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Juventus has achieved a convincing victory over Nantes with a score of 0-3, thus ensuring passage to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. Angel Di Maria (5′, 20′ and 78′) scored all three goals for the Whites.
Juventus did the job tonight at the Stade de la Beaujoire in France to advance to the 1/8 finals in the Europa League.
Angel di Maria scored a beautiful goal in the 5th minute of the match to unlock the score for the first time in this match.
The Argentine took a shot to score a beautiful goal with a parabola.
For Nantes, things got even worse as in the 17th minute Nicolas Pallois touched the ball with his hand and was sent off with a red card.
Three minutes later, Di Maria made it 0-2 from the penalty spot.
By the end of the first half, Juventus had two more chances to score, one in the 38th minute through Locatelli and another in the third extra minute through Filip Kostic.
The first chance in the second half was that of the 67th minute for Juve through Juan Cuadrado but Lefont waited for his effort, until in the 76th minute Alex Sandro’s cross went to the head of Di Maria who scored a goal in the 78th minute.
Nantes had the only good chance to score in the 89th minute through Evann Guessand but Wojciech Szczesny waited.
Thus, Juventus moves to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League with a score of 1-4, after the first match between these two teams ended with a score of 1-1.
The opponent of Juventus in the 1/8 finals will be known tomorrow when the draw will be made for the 1/8 final pairs in the Europa League.
