He deserved, and by far, Fiorentina. He won Juventus with an own goal. And, as if that weren’t enough, the goal came in the 91st minute, that is, in the first minute of the two stoppages, that is when the game was definitely over. Luck, once again, looked on the side of the strongest who, instead, made a small little game. The second semi-final of the Italian Cup, after the 0-0 at the San Siro derby, a team that never kicked on goal in the first half and, on the occasion of the goal, relied on Cuadrado’s usual grazing crossentered the interval in place of the very young Akè.
To say that success is due to Allegri’s move would be to exaggerate. The truth is that Juve, wanting 0-0, played a defensive game and, at times, completely passive. Akè came out because, on his side, Biraghi won all the tackles and attacked dangerously. Cuadrado should have prevented him from taking the liberty of the first half. The Colombian has done much more. And I do not say this only for the cross that penalized Venuti, forcing him to his own goal, but he often recovered the ball, accompanied a dangerous counterattack (closed badly with his shot from a tight angle), he beat a free-kick well (subtracting it from Vlahovic), he managed the rhythms like a veteran he is now.
But Cuadrado is one, while Fiorentina was a team. From the beginning you pressed very high and held the initiative. What’s more: it went to snatch it right from the low and very laborious construction of Juventus. The Viola were the first to shoot on goal (6 ‘ Saponara12’ Biraghi), they had a sensational opportunity with Bonaventura (high shot with the goal unguarded after a mistake by Perin and Danilo), they put Icon in the conditions to score (25 ‘, Bonaventura’s throw and right-footed diagonal, out of a palm), they called for a shot from outside Torreira (35’ alto). Not a hint of Vlahovic and Juve if not a half shot by the Serb who, dampened by Milenkovic, didn’t even reach the goal.
Speaking of Vlahovic and the welcome that Florence gave him, it must be said that it was not soft, that it was a constant challenge and that there was no shortage, in addition to the copious whistles, even racist insults. Lui missed the chance to silence everyone at 55 ‘ when on a throw from De Sciglio he gained position with the body, defended the ball and then caressed it for a lob that Terracciano deflected for a corner. It was the only chance he had, but he was expected to do better. Instead, mercilessly marked by both Milenkovic that gives Igorreceived no other playable balls.
The opportunity to take the lead, however, still had Fiorentina at the beginning of the recovery, naturally with the unleashed Iconic. Launched by Torreira, with the defense of Juve high, the boy overtook Pellegrini, then won the contrast in the area with De Sciglio and with his left foot (his foot) sought the farthest corner. The goal illusion crashed into the palo. In the meantime, like Square had taken the place of Akè, Come had alternated Odriozola injured. Then Morata per Kean. E Thin e Cabral for Saponara and Piatek.
The ball has almost always been on the feet of the viola players, but as far as dangers are concerned, the game has calmed down. Just a punishment of Biraghi (57 ‘) warmed Perin’s hands. And when the idea of 0-0 was already established in the two teams, Squareserved by Rabiot, put a ball in the middle that Terracciano missed (first mistake), Milenkovic touched (second mistake), Come did not know how to tame (third mistake).
Despite all this, Juve are not in the final. In a month and a half in Turin we have to play almost everything over again. For me, Fiorentina does a goal. And then it will be fun. Perhaps to rebalance what bad luck has taken away.
TABLE
Fiorentina-Juventus 0-1 (first half 0-0)
Scorers: 45 ‘+ 1 st own goal Venuti
Assist:
FIORENTINA (4-3-3): Terracciano; Biraghi, Milenkovic, Igor, Odriozola (1 ‘st Venuti); Bonaventura, Torreira, Castrovilli (39 ‘st Duncan); Saponara (20 ‘st Sottil), Piatek (20’ st Cabral), Ikoné (39 ‘st Gonzalez) All .: Italian.
JUVENTUS (3-5-2): Perin; Danilo, De Ligt, De Sciglio; Aké (1 ‘st Cuadrado), Locatelli, Arthur, Rabiot, Pellegrini; Vlahovic, Kean (14 ‘st Morata). All.Allegri.
Referee: Guide sect. Torre Annunziata
Warnings: 12 ‘st Pellegrini, 26’ st Bonaventura, 27 ‘st Milenkovic, 34’ st De Sciglio, 45 ‘st Torreira.
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