Mario Mandzukic and Dani Alves each scored first half goals leading Juventus to a 2-1 home win Tuesday over Monaco in Champions League semifinal action. Juventus advances to the final with a 4-1 aggregate victory.
It’s the second trip to the final in the last three years for the Serie A leaders.
Forward Kylian Mbappe scored the lone goal for Monaco in the 69th minute.
Juventus will play either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in the final in Cardiff on June 3rd. Real and Atletico play the second leg of their semifinal Wednesday. Real Madrid used Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick to thump Atletico 3-0 in the first leg last week.
(KPUG – Doug Lange; Information from Associated Press and ESPNFC used in this story)