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Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo has raised plenty of eyebrows with his comments on USMNT star Weston McKennie.
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The Juve manager was asked if McKennie, 22, would play for them against AC Milan on Sunday in a huge game in Serie A.
Juve currently sit in fourth place but are only above fifth-place Milan on goal difference as they are locked in an intense battle to qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season.
Asked by reporters if McKennie could start, here was Pirlo&#8217;s slightly strange response.
<h4>What did Pirlo say?</h4>
&#8220;He has a chance of starting. He has lost weight and that’s something we had to drill into his mindset. Now he is concentrated and more professional compared to when he arrived. He has to be professional at 100 per cent, not 50 per cent,&#8221; Pirlo said.
Wow.
Pirlo isn&#8217;t a man to mince his words and he is very straight to the point. But this seems to be over the top.
McKennie arrived from Schalke last summer, initially on loan, and his impressive performances led to Juventus signing him on a permanent basis for $30 million in March.
But Pirlo obviously wasn&#8217;t too impressed with McKennie&#8217;s professionalism and he will not have been impressed with the USMNT midfielder being caught up in breaking COVID-19 restrictions as <a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/04/01/usmnt-weston-mckennie-juventus-teammates-facing-fines-after-party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he was cautioned for being at a party along with Paulo Dybala and Arthur a few months ago.</a>
<h4>USMNT concerns?</h4>
Everyone connected with the USMNT raves about McKennie and how he is the heart and soul of Gregg Berhalter&#8217;s young squad on and off the pitch.
That makes these comments more surprising as the FC Dallas product always seems like the kind of player who works harder than anybody else and pushes the entire team to reach new levels.
McKennie&#8217;s personality is cheeky and he loves to joke around and make his teammates feel relaxed, but perhaps Pirlo and the other Juventus coaches will add something a little extra to his game.
Still, coming out and saying this so publicly is a little disappointing from Pirlo.
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Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo has raised plenty of eyebrows with his comments on USMNT star Weston McKennie.

Juventus boss Pirlo on USMNT’s McKennie: ‘He lost weight; needs to be more professional’

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The odds of second-leg comebacks in the Europa League semifinals are decidedly different, to put it mildly.
Arsenal trails Villarreal 2-1 after 90 minutes, but its away goal means 1-0 or a two-goal win would do the trick at the Emirates Stadium
AS Roma has the comfort of a pair of away goals in its corner as it returns to Italy but the six it gave Manchester United certainly make their task a challenge.
Manchester United will be facing some nerves due to its semifinal stage failure in several tournaments under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, not to mention Roma has had some stunning second legs in the past.
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&#8220;Roma are one of the teams that have really caused upsets and shockwaves in second legs,&#8221; <a href="https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/exclusive-interview-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-previews-roma-v-man-utd-europa-league-6-may-2021" target="_blank">Solskjaer said</a>. &#8220;In fact, three years ago, when they came back against Barcelona. So we know what they’re capable of. But our focus is to go and win the game. We want to improve as a team and develop as a team and handle difficult situations, and the goal is to win the game of football and, if we do that, then we’ve done a good job.&#8221;
United is also playing its first match since <a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/05/02/manchester-united-liverpool-postponed-protesters-invade-old-trafford-violent-scenes-video/" target="_blank">protestors at Old Trafford cause the postponement of their Premier League match with Liverpool</a> last week. The announced reschedule date means this match is <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/news/manchester-united-fixtures-confirmed-villa-leicester-liverpool-in-5-day-span" target="_blank">the first of four in eight days</a> for Solskjaer&#8217;s men.
Aubameyang back from malaria in &#8216;maybe the biggest game of my Arsenal career&#8217;
As for Arsenal, there&#8217;s work to do in the second leg against former boss Unai Emery.
The Gunners pulled back a goal in Spain after going down 2-0 when Nicolas Pepe converted a penalty, but Dani Ceballos&#8217; sending-off means Arsenal&#8217;s midfield will have to go a different route.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be in focus, that&#8217;s for sure. He was a killer against Stade Rennais and Valencia in the 2018-19 UEL knockout rounds, but came up empty in the final. He was the reason Arsenal beat Man City and Chelsea in last season&#8217;s FA Cup title run
&#8220;Definitely this season is the most important game and we know that we have to win this game,&#8221; <a href="https://www.arsenal.com/news/biggest-game-my-arsenal-career-maybe" target="_blank">Aubameyang said</a>. &#8220;It is a big opportunity for us to get to the final, we play at home and this is maybe the biggest game of my Arsenal career.&#8221;
Aubameyang is just back from a scary time with malaria, <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/news/aubameyang-lost-nearly-10-pounds-while-battling-malaria" target="_blank">which cost him nearly 10 pounds of body weight</a>.
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“Roma are one of the teams that have really caused upsets and shockwaves in second legs,” Solskjaer said as Manchester United holds a 6-2 lead in Italy.

