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Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal to hand Juventus their first trophy of the season with a 1-0 win over ten-man AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo – signed by the Italian giants last year from Real Madrid as they target a first Champions League title since 1996 – headed in a 61st-minute …

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is set to seal a money-spinning move to Italian champions Juventus when his contract expires with the Gunners in the summer, according to reports on Thursday. The Welsh international will bring to an end 10 years at Arsenal at the end of the season after talks over a new deal broke down with the Premier League …

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted that he is “not obsessed” by individual trophies, having missed out on winning this year’s Ballon d’Or for the sixth time. The Juventus striker also missed out on FIFA and UEFA’s player of the year trophies as former Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric, a World Cup runner-up with Croatia, swept all before him. “I’m …

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace as Italian champions Juventus finished 2018 on a high with a 2-1 win over Sampdoria giving the Italian champions a new record of 53 points before the winter break. Ronaldo curled in the opener after just two minutes in Turin adding a second from the penalty spot after 66 minutes, putting the Portuguese top of …

Mario Mandzukic scored the only goal for Juventus to dump further hurt on crisis club Roma and keep the champions unbeaten and on track for an eighth straight Italian league title. The Croatian World Cup runner-up headed in the winner 34 minutes into the match in Turin to put Juventus back eight points clear of Napoli. The defeat could have …

Former Manchester United captain Paul Ince has slammed current Red Devils midfielder Paul Pogba following the French international’s poor run of recent form at Old Trafford. Pogba put in a below-par performance in United’s 2-2 draw with Southampton at St Mary’s on Saturday and was subsequently dropped by Mourinho for their crunch tie against Arsenal in midweek. The Frenchman did …

Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli revealed on Monday that he has been battling cancer for the past year. Vialli, 54, who also scored 16 goals in 59 games for Italy and is now a popular TV pundit, told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that he hoped that his story would “inspire people”. “I’m fine now, very well indeed,” …

Evoking memories of their astonishing Champions League win in 1999, Manchester United breathed new life into a stuttering season by improbably turning around their match against Juventus in the final five minutes to win 2-1. Not since the Nou Camp final of 1999, on arguably the club’s greatest-ever night, when the Red Devils scored twice in stoppage time against Bayern …

Jose Mourinho has had some passionate reactions to goals and wins over the years. Though his antics tonight in Turin were at the lower end of the scale, they were still enough to frustrate Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci. United won 2-1 against the Serie A giants to go second in Group H of the Champions League, and the two late …

It’s been clear from the outset that Manchester United were holding out for a draw in Turin. The Red Devils were a point behind Valencia in Group H after the latter’s win over Young Boys in the early evening kick-off. By virtue of their three wins so far, Juventus were all but assured of progress to the last 16 stage …

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho claimed that Juventus are “super favourites” to win this season’s Champions League ahead of their clash in Turin on Wednesday. Three-time winners United are second in Group H after three games on four points – five behind leaders Juventus who are poised to qualify for the last 16. Mourinho said that United would not be …

Cristiano Ronaldo has said he decided to leave Real Madrid for Juventus after sensing that the Spanish club’s president, Florentino Perez, no longer saw him as being “indispensable”. “I felt within the club, especially from the president, that I was no longer considered in the same way as I was at the beginning,” Ronaldo said in an interview with France …

Jose Mourinho has attempted to deflect from another drab display by citing Manchester United’s lack of transfer activity as the reason for the club’s poor form. In a rant reminiscent of David Moyes’ time as manager of United, Mourinho conspicuously referenced Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid and rivals Manchester City as the world’s “top teams”, and suggested that United are not in …

Manchester United were defeated by a goal to nil against Juventus in their Champions League group tie at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. Juventus impressed on Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford and the Portuguese was heavily involved in the only goal of the game after his cross fell to Pablo Dybala in the box who finished smartly. Manchester United kept …

As the Champions League returns for its third round of fixtures, Pundit Arena counts down five talking points from Tuesday and Wednesday night’s action.  ___ 1) Ronaldo’s Return Cristiano Ronaldo went from skinny showboater to the best player in the world during his time at Manchester United. The Portugal striker scored 84 goals in 198 appearances for the Red Devils before …