Juventus 2-1 (4-1 on agg.) AS Monaco
Fancy a flutter on unbridled Italian joy in Cardiff next month?
It’s certainly worth a look sports betting fans, judging by the ease in which Juventus have won key football games to reach the pinnacle occasion of the club season.
The spectacle on June 3 – against one of the Madrid clubs – will be a fitting end to the 2016/17 campaign and a showpiece final for football betting.
Despite starting nervously, Juventus were always in control of this tie once Mario Mandzukic scored the opener from a Dani Alaves cross.
Then Alves – who also set up both Juve goals in last week’s first leg – struck the killer blow with a superb right foot volley.
Game over.
History was always on the side of the Old Lady, now unbeaten in 23 European games.
They have now also won all 12 of their two-legged ties with French clubs in this competition, while Monaco’s record in Italy reads played eight, lost seven, drawn one.
Coupled with the statistic that no side has ever overturned a two goal first-leg deficit in the tournament and it was Juventus all the way.
Spirited Monaco pulled back a consolation with Kylian Mbappe notching his sixth goal in as many Champions League games.
Indeed, this talented teenager could well become the figure at the centre of a bidding war this summer, judging by the startling impact he has made at home and abroad.
Let’s not forget the wonderful Monaco story which began in qualifying and got them this far, including thrilling victories over Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City in an 6-6 aggregate goal fest.
But this was the Italian job.
Could the Old Lady finally end their 21 year wait for a European crown?
See you in Wales!
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