Juventus took the Serie A title on Sunday with a 2-0 win over Cagliari as defending champions AC Milan lost 4-2 to arch-rivals Inter Milan. Juventus now hold an unassailable four-point lead over the Rossoneri with just one game to go.
Manchester City have been drawn against European heavyweights Juventus in the group stage of the Europa League, while Liverpool will face another Italian side, Napoli, as well as Romanians Steaua Bucharest.
England’s Fulham trounced European giants Juventus 4-1 (5-4 on aggregate) at Craven Cottage to reach the Europa League quarter-finals in a stunning victory Thursday. In a bad night for French football Lille and Marseille got knocked out.
A late goal gave Lille (photo) a 1-0 victory over English giants Liverpool in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. Italy's Juventus defeated Fulham (3-1) as Valencia were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Werder Bremen.
French League challengers Olympique Marseille (photo) defeated FC Copenhagen in Denmark (3-1) as Italy's Juventus took a precious 2-1 lead over Ajax Amsterdam in the Europa League last 32 first leg.
Turin giants Juventus have annonced that they are firing coach Ciro Ferrera due to the team's poor performance under his watch. He is being replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni (pictured), a former coach of Torino, Turin's other major club.
Ballon D'Or winner Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona defeated La Coruna 3-1 on Saturday, resulting in a healthy five point lead over Real in La Ligua. In Italy, Juventus edged out Inter in the Serie A race.
Sevilla (barely) have Real Madrid and Barcelona in sight; Manchester United go top as Chelsea slump to their first defeat of the season; Sampdoria teach Inter Milan a lesson in humility; and Bayern Munich stumble in Hamburg.
French champions Bordeaux secured a precious point in Turin after holding Juventus to a 1-1 draw. Elsewhere, Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and the German duo of Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg all got off to a winning start.
Juventus Turin stunned Real Madrid 2-1 in the Peace Cup semi-final despite a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, Madrid's new "galactico". The Italian club is to play against Aston Villa in final.
