THEY HAVE DOMINATED Italian football in recent seasons, racking up a hat-trick of successive league titles, but Juventus haven’t won a Coppa Italia for 20 years.
An Old Lady side featuring great names like Fabrizio Ravenelli and Gianluca Vialli beat Parma over two legs in 1995 but since then, Juve have suffered plenty of heartache in the tournament, losing in three separate finals since.
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But, they’ll get another chance to lift the elusive trophy this year after an impressive semi-final second-leg victory over Fiorentina this evening.
Trailing 2-1 from the first game, Juve took the lead in Florence through the unlikely and much-maligned figure of Alessandro Matri before Roberto Pereyra grabbed a second for the Turin club in the 44th-minute.
Leonardo Bonucci made it 3-0 on the hour mark and Juve were happy to see out the rest of the game given their 4-2 aggregate lead.
But, they did finish with 10 men when Alvaro Morata was sent-off with three minutes remaining.
Still, a job very well done by Max Allegri’s side, especially considering they were without their star man Carlos Tevez due to injury and they’ll now head into a Champions League quarter-final clash with Monaco with confidence soaring.
Juventus' brilliant season continues as they book Cup final place
THEY HAVE DOMINATED Italian football in recent seasons, racking up a hat-trick of successive league titles, but Juventus haven’t won a Coppa Italia for 20 years.
An Old Lady side featuring great names like Fabrizio Ravenelli and Gianluca Vialli beat Parma over two legs in 1995 but since then, Juve have suffered plenty of heartache in the tournament, losing in three separate finals since.
But, they’ll get another chance to lift the elusive trophy this year after an impressive semi-final second-leg victory over Fiorentina this evening.
Trailing 2-1 from the first game, Juve took the lead in Florence through the unlikely and much-maligned figure of Alessandro Matri before Roberto Pereyra grabbed a second for the Turin club in the 44th-minute.
Leonardo Bonucci made it 3-0 on the hour mark and Juve were happy to see out the rest of the game given their 4-2 aggregate lead.
But, they did finish with 10 men when Alvaro Morata was sent-off with three minutes remaining.
Still, a job very well done by Max Allegri’s side, especially considering they were without their star man Carlos Tevez due to injury and they’ll now head into a Champions League quarter-final clash with Monaco with confidence soaring.
Originally published on 7 April, 21.45
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