Vlahovic, the new “murderer” of Juventus, prepares to face his former team

Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic hit once more and confirmed that Juventus’ bet on him was in place, by leading the defending champion to the Italian Cup semi-finals with a last-gasp victory over Sassuolo 2-1, to face his former team, Fiorentina, who won his role, with a fatal goal at Atalanta 3-2.
In Turin, following finding his way to the net in his first match in the Juventus shirt once morest Verona in the league (2-0), Vlahovic, nicknamed “The Killer”, played the main role in Juve’s qualification to the semi-finals of the Cup, causing him to win the deadly goal that was awarded to Brazilian defender Rowan Tresoldi. By mistake in his team’s goal two minutes before the end when the two teams were preparing for two extra games.
After the match started in the best way with his lead since the third minute thanks to his Argentine captain Paulo Dybala, who received the ball following an error in intercepting Rowan Tresoldi, the performance of the “Old Lady” players declined amid a rush of guests who threatened goalkeeper Mattia Perin until they managed to equalize with a beautiful arc shot from Aji Hamed Traoré (24).
Contrary to the first half of his first participation in the league on Sunday once morest Verona, Vlahovic did nothing in the first half, so that the tie remained the master of the situation until the end, then Juventus started the second half better and was close to scoring if the post did not stand in the face of an attempt by the American Weston McKinney (55). .
Veteran goalkeeper Gianluca Bigolo starred in the face of the Turin giants’ attempts, most notably Makini’s header.
But the relief came in the end, and Bigolo bowed when Juventus launched a counter-attack, which Dybala delivered the ball to Vlahovic, who manipulated the Turkish passed Muldor, before he shot from a difficult angle, turning the ball from Rowan Tresoldi and deceiving his goalkeeper (88).
Coach Massimiliano Allegri was happy with what he has seen so far from Vlahovic, but he stressed, “He must improve, make his way of playing more clear.”
For his part, Vlahovic said that he does not care how the Fiorentina fans will receive him, during the Italian Cup semi-final match.
Vlahovic moved to Juventus last January, coming from Fiorentina, in a deal worth regarding 80 million euros.
“I’m still at the beginning and it will take some time, but I owe a lot to my teammates at Juventus, the coach and the club for giving me a lot of help, nothing would be possible without them and it’s an honor to play here and be at the disposal of this great team,” Vlahovic said.
The 22-year-old Juventus striker added: “I’m only thinking regarding the match once morest Fiorentina, in order to win and anything else is not important for me, as it will be a match like any other… We are here to play football, and that is not a problem for me.”
Vlahovic will face in the semi-finals with his former team Fiorentina, who, despite losing his Serbian top scorer to Juventus and having to complete the match with ten players, managed to reach the semi-finals by eliminating his host Atalanta with a fatal 3-2 goal following a crazy match.
And Atalanta thought that he took control following turning his back from a goal scored by Polish Kristof Piontik in the ninth minute from a penalty kick, to lead 2-1 thanks to a wonderful arc shot from Davide Zappacosta (30) and Ivory Coast Jeremy Boga (56).
But Piontec struck once more and equalized for the visitors from a second penalty kick this time, which he failed to translate following Argentine goalkeeper Juan Musso blocked it, but the ball returned to the Polish and he followed it into the net (71).
It seemed that the cuff would tilt in Atalanta’s favor following Argentine defender Lucas Martins Quarta was sent off from the visitors’ ranks in the 79th minute for a second yellow card, but Serbian substitute Nikola Milinkovic shocked the hosts when he snatched the winning goal and qualified for Fiorentina in the last third minute of stoppage time with a superb shot “on Al Tayer” from the outskirts of the area to the right of goalkeeper Mouso (3+90).
With Juventus and Fiorentina, the dreamer qualified for the first title since 2001, the semi-final contract was completed following they were preceded by Inter, the champion and leader of the league, with their victory on Tuesday once morest its guest Roma 2-0, to face its arch-rival Milan, who won a landslide victory Wednesday over Lazio, the other pole of the capital 4-0.