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Angel di Maria scored a hat-trick to give Juventus a comfortable win at Nantes and take the Italian side into the last 16 of the Europa League.
After a 1-1 first-leg draw in Italy last week, Di Maria scored after five minutes with a brilliant curled shot into the top corner from 18 yards.
Nantes defender Nicolas Pallois was sent off for a 17th-minute handball and Di Maria converted the penalty.
The Argentine forward got his third with a header in the 78th minute.
Juventus dropped into the Europa League after finishing third in their Champions League group and will find out their next opponents in Friday’s draw in Nyon, Switzerland at 11:00 GMT.
They will play one of the sides that won their Europa League group, with Premier League leaders Arsenal one of their potential opponents.
The other teams they could face are Fenerbahce (Turkey), Ferencvaros (Hungary), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Freiburg (Germany), Real Betis and Real Sociedad (both Spain) or Union Saint-Gilloise (Belgium).
Juventus are seventh in Serie A after being deducted 15 points following an investigation into their past transfer dealings, so may need to win the Europa League if they are to be playing in next season’s Champions League.
Nantes are 13th in France’s Ligue 1 so unlikely to be in European competition in 2023-24, unless they win the French Cup.
Their hopes of winning this tie ended inside 20 minutes as they went two goals down and reduced to 10 men after Pallois’ dismissal.
Juventus also hit the post twice, through Manuel Locatelli and Filip Kostic.
Line-ups
Nantes
Formation 5-3-2
- 1LafontBooked at 90mins
- 28Centonze
- 21Castelletto
- 3Girotto
- 4PalloisBooked at 17mins
- 27SimonSubstituted forAhmed Abdallahat 73′minutes
- 17SissokoSubstituted forMoutoussamyat 45′minutes
- 25MolletSubstituted forGuessandat 73′minutes
- 5ChirivellaSubstituted forTraoréat 24′minutesBooked at 81mins
- 99DelortSubstituted forGanagoat 45′minutes
- 10Blas
Substitutes
- 7Guessand
- 8Moutoussamy
- 11Coco
- 14Ganago
- 16Descamps
- 20Doucet
- 24Corchia
- 31Ahmed Abdallah
- 93Traoré
Juventus
Formation 3-5-1-1
- 1Szczesny
- 6DaniloSubstituted forBonucciat 82′minutes
- 3Bremer
- 12Alex Sandro
- 2De SciglioSubstituted forJu Cuadradoat 65′minutesBooked at 87mins
- 44Fagioli
- 5Locatelli
- 25Rabiot
- 17KosticSubstituted forIling-Juniorat 83′minutes
- 22Di MaríaSubstituted forParedesat 82′minutes
- 18KeanSubstituted forVlahovicat 64′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Vlahovic
- 11Ju Cuadrado
- 15Gatti
- 19Bonucci
- 23Pinsoglio
- 24Rugani
- 30Soulé
- 32Paredes
- 36Perin
- 43Iling-Junior
- 45Barrenechea
- Referee:
- José María Sánchez Martínez
Live Text
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Match ends, Nantes 0, Juventus 3.
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Alban Lafont (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
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Second Half ends, Nantes 0, Juventus 3.
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Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ludovic Blas (Nantes).
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Attempt saved. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Andrei Girotto (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mostafa Mohamed.
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Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Alex Sandro.
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Attempt blocked. Evann Guessand (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Moutoussamy.
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Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Alex Sandro.
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Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Bremer.
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Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
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Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Fabien Centonze.
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Attempt saved. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Moutoussamy.
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Substitution, Juventus. Samuel Iling-Junior replaces Filip Kostic.
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Substitution, Juventus. Leandro Paredes replaces Ángel Di María.
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Substitution, Juventus. Leonardo Bonucci replaces Danilo.
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Charles Traoré (Nantes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
