Juventus may have won the Serie A title at the weekend but there was no sign of a celebratory hangover as they beat Atalanta 1-0 thanks to Alessandro Matri's early goal. Antonio Conte's men secured their retention of the Scudetto on Sunday and showed just why they are the champions with a workmanlike victory at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. Their hosts had reason to rejoice too as, despi...Full Story »

The attacker, who netted the winner in Saturday's encounter, has made it clear the Turin side need some time to recover from their efforts in the Derby d'Italia Alessandro Matri has admitted Saturday afternoon's Serie A win over Inter has cost Juventus a lot of energy ahead of next week's Champions League match against Bayern Munich - who went on to win 9-2 against Hamburg. The reigning Ital...Full Story »

ROME, March 30 (Reuters) - Juventus' 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the "derby of Italy" on Saturday showed how the depth and quality of their squad will be key to adding European glory to domestic success this season. The Serie A champions moved 12 points clear at the top of the table after goals from Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Matri, two strikers who often have to play second fiddle to Mi...Full Story »

Celtic striker Georgios Samaras put the two fixtures against Barcelona as his highlights of the SPL leaders Champions League campaign as they bowed out at the last 16 stage. The Glasgow giants fell at the hands of Juventus, who claimed a comfortable 5-0 aggregate win, after goals from Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quagliarella saw the Italian side through to the quarter-finals. "I don't want to...Full Story »

Celtic's Champions League journey ended with a 5-0 aggregate defeat by Juventus after goals from Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quagliarella in Turin. The Serie A leaders took what turned out to be an unassailable three-goal lead from the first leg into the game and any feint hopes of a Hoops comeback ended in the 24th minute when Matri opened the scoring from close range. Quagliarella notched t...Full Story »

Celtic's Champions League journey ended at the last-16 stage as expected with a 5-0 aggregate defeat by Juventus after goals from Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quagliarella separated the sides in rain-lashed Turin. The Serie A leaders took what turned out to be an unassailable three-goal lead from the first leg into the game and any feint hopes of a Hoops comeback ended in the 24th minute when Mat...Full Story »

Juventus striker Alessandro Matri insists beating Siena at a sold-out Juventus Stadium on Sunday is all the Serie A leaders care about despite heavy media attention on next week's top-of-the-table meeting with Napoli. Juve maintain a healthy four-point gap over Napoli going into the weekend but that could change should they fail to see off a resurgent Siena side, who have registered three wins ...Full Story »

Alessandro Matri struck early before late goals from Claudio Marchisio and Mirko Vucinic virtually assured the reigning Serie A champions of a place in the next round Juventus have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after recording a stunning 3-0 victory over Celtic in the first leg of their last-16 clash in Glasgow. Alessandro Matri opened the scoring with less than thre...Full Story »

Celtic need a football miracle if they are to rescue their Champions League hopes after succumbing to a ruthless Juventus side 3-0 in the first leg of their last-16 clash at Parkhead. Juve striker Alessandro Matri rocked the Hoops with a third-minute goal only for Neil Lennon's side to battle back ferociously in a breathless encounter where, at times, the visiting penalty box resembled a wrestl...Full Story »

Juventus' Alessandro Matri is convinced new team-mate Nicolas Anelka's experience will prove vital in the club's Champions League campaign. The former Paris Saint-Germain player has been quite the journeyman throughout his career, playing for nine different clubs prior to signing for Juventus in the January transfer window. Matri told Sky Sport Italia that Anelka's winning mentality and Euro...Full Story »