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Juventus’ bid to win an absurd 10th-straight scudetto began at home to Sampdoria. Rivals hope it will end long before Juve’s finale on May 23 in Bologna.

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Inter Milan has an 11-point lead on the Serie A field with five matches left, the Nerrazzurri closing in on a first scudetto in 11 years.
They&#8217;ll get it very soon, ending Juventus&#8217; nine-year title run and becoming the first non-Juve title winners since AC Milan pipped their city rivals to the shield in 2010-11.
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This will be Inter&#8217;s 19th scudetto, and there&#8217;s added reason for celebration in snapping a tie for the second-most top-flight titles in Italy with AC Milan.
And you can laud the champions-elect a little more. Yes, the club&#8217;s hierarchy tried to put it in the dreaded European Super League, but it&#8217;s players are looking out for the club more than it looked out for them.
Multiple reports say that Inter players will not accept their championship bonuses after their historic run to the title.
Antonio Conte&#8217;s men have lost just twice this Serie A season and can claim their scudetto as early as Sunday should they win at Crotone on Saturday and Atalanta fail to beat Sassuolo.
<h4>Speaking of Conte&#8230; how good is this guy?</h4>
Antonio Conte is 51 years old and won just about everything you could win as a player with Juventus, but his managerial career is even better.
Conte led Bari to Serie A promotion from Serie B in 2008-09. After a short and unhappy stint with Atalanta, he took the reins at Siena and led them from Serie B to Serie A.
Juventus hired its former player and he lost a total of 15 times in 104 matches over three seasons.
He left for the Italy job before going to Chelsea, where he won the Premier League and FA Cup before going to Inter and going to the Europa League final in Year One before leading a scudetto haul in Year Two.
Who&#8217;s got as good a track record as Conte? Pep Guardiola. Jurgen Klopp. Diego Simeone? Maybe Zinedine Zidane, but we haven&#8217;t seen him do anything outside of Real Madrid. Few others.
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Inter Milan has an 11-point lead on the Serie A field with five matches left, the Nerrazzurri closing in on a first scudetto in 11 years.

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Reports: Inter Milan players won’t claim scudetto bonuses to help club

A roundup of the weekend&#8217;s results in Serie A, where Inter Milan took a massive step toward the title, Juventus dropped points with a chance to go 2nd, and Atalanta capitalized with an absolute hammering…
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<h4>Inter Milan 1-0 Hellas Verona</h4>
Not that a draw would have meant the end of their title chase or anything dramatic like that, but Inter were a quarter-hour from slumping to a 0-0 draw and prolonging their wait to be officially confirmed as Serie A champions. Then, perhaps the unlikeliest of heroes saved the day.
Out of sight and safely out of mind following his unceremonious move away from Manchester United two years ago, Matteo Darmian moved from mid-table Parma to Inter Milan — back in the big time — for $2.5 million last summer. All he&#8217;s done this season is make 33 appearances and score a crucial goal in the final push for the scudetto.


