00:00And Nantes' star man Jaffae Ndoram return after injury.
00:04Juventus almost at full strength, just defender Moreno Torricelli missing, also through suspension.
00:10Juventus 2-up, remember, after the first leg in Turin, commentary comes from Alan Parrott.
00:17So Nantes, get this game underway, with Juventus carrying the hopes of a nation, really.
00:23The only Italian club left in a major competition.
00:26It's Italy's worst season in Europe for eight years.
00:30It's Italy's worst season in Europe, with Juventus.
00:35It's Italy's worst season in Europe, with Juventus.
00:38Capron, a bit of room on the right for Makaleli.
00:44But you don't get much room to walk against Italian defenders.
00:48And the tackle by Deschamps was a good one, however, there's danger for Peruzzi.
00:53That was excellent goalkeeping as Wadek burst through the middle.
00:57Just are strolling through it quite comfortably at the moment.
01:02They have a free kick, which Del Piero will take.
01:05towards Ferrara.
01:10Strange effort, but it's reached Viali!
01:12And it's a goal!
01:14Viali has scored 17 minutes into the game.
01:18And Gianluca Viali might well have scored the goal that will take Juventus to the final.
01:25What a start for Vipi and the Italian champions.
01:35Ferrara's free kick.
01:37He's tried the overhead effort himself.
01:41It fell perfectly for Viali.
01:44And a player of his class does not miss chances like that.
01:53Now Conte.
01:54Well, it's hard to understand how the referee could not have seen this as a sending off a fence.
02:08He couldn't have decided he'd chested the ball down because he's given the free kick.
02:12Casa Grande was, in fact, already on one caution.
02:15So, irrespective of staying on the field when he might well have been dismissed,
02:20he would not be able to play in the final in what has to be the unlikely event now of Nantes getting there.
02:26Del Piero has scored from further out than this and from more difficult angles than this.
02:31Ian Viali over the ball. Del Piero takes it.
02:35Didn't quite get it right this time.
02:43Capran doesn't know whether he's going to be credited with the goal,
02:46but no one in the stadium minds.
02:49A goal it is.
02:50Did the ball go over the line there?
02:52Yes, it did.
02:53So Capran gets the goal that brings Nantes level just before half-time.
03:00Level on the night, but still with a lot to do over the two legs, of course.
03:12They've all given away to Del Piero though.
03:14Now Pavlovano, you couldn't control it.
03:16The choir could.
03:18Mind you, he hit that a bit heavy.
03:22Here's Pignol.
03:23Now first possession now.
03:25Over the head of Nderham.
03:30And the pattern for the half already set.
03:37With Nantes happy to attack like this on the break.
03:40And danger here surely.
03:42That brief flurry of hope has been ended by Paulo Sosa's goal.
03:48And Juventus now can count on going to Rome in May for the European Champions Cup final.
03:57No question.
03:59The happy smiles in the presidential box tell the story.
04:04And Casagranda knows how significant that goal is.
04:08So do those fans.
04:14The interception by Conte.
04:16Vialli with the perfectly judged little lot.
04:19And the half-time substitute, Paulo Sosa, finished it off.
04:23Juventus now leading 2-1 on the night.
04:314-1 on Agrigin.
04:33It's all over.
04:40And the cloud.
04:42And Kalei on the right.
04:45Masato is the defender.
04:49He's defended pretty well so far.
04:52Corner.
04:58It's a useful corner.
04:59Cap on the target again.
05:00And another important one.
05:01He's won.
05:02They just don't seem to have got to grips with him from these corners.
05:06Juventus.
05:11Go away.
05:15And that clearance finds Vialli.
05:16Onside, astonishingly.
05:19He's got Padovano in the centre.
05:22Oh, that was a bit greedy.
05:23Gianluca Vialli.
05:26Padovano.
05:32Well, it's good football.
05:37Juventus to that moment anyway.
05:39Give it away.
05:40And Indoran with a chance to score.
05:45They just got a little bit too self-indulgent there, Juventus.
05:49They were turning on the skills in a dangerous area.
05:52They made the mistake.
05:54And Indoran, playing his first game for six weeks after a serious leg injury,
05:59has punished them for it.
06:00Ferraro's mistake.
06:02And when the ball came back to Jepay, Indoran,
06:06he wasn't going to miss that one.
06:11So that brings the team's level on the night.
06:14But still a two-goal advantage on aggregate for Juventus.
06:19And I don't really think that goal is going to make any difference to the outcome.
06:24Even the shot.
06:25Man, it was just in front of Indoran.
06:27It's still in play.
06:30Koei.
06:33And now, Chanele.
06:39Well, Juventus have better shake themselves up and wake themselves up.
06:43Because if they, that's a good ball.
06:45And suddenly Renou's in a goal-scoring position.
06:48And has made the most of it.
06:51Not lead 3-2 on the night.
06:53No boring nil-nil this.
06:58Good finish by Frank Renou.
07:00Renou.
07:01Good finish by Frank Renou.
07:11Renou.
07:13Juventus, for the first time since they beat Liverpool 11 years ago,
07:16are through to the Champions Cup final.
07:19And Italy will be represented in that final for the fifth successive season.
07:25Fully deserved over the two legs.
07:28Although when they took their foot off the pedal in the second half here,
07:31Nantes made a fight of it.
07:33Made a game of it.
07:34And Juventus had a few late shocks before taking their place in that final.
07:40And Chirin will be migrating to Rome in May.
07:43Final score on the night.
07:453-2 to Nantes.
07:46Juventus.
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