The defeat sealed a miserable play-off phase for Italian clubs after AC Milan were sent packing by Feyenoord and Atalanta loss.

Despite heading into proceedings buoyed by four successive wins for the first time under Thiago Motta, Juventus looked up the creek without a paddle on Dutch soil. Indeed, the record-time Italian ...

The task before them was daunting: defeating the Tom Brady/Bill Belicheck New England Patriots at the height of their second dynastic period. Just a year before, the Atlanta Falcons had come as close ...