<h4>Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus</h4>
Despite the fact they will almost certainly not win an incredible 10th straight Serie A title, Juventus could have climbed up to 2nd in the table with a win over 14th-place Fiorentina on Sunday, but Andrea Pirlo&#8217;s side was slow out of the gate and had to come back from a goal down just to salvage a point.
Fiorentina went ahead from the penalty spot (handball &#8211; Adrien Rabiot) just before the half-hour mark, but Alvaro Morata hit back with a stunning strike just seconds after coming on as a halftime substitute. Juan Cuadrado quickly played the Spaniard in behind the Fiorentina defense immediately after the kickoff, setting Morata up to cut inside from the right and hit a magnificent curler inside the far post.
Not only does the draw mean Juventus remain 3rd with five games to go right now, but they&#8217;ll fall to 4th if AC Milan win or draw on Monday.


<h4>Atalanta 5-0 Bologna</h4>
Atalanta took advantage of the opening and the opportunity to go 2nd, and they did it in style. Five different players — Ruslan Malinovskiy, Luis Muriel (penalty kick), Remo Freuler, Duvan Zapata and Aleksey Miranchuk — struck for five-star Atalanta, as Gian Piero Gasperini&#8217;s side took a massive step of its own toward UEFA Champions League qualification.


<h4>Serie A results</h4>
Inter Milan 1-0 Hellas Verona 
Atalanta 5-0 Bologna 
Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus 
Cagliari 3-2 Roma 
Genoa 2-0 Spezia 
Parma 3-4 Crotone 
Sassuolo 1-0 Sampdoria 
Benevento 2-4 Udinese
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Inter Milan took a massive step toward dethroning Juventus on Sunday.

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Serie A: Inter on brink of title after late win; Juventus stumble again

Two of the bigger forces behind the European Super League have differing takes on the status of the project after most of the teams pulled out of the short-lived collection of world powers.
The Super League had said Tuesday that it would &#8220;<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/european-super-league-issues-statement-plans-to-reshape-the-project" target="_blank">reshape the project</a>,&#8221; which is in line with Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli&#8217;s comments a day later that the project is &#8220;stalled and cannot proceed,&#8221; while Real Madrid boss Florentino Perez says it is simply on standby and claims that two of the reported teams to quit the ESL have not.
Perez, who said earlier that the project was meant to save football, cannot even agree about which teams have exited the Super League.
All six Premier League sides &#8212; Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United, and Liverpool &#8212; <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/arsenal-spurs-apologize-premier-league-sides-detail-super-league-exit" target="_blank">announced their departures</a> at different times Tuesday, while Inter Milan also exited. <a href="https://www.acmilan.com/en/news/articles/club/2021-04-21/official-statement" target="_blank">AC Milan at first blush seems to have left</a>, but a closer reading doesn&#8217;t totally defy Perez&#8217;s claim that both Milanese sides are still interested in the idea.
<a href="https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/statement-on-the-super-league-project" target="_blank">Juventus has announced their commitment to pursuing ideas like the Super League</a>, but Agnelli admitted that he <a href="https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56830308" target="_blank">doesn&#8217;t &#8220;think that project is now still up and running.&#8221;</a>
Perez, however, seems much closer to doubling down than admitting significant failure, only going as far as to call the Super League &#8220;on standby&#8221; and saying Inter and AC Milan remain in the project with Barcelona and Real Madrid. He claims that one Premier League club scared off the other five, using the word &#8220;contagious&#8221; in an excellent show of awareness during COVID-19.
He also said, &#8220;Maybe we didn&#8217;t explain it properly.&#8221; And if the project is good at all, then no, no they dd not.
If anything like the Super League is to come into being, it&#8217;s probably going to need a new point person and a public relations firm.
For one thing, the ESL was kept so secret that people like AC Milan&#8217;s Paolo Maldini and Chelsea&#8217;s Thomas Tuchel found about it at the same time as the rest of the world.
Chelsea, in its apology late Tuesday, mentioned having &#8220;joined the group late last week&#8221; which raises questions about how leadership pushed this along.
So as Perez prepares a new Super League recipe, citing the &#8220;binding contracts,&#8221; is football still in the balance? Maybe, but it&#8217;s difficult to believe that there&#8217;s a plan that will be served to the public with anything other than the wariest of eyes.

