Nantes 0-3 Juventus(agg 1-4): Di Maria hits hat-trick, Old Lady into UEL last 16

Juventus avoided embarrassment in Brittany as a brilliant Angel Di Maria hat-trick saw them overcome Nantes 3-0 on the night, 4-1 on aggregate.

Match Report

A 1-1 draw in Turin last week had seen many begin to question Massimiliano Allegri and his tactics, with speculation swirling that his own players were doing such.

However, they offered as resounding riposte to that as any as they blew the comparative French minnows away inside the first half. A red card to defender Nicolas Pallois awarded Juventus the chance to double their advantage from the spot after Di Maria's wonderstrike gave them a 1-0 lead inside five minutes.

The Argentine duly dispatched the spot-kick and his header in the second half added gloss to the performance. They will be in the hat for Friday's last-16 draw.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

5' GOAL! Nantes 0-1 Juventus (Di Maria)

17' Red Card! Pallois sent off

20' Penalty Goal! Nantes 0-2 Juventus (Di Maria)

25' CHANCE! Rabiot‘s header over the bar

35' CLOSE! Locatelli’s shot wide out

49' OFF THE POST!

55' Super Save!

65' CLOSE! Kean’s shot saved by keeper

78' GOAL! Nantes 0-3 Juventus (Di Maria)

Line-ups

Nantes XI: Sissoko, Delort, Pallois, Mollet, Girotto, Castelletto, Pedro Chirivella, Moses Simon, L.Blas, Fabien Centonze, Alban Lafont

Subs: Corchia, Rémy Descamps, Moutoussamy, Coco, Traore, Mostafa Mohamed, I. Ganago, Evann Guessand, Lohann Doucet

Juventus XI: Szczesny, Di Maria, Danilo, Sandro, Kostic, De Sciglio, Rabiot, Locatelli, Kean, Gleison, Nicolò Fagioli

Subs: Bonucci, Cuadrado, Pinsoglio, Perin, Rugani, Paredes, Dusan Vlahovic, Samuel Iling Junior, Enzo Barrenechea, Federico Gatti, Matías Soulé