45m 23.866s)

6. Andrea Iannone - Ducati Team (45m 24.267s)

7. Aleix Espargaro - Team Suzuki Ecstar (45m 32.691s)

8. Bradley Smith - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (45m 33.542s)

9. Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team (45m 39.179s)

10. Yonny Hernandez - Pramac Racing (45m 48.318s)

11. Maverick Viñales - Team Suzuki Ecstar (45m 48.920s)

12. Danilo Petrucci - Pramac Racing (45m 49.667s)

13. Scott Redding - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (45m 50.298s)

14. Hector Barbera - Avintia Racing (45m 50.446s)

15. Alvaro Bautista - Factory Aprilia Gresini (45m 54.590s)

16. Stefan Bradl - Athina Forward Racing (45m 56.264s)

17. Nicky Hayden - Aspar MotoGP Team (45m 58.752s)

18. Eugene Laverty - Aspar MotoGP Team (46m 0.409s)

19. Marco Melandri - Factory Aprilia Gresini (46m 4.141s)

20. Jack Miller - CWM LCR Honda (46m 11.428s)

21. Alex De Angelis - Octo IodaRacing (46m 24.078s)

22. Mike Di Meglio - Avintia Racing (+1 lap)

Fabregas deserves respect - Wenger

The Premier League game will be the Spaniard's second against the club he played for between 2003 and 2011 since signing for Chelsea last June.

Fabregas, 27, joined Arsenal when he was 16 but left to return to his boyhood club Barcelona in 2011.

Wenger has previously said he does not regret not re-signing the midfielder.

Before hosting the Premier League leaders on Sunday (16:00 BST), the Frenchman maintained that position.

"The regret I have is that he wanted to leave here," said Wenger, who turned down a buy-back option for Fabregas last summer.

"This club and myself had a very positive influence on Cesc's life, so I would be a bit uncomfortable to have to justify today why he is not here.

"I believe I would rather it was the other way around."

The Portuguese manager has previously described Wenger as "a specialist in failure",while the pair physically clashed in a touchline confrontation during Arsenal's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea in October last year.

For Wenger, though, this weekend's match is about more than the personalities.

"What is important is to have a great game," he said. "That's what English football needs, to know that Arsenal against Chelsea is a big game and not about the relationship between the managers.

"I am not a great believer in history," he added. "We have not always lost in 12 attempts. We have come close to beating them a few times and they have always had very strong teams.

"I just think football is down to the fact that the performance on the day will decide the game and the result. We are on a good run, we have an opportunity to beat them at home, and we want to take it."

Henderson signs new five-year deal.

It ends months of talks between the parties, with the ex-Sunderland player committed to the club until 2020.

"There has been talk about it for a while now," the 24-year-old told the club website.

"It's brilliant news for me to commit my future to this football club. I think, over the next few years, we can challenge and start winning trophies."

Liverpool's hopes of winning a trophy this season ended when they lost to Aston Villa intheir FA Cup semi-final last Sunday.

"We've improved massively over the last few years, and I think the next phase for us is to start challenging for titles and trophies as well," added Henderson.

Liverpool also tied down striker Daniel Sturridge and midfielder Philippe Coutinho to new deals earlier this season.

Manager Brendan Rodgers said: "The owners are committed to creating a team that can grow, improve and ultimately win together.

"We have seen some very important contract renewals this season and I'm confident, under [chief executive] Ian Ayre's stewardship, we will see further commitments made and more exciting talent secured and added to our squad."

England international Henderson joined Liverpool from the Black Cats in 2011 in a dealworth around £20m.

With Steven Gerrard leaving at the end of the season for Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy, Henderson is among the favourites for the captaincy.

The vice captain has scored seven times in 55 games for Liverpool and England this campaign.

How Real sleep their way to the top

A silence descends over the complex for the following two hours as players and staff close their eyes and drift into a siesta before waking and resuming their day - but they're not sleeping on the job.

The scene is a window into football's relentless pursuit of marginal gains as clubs across Europe turn to technology, purpose-built facilities and sleep experts to recharge their multi-million pound assets and gain a competitive advantage.