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Florentino Perez to El Larguero: “Juventus and AC Milan have not left the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SuperLeague</a>. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan are still in talks to find solutions”. 🚨⚪️
&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384995502991740928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 21, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Florentino Perez to El Larguero: “I’m really sad and disappointed. Maybe we didn&#39;t explain the Super League project properly&#8230;”. ⚪️🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SuperLeague</a>
&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384992110999478274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 21, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Florentino Perez to El Larguero: “If this project didn’t work, another one will. Remember: all the 12 clubs have signed a biding contract”. 🚨⚪️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SuperLeague</a>
&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384994090626977793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 21, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Florentino Perez to El Larguero: “I think one of the 6 Premier League clubs weren&#39;t really convinced of the project&#8230; and it became contagious to the rest of them”. 🚨⚪️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SuperLeague</a>
&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384993531857616899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 21, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Two of the forces behind the European Super League have differing takes on the current status of the the short-lived league.

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Perez: Premier League club’s Super League nerves ‘contagious’ to other 5

The <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/florentino-perez-super-league-created-to-save-soccer" target="_blank">league created to &#8220;save soccer&#8221;</a> has to find a way to save itself.
The European Super League&#8217;s brief time amongst us will not be its only form, it said Tuesday after <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/super-league-pull-out-latest-arsenal-man-city-liverpool-tottenham-chelsea-tottenham" target="_blank">all six Premier League teams</a> joined Inter Milan in backing out of the competition.
That leaves Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, and AC Milan. The first two teams are run by the men at the helm of the league and Milan is reportedly hours away from leaving, too.
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The Super League released a statement saying the &#8220;existing system does not work&#8221; and that it believes it will &#8220;generate resources for the full football pyramid.&#8221;
The ESL says it will &#8220;reconsider the appropriate steps, in order to reshape the project.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s the problem: Unless you want to add Juventus to La Liga, who&#8217;s coming? Which club of massive repute is going to see what&#8217;s happened amongst football fans this week and say, &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;ll sign up for that! It was just about the rollout.&#8221;
<a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2018/08/02/real-madrid-president-deems-luka-modric-worth-staggering-870-million/" target="_blank">But Florentino</a> <a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2015/09/04/real-madrids-perez-says-de-gea-move-failed-because-manchester-united-lacks-transfer-experience/" target="_blank">gonna Florentin</a><a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2015/09/04/real-madrids-perez-says-de-gea-move-failed-because-manchester-united-lacks-transfer-experience/" target="_blank">o</a>, <a href="https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2014/09/06/real-madrid-forbid-argentina-from-playing-di-maria-in-world-cup-final/" target="_blank">we suppose</a>.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SuperLeague</a> official statement 🚨
&quot;We are reconsidering the appropriate steps, in order to reshape the project”.
“We&#39;re proposing a new competition, because current one isn&#39;t working. English clubs have been forced to leave, due to outside pressure”.
It’s gonna be suspended. <a href="https://t.co/2GWXSVhTr4" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2GWXSVhTr4</a>
&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1384653584684421122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 20, 2021</a></blockquote>

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The Super League says the “existing system does not work” and that it believes it will “generate resources for the full football pyramid.”

