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Juve beaten as Toni bows out
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 05 - 2016

Luca Toni marked his final match before retirement with a goal as relegated Hellas Verona beat Juventus 2-1 Sunday, handing the Serie A champion its first league defeat since October.
Elsewhere, Francesco Totti came off the bench to make his 600th league appearance for third-placed AS Roma as it sank Chievo 3-0 to move up to 77 points, two behind Napoli in the race for second spot after Maurizio Sarri's side downed Torino 2-1.
Former Italy striker Toni reaffirmed his intention to quit after Verona's final home game of the season earlier in the week, and last term's joint top scorer marked the occasion by scoring a 43rd-minute penalty after a foul by Alex Sandro who was sent off late on.
"This goodbye is one of the most fantastic and saddest moments in my life," Toni told Italian television, "because quitting football isn't easy.
"It's a magical night that I will remember forever. It's my last one but this moment had to come one day."
Federico Viviani added a powerful second for bottom club Verona while Paulo Dybala converted a late penalty for Juve as the Serie B-bound side secured its fifth league victory of the season to end the champion's 26-game undefeated streak in Serie A.
"Tonight wasn't acceptable," said Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri. "We weren't intense and there was a lack of concentration and focus."
The race for the final automatic Champions League berth will go to the final weekend after goals from Radja Nainggolan, Antonio Rudiger and Miralem Pjanic helped Roma defeat Chievo.
Napoli took advantage of a weakened Torino defense to seize a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes with goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon.
Bruno Peres pulled a goal back for the host, which had Giuseppe Vives sent off in stoppage time, but Napoli held on and will claim second position if it wins on the final day.
Frosinone's relegation to Serie B was confirmed as Matteo Politano netted an 85th-minute goal to secure a 1-0 away win for Sassuolo which will take sixth place unless AC Milan betters its result on the last day of the season.
Barca vs. Leicester
and Liverpool
Barcelona will play friendlies against newly-crowned English Premier League champion Leicester and Liverpool in August, the Spanish giant announced Monday.
The current La Liga leader will play Leicester at Stockholm's Friends Arena on Aug. 3 and Liverpool three days later at a venue to be decided, Barca said.
Barcelona will play a first pre-season game on July 30 against Celtic in Dublin as part of the International Champions Cup.
The Catalan giant will also have a July 25-30 training camp at St George's Park, the English Football Association's national football center in the central English town of Burton-upon-Trent. — Agencies


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