You snooze, you win

Tennis great Roger Federer and basketball star LeBron James are both advocates of sleeping for upwards of 10 hours per night(external) and research shows the performance benefits of proper rest for athletes.

A study by Stanford University sleep expert Cheri Mah(external) showed basketball players who increased their sleep duration to those levels improved shot accuracy by 9% in tests and recorded improved sprint and reaction times.

Take recovery for granted and the risks are great. One restless night is enough to weaken the immune system and increase the risk of illness. Sleep poorly for 64 hours or more and strength and power is reduced.

At Madrid, he inspected each of the 81, five-star, fingerprint-accessed bedrooms at the club's training complex to evaluate the 'sleep environment' - a term he's coined to represent the temperature, lighting, air quality, duvet-type and mattresses inside the rooms.

After delivering his seminar to Cristiano Ronaldo and his team-mates, Littlehales was approached by Wales forward Gareth Bale, who requested a one-on-one consultation.

With Nayler and the club's doctor also present, the former Tottenham forward went through an examination to establish his body characteristics (height, weight and any injury problems), daily routines (usual wake and sleep times), activities (types/intensity of training each day), sleep habits, chronotype (the natural time he sleeps and wakes), and formulate a sleep profile - an in-depth report covering the areas in the graphic below.

Will Clubs follow West Ham's

The Hammers will make a £289 ticket available when they move from their 35,000-capacity Upton Park to the 54,000-seater Olympic Stadium for the 2016-17 season. The current cheapest ticket in the top flight is £299 - offered by Manchester City.

West Ham say the reduction - from prices between £620 and £940 - has been offset by the new three-year record Premier League TV deal, worth £5.13bn.

The club's vice-chairman Karren Brady told BBC Radio 5 live: "I sit at the Premier League meetings. The subject of most debates is how to make football more affordable. I can't speak for other clubs. We feel we had an obligation."

When asked whether the prices were reduced in order to fill the new arena, Brady said: "We are not selling an inferior product for less, but a far superior product for less.

"We made a decision as a board that we put some of the money back from broadcast revenue into subsidising tickets for our supporters."

Many of the clubs who have responded say they have not yet planned for that season. Some said they have already implemented reductions in prices across the board.

Kaltenborn: F1 must learn all changes lead to higher costs.

Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn says F1 needs to learn that bringing any changes to the regulations will 'lead to higher costs'. 

Though the latest generation engines, V6 hybrid power units, have been praised for their advancement in technology, they have consequently driven up the price of development, which has had a damaging effect on customer teams, most notably Sauber, Force India and Lotus. 

However, Bernie Ecclestone has raised concerns that the current power units don't capture the imagination in the same way that more marketable 1000bhp V8 engines do and is subsequently pushing for change as early as 2017. 

Though he looks set to relent to allow 1000bhp to be generated from the current V6 engines, Kaltenborn is worried that yet more regulation changes will hit hard in the pocket for the more vulnerable teams yet again.

“I think we really, finally, have to learn - and I don't know how long it will take to learn - that all such changes lead to higher costs. We've seen that in the past with the powertrain – that's the biggest cost driver we have had recently – and I think we really need to get things more affordable because races like this show you how exciting it can be. 

“There was enough action going on in the race and people like to comment on that as well, so that's what we really need to target and not just to see what, technically, we can do and who has more of an advantage and who has to give up more.” 

Indeed, Kaltenborn believes greater priority should be given to driving down costs – rather than focusing on engine regulation -, saying that all teams could lose out in some areas, the sport will benefit overall. 

“These are the wrong discussions that we are having and I think we should simply say that costs must go down. Everybody will lose something, not just one party – some will lose more, some will lose less, but at the end of the day we will all.

Wolff insists F1 is in good shape

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the re-emergence of Ferrari as a force in F1 demonstrates that the sport remains in 'good shape', admitting it is important not to have 'one team running away with the championship'. 

Following a year of comprehensive dominance by Mercedes in 2014, though the German marque has started 2015 off in a similarly formidable fashion, it has come under increasing pressure from Ferrari, particularly after Sebastian Vettel's surprise win in Malaysia. 

