Argentine footballer Ángel Di María scored a hat-trick as Juventus eased to a 3-0 win at 10-man Nantes on Thursday to reach the Europa League round of 16 4-1 on aggregate, reports The Guardian.

Juventus only managed a 1-1 draw against the French side in the home leg as they eyed a long run in the European competition to boost a miserable league campaign in which they have been deducted 15 Serie-A points for financial irregularities.

The evening got worse for Nantes after 18 minutes when defender Nicolas Pallois was sent off when he used his arm to stop another goal from Di María. The 35-year-old had no problem converting the resulting penalty.

Di María completed his treble 12 minutes from time when he sent in a glancing header and the ball just crossed the line before being pushed away.

Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan