Soccer

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Last year’s Serie A champion Napoli can finish no higher than eighth this season after drawing at Fiorentina 2-2 on Friday. Napoli sits ninth on the table, two points behind Fiorentina, which has a game in hand.

VANCOUVER — Worn down but not worn out, the Vancouver Whitecaps (5-4-3) will look to reignite their offence when they visit the Seattle Sounders (3-6-4) on Saturday.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus fired coach Massimiliano Allegri on Friday for his ugly outburst toward the referees in the Italian Cup final . The move comes with only two games remaining in Serie A.

GENEVA (AP) — Two-time European champion Porto was fined 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) by UEFA on Friday and threatened with a one-year ban from European competitions because of unpaid debts this season.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Feyenoord coach Arne Slot confirmed one of soccer’s worst-kept secrets: He is the next Liverpool manager.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola is focused on winning Sunday, not on whether his team is likable. Manchester City just needs to beat West Ham at Etihad Stadium on Sunday to clinch an unprecedented fourth straight English top-flight title.

MADRID (AP) — Real Betis midfielder Isco Alarcón has fractured his left fibula, the club said Friday, ruling him out of contention for a place in Spain's European Championship squad.

As part of a club documentary offering an inside view of his final days at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp was asked by the filmmakers to stand alone on The Kop one afternoon and gaze out around Anfield. He did it, and didn’t particularly like it.

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Marseille coach Jean-Louis Gasset said Friday that he will retire at the end of the season. The veteran Frenchman replaced Gennaro Gattuso in February, in the middle of a mediocre campaign for Marseille.

LONDON (AP) — The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for 762,400 pounds ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said.