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The new format for the UEFA Champions League has been approved after a vote by the UEFA Executive Committee, as the tournament will expand from 32 teams to a 36-team competition from the 2024 season until at least 2033.
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This was expected to happen at UEFA&#8217;s ExCo meeting, which was always scheduled for Apr. 19 in Switzerland, but given the events of the last 24 hours the changes have taken on a whole new meaning.
With everything going on with the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/12-founding-clubs-unveil-super-league-plan-premier-league-statement-hits-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">newly-announced European Super League</a> and 12 European giants saying they will walk away from the Champions League, a huge war has now erupted with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin saying: &#8220;This idea is a spit in the face of all football lovers. We will not allow them to take it away from us.&#8221; 
In the meantime, the Champions League will now move to the so-called Swiss model as 36 teams will now play 10 group games each against opponents of varying strength. From that group stage, the top eight teams will qualify automatically for the last 16 and the next 16 will play a knockout round to determine the eight teams who will reach the last 16.
Another change is that of the four new teams in the expanded format, each season two of those teams will be sides who didn&#8217;t qualify for the UCL through their domestic league standings but have the highest UEFA co-efficient, which is based on their past performances in the competition.
UEFA have been pressured by giant European clubs for years to expand the Champions League format and have more group games, and 24 hours before they announced that will be the case, those same giants announced a breakaway league of their own.
<h4>Super League puts UCL future in focus</h4>
12 clubs (AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, Juventus, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur) have set up their own Super League which plans to replace their participation in the Champions League.
Three other clubs are expected to sign up, while five clubs each season can qualify for the new midweek tournament.
However, statements from individual domestic leagues, UEFA and FIFA have slammed the plans and the legality of those clubs being able to breakaway and form this league is highly dubious.
Many believe that the sole purpose of clubs breaking away to form this Super League is purely to force UEFA to make more concessions for how they want the Champions League to be structured in the future.
With more teams qualifying and more group games each season, UEFA has listened and sanctioned those big changes, as the group stage will now expand from 32 teams to 36 and there will be more big games in the group stage.
But that doesn&#8217;t seem to be enough for the European giants.
This bitter battle is set to go on in courtrooms across Europe as the elite clubs aim to push UEFA out.
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The new format for the UEFA Champions League has been approved after a vote by the UEFA Executive Committee, as the tournament will expand to a 36-team competition.

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USMNT stars are on fire across Europe this week, as Christian Pulisic (two), Weston McKennie and Daryl Dike all scored impressive goals.
These young American players are truly hitting new heights in Europe.
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Pulisic, 22, scored twice for Chelsea in their 4-1 win at Crystal Palace <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/pulisic-chelsea-crystal-palace-video-usmnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">as he becomes the third-highest American goalscorer in English top-flight history</a>.
And his USMNT teammates were at it too, plus the likes of Gio Reyna, Brenden Aaronson, Tyler Boyd and Luca de la Torre all put in impressive performances and Sergino Dest, Mark McKenzie and Yunus Musah all played significant roles from the start and off the bench.
Here we round up the American goalscorers from across Europe this week.

<h4>Pulisic scores two, pivotal in big Chelsea win</h4>
Christian Pulisic has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games and is back to his very best. He smashed home early at Crystal Palace on Saturday, then scored a late goal as he timed his runs into the box to perfection.
Take a look at the video above to see Pulisic in full flow.
Pulisic, 22, almost scored a few more too and the Pennsylvania native has shaken off his hamstring issues to become a key player as Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s Chelsea push hard for a top four finish, plus UEFA Champions League and FA Cup glory.
USMNT and Chelsea fans everywhere are hoping that &#8216;Project Restart Pulisic&#8217; is now well and truly back.
<h4>McKennie back with a bang</h4>
After not playing for Juventus against Torino last week due to <a href="https://twitter.com/juventusfcen/status/1377970631510229000" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">sanctions</a> after <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/usmnt-weston-mckennie-juventus-teammates-facing-fines-after-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">breaking COVID-19 protocols</a> at his home with Paulo Dybala and Arthur, Weston McKennie jumped off the bench for Juventus and scored a few seconds after coming on.
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McKennie, 22, raced clear of the defense and dinked home calmly for his fifth Serie A goal of the season, as his move from Schalke has gone incredibly well this season, even though Juve will not win the title.
Here is his latest goal, as McKennie has now been used as a sub in his last two outings and Juve have won both games to boost their top four hopes.
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👀 Seconds after jumping off the bench for Juventus, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#USMNT</a>&#39;s Weston McKennie scores for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Juve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Juve</a> against Genoa. Great composure from the American midfielder. 
🎥 via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@ESPNFC</a> <a href="https://t.co/SyNaba5OfO" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/SyNaba5OfO</a>
&mdash; Joe Prince-Wright (@JPW_NBCSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/JPW_NBCSports/status/1381256794329206791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

