The European side won the match 4-3

The 2006 World Cup winner has been in incredible form this season

Fierce Italian rivals on the pitch for club and country meet as managers in FA Cup

Roberto Di Matteo said that he had to shoulder the blame for Chelsea's 3-0 defeat to Juventus last night that leaves the club on the brink of elimination at the Champions League group stage next month.

Lyon's Yoann Gourcuff is delighted to be back in the France squad but is focused simply on the team effort against Italy this week.

Victor Wanyama was the star at the centre of Celtic's incredible victory over Barcelona in the Champions League last night.

Mario Balotelli will miss Italy's World Cup qualifier with Armenia tonight after failing to recover from the flu, the FIGC announced on their official website this morning.

Juventus coach Antonio Conte has failed in his bid to have a 10-month suspension from football overturned.

Antonio Conte is confident his 10-month suspension will be overturned in time for him to take charge of Juventus at the start of the Serie A season.

Arsene Wenger will decide tomorrow whether Robin Van Persie is to be among the group of Arsenal players who will travel to Malaysia on Saturday on the first leg of the club's Asia tour as both parties seek a resolution on his future today.

Claudio Ranieri has been appointed the new coach of Monaco, ending speculation linking him with a move to West Brom.

Tonight's Euro 2012 warm-up game between Italy and Luxembourg in Parma has been called off after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the northern region of Emilia Romagna this morning.

Defender Andrea Ranocchia and forward Mattia Destro were left out of Italy's 23-man Euro 2012 squad today but centre back Leonardo Bonucci was included despite the match-fixing crisis engulfing the country.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has expressed his faith in controversial Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli.