[CL] Juventus - Real Madrid #4

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• Four days after booking their place in the semi-finals, Juventus lost to city rivals Torino FC in the league for the first time in 20 years, going down 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico.

• Pirlo opened the scoring in the derby with his 27th free-kick goal in Serie A, one short of Sini¨a Mihajlović's record. Former Bianconeri forward Fabio Quagliarella struck the winner during a game in which Juve hit the woodwork three times.

• The defeat was Juventus's 500th in Serie A history.

• Buffon had kept a clean sheet in each of his previous seven club outings prior to Matteo Darmian's 45th-minute equaliser for Torino.

• Allegri's team responded with a 3-2 victory over ACF Fiorentina on 29 April. Tévez was on target twice, taking his total in Serie A this season to 20, one more than he managed last term.

• The Argentina striker is three goals shy of his career-best total for a league campaign, set in 2009/10 while at Manchester City FC.

• Against Fiorentina, Marchisio made his 300th appearance for Juventus.

• Juventus clinched a fourth successive Italian title with a 1-0 win at UC Sampdoria on Saturday, Arturo Vidal heading the winning goal.

• Cáceres (out since 5 March, ankle) and Pogba (out since 18 March, thigh) are still sidelined.

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• Marcelo is available having served a one-match ban against Atlético.

• Madrid are nine games unbeaten since a 2-1 defeat by FC Barcelona on 22 March.

• Ancelotti's men have recorded eight wins during that run, their most recent a 3-2 success at Sevilla FC on 2 May in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 25th Liga hat-trick.

• Madrid became the first team to beat Sevilla at their Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán home in the league since 9 February 2014.

• Ronaldo's treble takes him on to 42 goals for the season, two above Lionel Messi in the race to finish top scorer in the Liga. Madrid remain two points behind FC Barcelona in the title race.

• Hernandez has scored four goals, including two in a 4-2 win at RC Celta de Vigo on 26 April, in his last six outings.

• Luka Modrić was ruled out for up to a month after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his right knee against Málaga CF on 18 April. Gareth Bale limped off in the second minute of the same game with a calf problem but came on as a substitute against Sevilla.