China Daily (Hong Kong)

Mandzukic keeps Juve on course

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zilian port city of Santos.

“I’m frustrated because I’m being massacred by the legal system,” Edinho said as he arrived at the station.

Mario Mandzukic inspired Juventus to a 2-0 home win over Empoli on Saturday to edge the Turin giant closer to a record sixth straight Serie A title.

Juve led when Lukasz Skorupski bundled into his own net after a Mandzukic header hit the bar.

Alex Sandro secured the win in the 65 th minute as Juve went 10 points clear of nearest rival Roma.

Third-place Napoli is 12 points off the pace after a 2-0 loss at home to Atalanta.

Juventus is also going for a third straight domestic double, so rested several players for the first leg of its Italian Cup semifinal against Napoli on Tuesday. city officials finally gave their backing to an amended project.

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi last year ended the Italian capital’s hopes of bidding to host the 2024 Olympics.

But after months of uncertaint­y over Roma’s bid to move away from the Stadio Olimpico home it shares with Lazio and Italy’s national rugby team, Raggi gave the Gialloross­i the news they were hoping for.

“This administra­tion has reached agreement on an innovative new project,” Raggi said on Friday.

In a statement on the club’s website, Roma’s American president James Pallotta said: “This is an important evening for AS Roma. We look forward to building a stadium that the club, and the city, can showcase to the entire soccer world.” on the visitor by substituti­ng the Polish striker, with the host 5-0 up and over half an hour left to play.

Arturo Vidal, David Alaba, Arjen Robben and Kingsley Coman (twice) also found the net for Bayern, which leads Hamburg 45-3 on aggregate over eight straight defeats for the northern team in Munich.

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