Coming at a time when F1 has attracted criticism for the gulf in performance between its leading teams and has suffered a dip in audience figures, though Ferrari's gains have sparked reactionary measures from Mercedes, Wolff admits he can see the benefits in the context of the sport, rather than just his team's own fortunes. 

“It's important for the commercial rights holder to not have one team running away with the championship and having close battles for the lead because battles for the lead is what is most interesting for the spectators and we had more of that in Bahrain and in Malaysia. 

“We tend to be between very lows and very highs and I wouldn't say now everything is solved. We had a good race and I think the sport is in good shape and in Bahrain we saw that. We had two teams fighting with the knife between the teeth for the victory.”

Pedrosa ‘improving a little each day’

Dani Pedrosa says he is 'improving a little each day' following surgery, but didn't comment on whether he will return for the first of his home Spanish MotoGP rounds, at Jerez next weekend. 

A deflated Pedrosa announced he was withdrawing from racing to fix his 'arm pump' problems after dropping from second to sixth in the season-opening Qatar round. 

The Repsol Honda star revealed that previous surgery had not worked but, with less intrusive options also having proven unsuccessful, was returning to seek further medical advice. 

That resulted in a 'complicated' operation to remove the layer of fascia around his right forearm muscle, ruling him out of Texas and Argentina. 

“Each day I'm improving a little, but patience is equally as important,” Pedrosa wrote in his latest blog for Repsol. “This is precisely how we're taking it now: slowly, step by step. You've got to let the days pass for the rehabilitation to be progressively positive. 

“At the moment they took out the stitches, and the rehab is going fine. We are following the doctors' schedule and thanks to the time in rehab I'm responding well.” 

Hiroshi Aoyama has ridden in place of Pedrosa, after Honda turned down an offer from retired double champion Casey Stoner. 

Pedrosa's team-mate and reigning champion Marc Marquez is only fifth in the world championship after falling in Sunday's Argentina race. 

MotoGP Rossi and Marquez - Racing incident

Sunday's Argentinian MotoGP came to a dramatic climax when Valentino Rossi and reigning double champion Marc Marquez clashed on the penultimate lap. 

Seven time champion Rossi, using the extra-hard rear tyre, had reeled in Marquez after the young Spaniard changed to the softer tyre on the grid and pulled an early four-second lead. 

Rossi made his first pass under braking for Turn 2 on the same penultimate lap, but ran deep, allowing Marquez to cut back underneath. This had been the sector in which Marquez was losing the most time to Rossi. 

At the end of the back straight Rossi again dived for the inside on the brakes, into the right-hand Turn 5 hairpin. Marquez likewise attempted to beat Rossi to the apex, just as he had successfully done a few corners before. 

But Rossi controlled his braking much better this time and instead of allowing Marquez to turn across behind him, replays show Marquez was forced to hesitate and lift slightly before leaning in again (due to Rossi still being alongside, a classic block pass). 

With hindsight, that turn-in delay probably scuppered Marquez's chances of re-passing Rossi at that corner. But Marquez still attempted to pass, squirting the throttle but still being half a bikelength behind when they made contact at the apex (Rossi on the outside, Marquez on the inside). 

A few seconds later the pair tangled again on the exit of the corner as Rossi, leading by almost a bike length, made the transition from right to left in preparation for the left-hand corner that followed. 

Marquez's front wheel was hit by Rossi's rear wheel, sending the reigning double champion tumbling down the track. Race Direction launched an investigation but soon declared it a racing incident and, from the footage, it is hard to argue otherwise.

MotoGP Updated engine.

The following list shows the number of engines in use (or 'opened') by each MotoGP rider as of warm-up in Argentina, round 3 of 18. 

'Withdrawn' means that an engine cannot be used again. 

The Factory class Honda and Yamaha riders are restricted to five engines for the season, while the others have a maximum of 12 engines available. 

