Soccer: Tudor stunner gives Juventus win over Deportivo

TURIN, Italy - A stunning injury-time volley from Croatian Igor Tudor gave Juventus a 3-2 win over Deportivo Coruna in their Champions League group D soccer clash here today and almost certainly handed them a place in the quarterfinals.

But it put the Spaniards out of the competition.

After Diego Tristan and Roy Makaay had gone close for Deportivo, Juventus took the lead in the 12th minute with defender Ciro Ferrara unchallenged when he met Mauro Camoranesi's corner with a firm header past Juanmi.

Deportivo deservedly drew level in the 34rd minute after Pedro Duscher won the ball from Alessio Tacchinardi, sent it wide to Makaay and the Dutchman's pinpoint low cross was slotted in at the back post by Tristan.

The Spaniards took the lead six minutes after the restart with a superb goal after Makaay turned on the edge of the penalty area and floated a delightful shot over Buffon and into the top corner of the net.

It was a goal that had the potential to knock Juventus out of the competition but 12 minutes later the Italians were back in the game when Trezeguet provided a clinical finish after being fed by Edgar Davids.

The French striker was unlucky not to score again in the 67th minute when his volley from a lob into the area from Tacchinardi came out off the post. Substitute Marcelo Zalayeta missed a great chance two minutes from the end, heading a Lilian Thuram cross wide.

But in the third minute of injury time, Tudor blasted home a 20m volley to give his side a win which means they will make it into the last eight if they can avoid a heavy defeat away to Basel next week.

- REUTERS

Collated results, standings and remaining fixtures in Groups C and D in soccer's Champions League second phase after today's matches:

Group C

Real Madrid 3 AC Milan 1

Borussia Dortmund 3 Lokomotiv Moscow 0

P W D L F A Pts

1. AC Milan (Italy) 5 4 0 1 5 3 12

2. Real Madrid (Spain) 5 2 2 1 8 6 8

3. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 5 2 1 2 7 5 7

4. Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 5 0 1 4 3 9 1

AC Milan qualify for quarterfinals

Previous results:

Tuesday, November 26

AC Milan 1 Real Madrid 0

Lokomotiv Moscow 1 Borussia Dortmund 2

Wednesday, December 11

Borussia Dortmund 0 AC Milan 1

Real Madrid 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2

Wednesday, February 19

Real Madrid 2 Borussia Dortmund 1

AC Milan 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0

Tuesday, February 25

Borussia Dortmund 1 Real Madrid 1

Lokomotiv Moscow 0 AC Milan 1

Remaining fixtures:

Tuesday, March 18

AC Milan v Borussia Dortmund

Lokomotiv Moscow v Real Madrid


GROUP D

Manchester United 1 Basel 1

Juventus 3 Deportivo Coruna 2

P W D L F A Pts

1. Manchester United (England) 5 4 1 0 11 3 13

2. Juventus (Italy) 5 2 1 2 10 9 7

3. Deportivo Coruna (Spain) 5 1 1 3 5 8 4

4. Basel (Switzerland) 5 1 1 3 3 9 4

Manchester United qualify for quarter-finals

Previous results:

Tuesday, November 26

Basel 1 Manchester United 3

Deportivo Coruna 2 Juventus 2

Wednesday, December 11

Juventus 4 Basel 0

Manchester United 2 Deportivo Coruna 0

Wednesday, February 19

Manchester United 2 Juventus 1

Basel 1 Deportivo Coruna 0

Tuesday, February 25

Juventus 0 Manchester United 3

Deportivo Coruna 1 Basel 0

Remaining fixtures:

Tuesday, March 18

Basel v Juventus

Deportivo Coruna v Manchester United

Note:

If two or more teams finish equal on points after all the group matches have been played, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

-- higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.

-- superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.

-- higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question.

-- superior goal difference from all group matches played.

-- higher number of goals scored.

-- co-efficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.