Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said he remains committed to his work in Turin despite his side crashing out of the Champions League on away goals against 10-man Porto.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Juve won 3-2 after extra time on the night, but were knocked out at the same stage as last season after a 4-4 aggregate draw. That was despite playing with an extra man for much of the game after Porto's Mehdi Taremi was sent off in the 54th minute.
Their failure to reach the quarter finals was remarkably similar to last season's away goals exit to Lyon, with manager Maurizio Sarri sacked at the end of the campaign despite winning a ninth-straight Serie A title for Juve.
For all their domestic dominance, Juve have won just two European Cups compared to Italian rivals AC Milan's seven. Champions League glory is what the club craves, but Pirlo is adamant his journey as coach is just beginning.
"I don't know if Sarri was sacked for being eliminated from the Champions League," Pirlo told Sky Sport Italia. "I am the Juventus manager at the moment and I will work for a larger project, which goes beyond this season.
"This season is only the beginning of this project. We have young players who are growing game after game. The young players have played with desire and self-denial. We cannot say anything to them, they have given their all."
After falling behind in the first half to a Sergio Oliveira strike, a double from Federico Chiesa, either side of Taremi's dismissal, seemed to set Juve on their way to victory, but they could not find a crucial third, leaving the sides all square after normal time.
Pirlo's side continued to press in extra time, but one free-kick, through the wall, from Oliveira condemned Juve to their fate, despite Adrien Rabiot scoring a third for the Italian side soon after.
The blow leaves Juve just Serie A glory to play for - and they trail leaders Inter Milan by 10 points.
"I'm not happy to have to work with full weeks without European games, I preferred to go on in the Champions League," Pirlo added.
"To forget this elimination will take a few days but then we will have to look forward and try to move up the (Serie A) rankings. We are still in March."
The Cairo Statement
1: Commit to countering all types of terrorism and extremism in all their manifestations
2: Denounce violence and the rhetoric of hatred
3: Adhere to the full compliance with the Riyadh accord of 2014 and the subsequent meeting and executive procedures approved in 2014 by the GCC
4: Comply with all recommendations of the Summit between the US and Muslim countries held in May 2017 in Saudi Arabia.
5: Refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of countries and of supporting rogue entities.
6: Carry out the responsibility of all the countries with the international community to counter all manifestations of extremism and terrorism that threaten international peace and security
The specs
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Power: 201hp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 320Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm
Transmission: 6-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 8.7L/100km
Price: Dh133,900
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The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
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