Factory class: 

Marco Melandri (Aprilia): 5 engines [1 withdrawn] 

Andrea Iannone*** (Ducati): 3 engines 
Marc Marquez* (Honda): 3 engines 
Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia): 3 engines 

Valentino Rossi (Yamaha): 2 engines 
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha): 2 engines 
Bradley Smith (Yamaha): 2 engines 
Pol Espargaro (Yamaha): 2 engines 
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati): 2 engines 
Danilo Petrucci (Ducati): 2 engines 
Yonny Hernandez** (Ducati): 2 engines 
Dani Pedrosa (Honda): 2 engines 
Cal Crutchlow (Honda): 2 engines 
Scott Redding (Honda): 2 engines 
Aleix Espargaro (Suzuki): 2 engines 
Maverick Vinales (Suzuki): 2 engines 
Alex de Angelis (Aprilia): 2 engines 

* Marquez suffered an engine problem during qualifying in Texas, requiring a third engine to be opened. However none of Marquez's engines have been withdrawn, meaning the Texas engine could return to use after being checked. 

** Hernandez's bike caught fire during the race in Argentina, after this engine list was issued. 

*** Iannone suffered an engine issue during practice in Argentina but, as with Marquez, while a third engine was opened no engines have yet been withdrawn. 

Open class: 

Stefan Bradl (Yamaha Forward): 3 engines [1 withdrawn] 
Karel Abraham (Honda): 3 engines 
Jack Miller (Honda): 3 engines 

Loris Baz (Yamaha Forward): 2 engines 
Hector Barbera (Ducati): 2 engines 
Mike di Meglio (Ducati): 2 engines 
Eugene Laverty (Honda): 2 engines 
Nicky Hayden (Honda): 2 engines 

Real Madrid, Juventus reach Champions League semi-finals with 1-0 aggregate wins over Atletico, Monaco

Real Madrid have kept alive their dream of a record-extending 11th European crown when Javier Hernandez's late strike against 10-man Atletico Madrid secured a 1-0 win and a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

After last week's first leg at the Calderon ended 0-0, a tense return at the Bernabeu appeared to be heading for extra time until James Rodriguez slipped a pass through to Cristiano Ronaldo in the 88th minute.

The Portugal forward unselfishly squared for Hernandez and the Mexican striker stroked the ball past Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak to secure a 1-0 aggregate victory, Real's first win over Atletico in eight matches this season.

It was a bitter blow for Atletico, who went toe to toe with the team that beat them in last year's final, but after Turkish playmaker Arda Turan was dismissed for a second booking 14 minutes from time and Hernandez applied the killer blow.

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti, missing injured regulars Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric, started with Hernandez up front with Ronaldo and centre-back Sergio Ramos pushed forward into a defensive midfield role.

Seeking to become the first team to retain the trophy in the Champions League era, Real had the upper hand in terms of possession and chances in a tight first half.

Ronaldo forced a good save from Oblak with a 32nd-minute free-kick before racing through with a clear site of goal a minute before half-time.

Atletico hopes suffered a massive blow when Arda picked up a second yellow for a foot-up challenge on Ramos and he was distraught as he trudged off to a cacophony of whistles.

Barcelona and Bayern Munich had their names put in the pot for the semi-final draw yesterday, and Juventus joined the final four after holding out for a 0-0 draw with Monaco in their second leg.

A trademark display of grit and resilience earned Juventus a goalless draw in Monaco as the Italian side qualified for the semis for the first time since 2003 with a 1-0 aggregate victory.

Juventus, the first Italian team to reach the last four of Europe's premier club competition since Inter Milan in 2010, were under the cosh throughout but held firm against a Monaco side that lacked the experience and cutting edge to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.

The hosts, who eliminated Arsenal in the previous round, dominated possession and Geoffrey Kondogbia was a big influence in midfield, but Leonardo Jardim's side lacked the guile to penetrate Juventus' massed defensive ranks.

Juventus, which played the second leg without injured midfielder Paul Pogba, reached the final in 2003, 

before losing to AC Milan on penalties.

It was a case of youth versus experience as Juventus' Andrea Pirlo and Patrice Evra had 30 more Champions League appearances than the whole home side's starting team.