Neil Lennon’s side welcomes the current Serie A leaders to Glasgow on Tuesday night aiming to seal passage into the quarterfinals of Europe’s premier cup competition. Buoyed by UEFA Champions League group stage wins against FC Barcelona and FC Spartak Moskva, Celtic FC coach Neil Lennon says his players harness “a real belief” going into their round of 16 first leg with Juventus in Glasgow; an occasion he described as “one of the biggest games of their careers”. The 41-year-old’s opposite number, Antonio Conte, promised to stand by his attacking…
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The Weekend’s Top Football Matches
All six of the matches in weekend preview take place on Sunday, with Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona and Juventus away and Manchester City FC home to Liverpool FC. Italy: AC Chievo Verona v Juventus preview (Sunday 12.30) With SSC Napoli just three points behind, Serie A leaders Juventus must get back to winning ways after being held at home by Genoa CFC last weekend. Coach Antonio Conte will have to do without the injured Giorgio Chiellini, Simone Pepe and Nicklas Bendtner, the suspended Leonardo Bonucci and Mirko Vučinić, plus Kwadwo…
Read MoreLazio beat Juventus to reach Coppa Italia final
S.S. Lazio are through to the Coppa Italia final after recovering from Arturo Vidal’s added-time goal to seal a 3-2 aggregate win against Juventus thanks to a Sergio Floccari header. S.S. Lazio are through to their first Coppa Italia decider in four years after a frantic finale to their semi-final second leg against Juventus ended in a 3-2 aggregate victory for Vladimir Petković’s side. Last week’s 1-1 draw in Turin gave Lazio a slight advantage, but they were forced to ride their luck back on home soil as Juventus dominated…
Read MoreTen-man Sampdoria beat leaders Juventus
Juventus spurned the chance to return eight points clear as they fell 2-1 at home to UC Sampdoria, who rallied from a goal and a man down, while Edinson Cavani starred for SSC Napoli. Juventus missed the chance to restore their Serie A lead to eight points as they slumped to a 2-1 loss at home to ten-man UC Sampdoria, on a day when Edinson Cavani notched a hat-trick in SSC Napoli’s 4-1 defeat of AS Roma. Looking to respond to second-placed S.S. Lazio’s win against Cagliari Calcio on Saturday, Juve were given…
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