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Clinical Giroud lifts Milan with Juve’s off-field tribulations set to rumble on

theguardian.com

I t should have been blood and thunder, two of Italian football’s biggest clubs squaring off on the penultimate weekend with Champions League football on the line.

Juventus and Milan instead gave us dull, with blunders, in front of a listless crowd. Significant sections of the Allianz Stadium were empty at kick-off.

Fewer than 500 Milan supporters had made the short trip to Turin, others balking at the €80 ticket price in the away section.

Juventus Ultras from the Curva Sud, meanwhile, were staging a protest outside against what they perceive as heavy-handed treatment from their club, including restrictions on flags, banners and instruments that can be brought into the ground.

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