Italian Serie A giants, Juventus, have qualified for the finals of the UEFA Champions League after battling to a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid on Wednesday night.
Alvaro Morata scored the decisive goal against his former club to send Juventus into their first Champions League final since 2003 at the expense of the reigning champions.
Juventus went into the match with a 2-1 aggregate lead and held out for a 1-1 draw on the night to set up a showdown with Barcelona in Berlin on June 6.
Cristiano Ronaldo had initially given Madrid the breakthrough midway through the first half when Giorgio Chiellini was adjudged to have brought down James Rodriguez and Ronaldo fired straight down the middle, becoming the first player to score 10 or more goals in four separate Champions League seasons in the process.
Sadly for Madrid, Juventus clinched a crucial away goal when Alvaro Morata once again scored against his former club.
The Spanish club piled the pressure in the closing stages, but could not find a way through as their quest to become the first side to successfully defend the Champions League came to an end at the Bernabeu.
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