ITALY goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has offered exiled star Antonio Cassano some hope in making it into Marcelo Lippi’s squad for next summer’s World Cup in South Africa.

DIDIER DROGBA rekindled Chelsea’s Champions League ambitions with a first-half matchwinner against Juventus.

Chelsea 1 Juventus 0

Arsenal 0 Juventus 1

Newcastle 2 Juventus 0

BARCELONA extended their run of victories to a club record 15 with a hard-fought local derby win over Espanyol on Saturday, when goals from Eto’o and Deco either side of half-time gave them a 2-1 win.

Three second-half goals saw Juventus return to winning ways in Serie A with a comfortable victory over 10-man Livorno.

AC Milan took advantage of a slip by Juventus to halve the deficit on the Serie A leaders to just two points yesterday.

Ryan Giggs finished off Wes Brown’s dangerous cross with clinical efficiency to give injury-hit Manchester United the interval lead against Parma in Amsterdam tonight.

Barcelona 4, Parma 2

Celtic 2 Parma 1