<h4>Daryl Dike can&#8217;t stop scoring for surging Burnley</h4>
That man Daryl Dike, 20, is in incredible form for Barnsley in the Championship, as he has now scored eight goals in 14 games for the Tykes.
On loan from Orlando City, Dike is attracting all kinds of attention as he continues to rip up England&#8217;s second tier as he has three goals in his last two games.
Dike sent home a diving header in Barnsley&#8217;s 2-0 win against Middlesbrough, as they have now won 11 of their last 14 games and have just one defeat in their last 16.
That has Barnsley in the playoff places with five games to go, and they have all the momentum in their unlikely push for Premier League promotion.
Young USMNT striker Dike is leading their charge.
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🇺🇸 The latest <a href="https://twitter.com/DarylDike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DarylDike</a> strike&#8230;
That&#39;s number EIGHT for the man from Oklahoma! <a href="https://t.co/NSq77zbeoJ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NSq77zbeoJ</a>
&mdash; Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarnsleyFC/status/1381253956282806276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

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VIDEO: USMNT’s Pulisic, McKennie, Dike score impressive goals in big weekend

USMNT stars are on fire across Europe this week, as Christian Pulisic (two), Weston McKennie and Daryl Dike all scored impressive goals.
These young American players are truly hitting new heights in Europe.
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Pulisic, 22, scored twice for Chelsea in their 4-1 win at Crystal Palace <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/pulisic-chelsea-crystal-palace-video-usmnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">as he becomes the third-highest American goalscorer in English top-flight history</a>.
And his USMNT teammates were at it too.

<h4>McKennie back with a bang</h4>
After not playing in the last two Juventus games following his fine and ban for <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/usmnt-weston-mckennie-juventus-teammates-facing-fines-after-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">breaking COVID-19 protocols by hosting a party</a> at his home with Paulo Dybala and Arthur, Weston McKennie jumped off the bench for Juventus and scored a few seconds after coming on.
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McKennie, 22, raced clear of the defense and dinked home calmly for his fifth Serie A goal of the season, as his move from Schalke has gone incredibly well.
Here is his latest goal.
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👀 Seconds after jumping off the bench for Juventus, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USMNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#USMNT</a>&#39;s Weston McKennie scores for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Juve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Juve</a> against Genoa. Great composure from the American midfielder. 
🎥 via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@ESPNFC</a> <a href="https://t.co/SyNaba5OfO" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/SyNaba5OfO</a>
&mdash; Joe Prince-Wright (@JPW_NBCSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/JPW_NBCSports/status/1381256794329206791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

<h4>Daryl Dike can&#8217;t stop scoring for surging Burnley</h4>
That man Daryl Dike, 20, is in incredible form for Barnsley in the Championship, as he has now scored eight goals in 14 games for the Tykes.
On loan from Orlando City, Dike is attracting all kinds of attention as he continues to rip up England&#8217;s second tier as he has three goals in his last two games.
Dike sent home a diving header in Barnsley&#8217;s 2-0 win against Middlesbrough, as they have now won 11 of their last 14 games and have just one defeat in their last 16.
That has Barnsley in the playoff places with five games to go, and they have all the momentum in their unlikely push for Premier League promotion.
Young USMNT striker Dike is leading their charge.
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🇺🇸 The latest <a href="https://twitter.com/DarylDike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DarylDike</a> strike&#8230;
That&#39;s number EIGHT for the man from Oklahoma! <a href="https://t.co/NSq77zbeoJ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NSq77zbeoJ</a>
&mdash; Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarnsleyFC/status/1381253956282806276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

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