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Coppa Italia: Fiorentina mocked in the ninetieth against Juve by an own goal by Venuti

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Coppa Italia: Fiorentina mocked in the ninetieth against Juve by an own goal by Venuti

FLORENCE. The first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final, at home, against Juventus ended in the worst way possible: the Viola kept the ball in their hands for the whole match, they nearly scored several times but as often happens in these cases, particularly against strong and cynical teams like Allegri’s, were mocked in the final. At 91 ‘came the only goal of the game, but it was an own goal by Venuti, who condemned Fiorentina.

It is the night of Dusan Vlahovic: the Juventus striker, who until two months ago was playing for Fiorentina, has left an open wound in the hearts of the Viola fans. Who make him pay for it with an avalanche of boos already before the match, in the warm-up, in a fiery atmosphere with ten thousand whistles brought by the fans especially for him. The Fiesole curve presents a choreography with Dante’s Inferno and a reference to canto 32, where it speaks of the traitors of relatives. Every time he touches the ball, and even when he runs after it, the noise is really deafening, but he is not intimidated and plays his game.

Fiorentina starts well, keeps the ball and press high. The first pitch is by the viola, with Saponara at 6 ‘, easy prey for Perin. The hosts are very aggressive, driven by an exceptional cheering, and Juve are struggling to take measures. At 12 ‘from a distance left by Biraghi, deflected by Locatelli, but even here Perin is attentive. But the Juventus goalkeeper misses an easy postponement two minutes later and gives the ball to Bonaventura, who wastes a good opportunity by shooting high. At 17 ‘another opportunity for Bonaventura from the edge at the end of an insistent action, but the shot comes out weak. At 23 ‘great opportunity on a free kick from the edge for the Viola, but Biraghi’s shot ends high on the crossbar. Two minutes later, on a restart, Ikone arrives at the shot from a good position: it is the best opportunity so far, but his ball ends up just wide.

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The Juventus goal is safe but at the moment only the hosts are playing. At 35 ‘Torreira touches the goal, Juve is saved again. The Viola close the first half forward, which they dominated, but failed to materialize. The recovery begins in the same way: in the 47th minute, Ikone’s great action frees himself in De Sciglio’s area, but only to take the post. Juve is still saved. Fiorentina are always aggressive and play very high, but do not find the goal, while the Bianconeri wait and limit the damage. At 52 ‘it is again Ikone who gets to the shot from the edge, neutralized by Perin. At 54 ‘viola dangerous with a header from Castrovilli from close range, Perin blocks again. At 55 ‘first ring Juve: Vlahovic himself, studded with whistles, wins the duel with Igor and face to face with Terracciano tries a soft lob; the purple goalkeeper saves himself with a smanacciata.

At 57 ‘Fiorentina again, a nice angled free kick by Biraghi but Perin manages to deflect for a corner. A minute later Allegri tries to change the balance by inserting Morata in Kean’s place. But it is always the hosts who play the game. Italian’s counter-move is to insert Sottil and Cabral in place of Saponara and Piatek. Juve now focuses more on restarts, or at least manages to make some. On one of these in the 72nd minute the bianconeri earn a free-kick from the edge from a good position, but Cuadrado’s shot is deflected. At 77 ‘the same Cuadrado reaches the shot, but from an angled position he hits the outside of the net. The sterile domination of Fiorentina continues, until the 91st minute, when on a tense cross from the usual Cuadrado, Venuti intervenes awkwardly by hitting with the thigh and sending the ball into his goal. The match ends with a terrible joke and the Viola defender in tears, while Juve puts a mortgage on the final.

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