Rome (AFP)
Juventus, the defending champion, reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, with a 4-1 victory over its Alex Reed Sampdoria, while Lazio hit a date with Milan, by beating Udinese 1-0, following the extension, with the goal of its substitute captain Ciro Immobile.
Juventus continued its good start for the current year, following a draw and two victories in the league, the last of which was once morest Udinese, to stay close to the centers of the European Champions League.
While his task seems difficult this season, in regaining the title that he dominated in the league between 2012 and 2020, before losing it last season to Inter, the leaders of the current season as well, the “Bianconeri” realizes that the local cup is the best opportunity not to leave empty-handed this season. .
He alternately scored goals for the Colombian coach Massimiliano Allegri’s team, Juan Cuadrado (25), Daniele Rugani (52), Argentine substitute Paulo Dybala (67), and Spain’s Alvaro Morata (77 from a penalty kick), while Andrea Conte scored the only Alex Reed goal at the Juventus stadium. Stadium” in the 63rd minute.
Juventus, the record holder with 14 titles, won the cup last season at the expense of Atalanta in the final.
Cuadrado opened the scoring with a superb free-kick shot on the outskirts of the area to the left of goalkeeper Vladimiro Falcone (24), before the video assistant referee (VAR) technology canceled a goal for Morata due to a mistake in the process of building the attack (27).
Morata had another opportunity at the end of the first half, following a pure cross reached the area, and he shot it directly at the goalkeeper, although the space in front of him was “45 + 2”.
Rojani scored the old lady’s second goal with a shot from inside the “52” area, before Conte scored the goal to reduce the difference “63”, while Manuel Locatelli cut a wrong ball that Falcone passed to his defender in his area, so Dybala grabbed it and fired a powerful ball from inside the area into the net “67”. ».
Morata got what he wanted from a penalty kick obtained by the French substitute Marley Ake, which he successfully translated “77”.
And Lazio needed an extension to overcome the obstacle of its Alex Reed, Udinese, 1-0, with a goal by Immobile.
Lazio met Milan in the quarter-finals following the latter outperformed Genoa last Thursday, while Atalanta meets Fiorentina in another match, following they also qualified last week.
Lazio, the seven-time champion, the last of which was 2019 once morest Atalanta, dominated the first half without hitting the net, while the two sides were close in the second half, without either of them also succeeding in reaching the goal.
Lazio entered the match at the Olympic Stadium in the capital, Rome, following a 3-0 victory over its host Salernitana on Saturday in the league competition.
Like many coaches in the cup matches, Maurizio Sarri kept many of his key players on the bench, most notably his top scorer and captain Immobile, who hired him in the 71st minute.
The striker managed to score the only goal in the match, following receiving a wonderful ball behind the defenders from the other substitute, Danilo Cataldi, who entered immediately following the two-half break, to the outskirts of the penalty area, followed by a “Loeb” falling over goalkeeper Marco Silvestri (106).
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