GROUP C
Like Roma, confirmed Group C winners Juventus FC suffered an Italian Cup defeat, losing 2-0 to Atalanta BC. Fabio Capello picked an understrength team, Pavel Nedved the only familiar starter - and he left the pitch with a leg injury that could rule him out of the visit of AFC Ajax on Tuesday. Ajax warmed up in style for their 250th European game with a 5-0 Eredivisie win at De Graafschap. Julien Escudé opened the scoring three minutes into the second half, after which Mauro Rosales, Escudé again, 17-year-old Ryan Babel and Tomás Galásek added to the lead. Steven Pienaar and goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont are both out with knee ligament injuries while John O'Brien is sidelined with a pulled hamstring muscle. Defender Johnny Heitinga missed the weekend game due to water on the knee but could return on Tuesday.
Source: goal.com