News about Mattia Perin

Federico Gatti's goal in the second half of the Europa League secured the hosts a 1-0 victory over Portuguese side Sporting Club de Portugal in the first leg of their quarter-final on Thursday, bringing them one step closer to the Europa League's last four. Sport dominated much of the match and had a chance to score in the first half. Before Gleison Bremer cleared a Nuno Santos shot off the line a few minutes later, Captain Sebastian Coates had a shot saved by Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Juve's injury woes were exacerbated further by Szczesny's departure shortly before the break, although his replacement Mattia Perin made a superb double save to save the clean sheet.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO: The league's heavyweight sides all won significant victories, including Napoli, who maintained their ascendancy at the top of the table, over the weekend. After beating Sassuolo 2-0, the Naples team is now 15 points ahead of nearest rival Inter Milan, who are expected to win their first Scudetto since 1990. Meanwhile, Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Roma all won, while Salernitana plightened despite new boss Paulo Sousa's arrival.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: What happened to the coach capable of making smart choices and improving the players? Allegri is no longer the man who led Juventus to the Champions League final two years. On Wednesday night against Benfica, little hair on his head and no suggestions on the pitch: Massimiliano Allegri spent a lot of time touching his forehead and neck without being able to bring out the best in his players. There were 34,015 spectators at the Allianz Stadium in one of the worst performances in recent years. The Bianconeri are in a identity crisis in the second week of September. Allegri has always stated to the media that he would only be judged on the basis of the results: with this system, the decision on his work will be catastrophic.

During the Champions League match between Juventus and Lyon on Tuesday night, a group of Juventus supporters was caught on camera directing what seemed to be Nazi salutes, monkey sounds, and monkey movements toward Paris Saint-Germain supporters. After midfielder Weston McKennie clawed one back for the visitors shortly after the break, Kylian Mbappe's brace in the first half helped the French champions beat the Italian giants 2-1. However, a video of several Juventus supporters directing what seems to be Nazi salutes to the home supporters has surfaced.

Paris St Germain opened their Champions League campaign by beating Juventus 2-1 at home on Tuesday, their first victory against the Italian side. Kylian Mbappe played chief regret. Mbappe opened the scoring with a spectacular goal and a second in the first half, but substitute Weston McKennie brought the game back to a halt after the break. Juve had a chance to equalize, but Gianluigi Donnarumma made some good saves to make up for a blunder for the visitors' victory and ensuring PSG defeated the Italian side for the first time in eight meetings after losing the last six.

Round five of the Serie A championship saw yet more drama and intrigue. The Derby della Madonnina saw AC Milan defeat Inter 3-2 to keep their undefeated start to the league season, but Napoli remain the early leaders after defeating Lazio 2-1. Juventus were required to settle for a point at Fiorentina, while Jose Mourinho's Roma lost by a 4-0 loss at Udinese. All of this and more are included in our latest Italian stuff we learned with ALVISE CAGNAZZO.

Juventus was held to a 0-0 draw in Sampdoria's second Serie A game of the season on Monday, with the hosts coming nearest to scoring when Mehdi Leris struck the post early on. In the seventh minute, Frenchman Leris had Sampdoria's only chance on goal after a cross cut across Juve's defense and landed him in the middle of the box, but goalkeeper Mattia Perin deflected his attempt. Juan Cuadrado of Juveni had a chance to find an unidentified Vlahovic in the 15th minute after stealing the ball from defender Tommaso Augello but decided not to fire and his attempt was saved.