Current Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo is facing the chop after Sportsmail revealed this week the club are set for a major overhaul should they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
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Buffon was initially given a €5,000 fine over an incident which took place during a Serie A clash against Parma on December 19 last year.
The Italian side were dumped out of the Champions League this week and their star man has faced the brunt of the criticism.
Sergio Oliveira’s free-kick in extra time, his second goal of the night, proved crucial as the Portuguese side hung on despite Adrien Rabiot’s immediate response and a late onslaught from Juve.
The Serie A’s top goalscorer started on the bench as Juve came from behind to beat Lazio in the Juventus Stadium.
Inter are seven points ahead of second-placed city rivals AC Milan who are at Roma later Sunday, and 10 clear of champions Juventus, who were held 1-1 at Hellas Verona on Saturday and have played a game fewer.
Porto made a lightning start to the contest and led after just 61 seconds, thanks to a gift from Rodrigo Bentancur.
Ronaldo helped Juventus see off Inter in the first of two Coppa Italia semi-final legs.
Record 13-time winners Juve will be favourites to reach a sixth final in seven years when they bid to complete the job in the return game in Turin next Tuesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s team will have to do without Paulo Dybala, while on Inter side, both Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martínez will be eager to come out on top.
The leaders lost 0-3 to Atalanta on Saturday and sit seven points clear of the Bianconeri at the halfway point of the season.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s team needs a victory to rebound in Serie A.
Juventus are fifth with a game in hand and stayed seven points off the top, with AC Milan hoping to reclaim first place when they close Match Day 18 at Cagliari on Monday.
In a statement, Juventus said that Argentina forward Dybala had undergone examinations at the club’s medical centre which revealed injury to “the medial collateral ligament of the left knee with recovery times of approximately 15/20 days”.
A Federico Chiesa double led the Italian champions to an exhilarating 3-1 win at San Siro.
The Portugal international has been in excellent form for his Serie A club during the 2020-21 campaign, scoring 16 times in 14 appearances in all competitions, including 12 goals in 10 Serie A outings.
A stunning strike from Federico Chiesa put the Italian champions in front in the first half, but Remo Freuler’s powerful effort crashed off the bar and in to earn the visitors a deserved point after the break.
Mino Raiola had said last week the 27-year-old was unhappy at United and needed to change teams “in the next transfer market” to reignite his career.
Ronaldo scored twice from the penalty spot in that encounter to help the Turin side to an emphatic victory that saw them overhaul Barcelona at the top of the standings and qualify in first place.
His wife, Federica Cappelletti, announced his passing at 64 in the early hours of Thursday, posting on Facebook a picture of herself with the football great reading “forever.”