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.
2022/2023 UEFA Europa League
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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