24 February 2023
With the 3-0 win at Nantes, Juventus qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League for the first time since the 2014/15, when they went as far as the semi-finals.
Obviously, hat-trick hero Ángel Di María features heavily in the post-match statistics.
ELEVEN YEARS | Juventus are the only Italian team that has qualified for at least the last 16 phase in European competitions in each of the last 11 seasons (nine times in Champions League, two times in Europa League).
DOUBLE WHAMMY | Juve scored two goals in the first 20 minutes of play for the first time in a Europa League match, and for the first time in Europe away since December 2020 – against Barcelona in Champions League.
TREBLE TROUBLE | Ángel Di María is the first Juventus player able to score at least two goals in an away match in UEFA European competitions since Cristiano Ronaldo (two goals against Barcelona in December 2020) and the first to score at least three goals in since Filippo Inzaghi vs Hamburger SV in September 2000 in the Champions League.
GOING THE DISTANCE | El Fideo has scored three of his last six Europa League goals from outside box scored to take his tally to 41 goals from outside the area in all competitions since playing in sides in Europe's top-5 leagues - only De Bruyne, Ronaldo and Messi have done better than him from outside box.
CENTENARY LEO | Leonardo Bonucci collected his 100th appearance for Juventus in European competition - 84 in the Champions League, 11 in the Europa League and five in the Europa League preliminaries.
