Juventus, poker with Sampdoria The bianconeri win the quarters

Allegri’s men will have to meet the winner between Sassuolo and Cagliari Dybala acclaimed by the fans of the Stadium: enter, score and return to cheer

Juve gets rid of a Sampdoria in crisis and in full transition after the change of coach, with the return of Giampaolo, and reaches the quarter-finals where they will face the winner of the match between Sassuolo and Cagliari. A race without history that Allegri’s team tried to attack from the beginning by entrusting the keys to the maneuver to the recovered Arthur and the brilliant Cuadrado returned, after the injury of Chiesa, to the most welcome role of high winger.

It is the Colombian’s first attempt at 13 ‘, but Falcone is careful. In the first quarter of an hour corner kicks rained in the Sampdoria area which defended itself with a little breathlessness by raising the wall of its three-man defense. The playing volume of the bianconeri is intense and continuous, but the limit is always the same: little aptitude to fill the area, because Morata and Kulusevski run very far.

So to break the deadlock, in addition to the great collective movement, you need a free kick: at 25 ‘Cuadrado beats from the edge and his not irresistible right catches the clumsy Falcone unprepared, perhaps a little covered. A minute later the Var cancels Morata’s doubling due to a previous foul by Rabiot on Rincon.

Juventus did not give up: at 38 ‘the usual Cuadrado served Rugani who, face to face with Falcone, was unable to corner favoring the goalkeeper’s rescue. It is played at a goal: two unsuccessful attempts by the excellent Arthur. The fraction ends with another rescue by Falcone on Morata.

We start over and the music is always the same: Juve under pressure and Sampdoria defending themselves. Too low, however, so much so that in the 51st minute the Bianconeri directed the qualification: a measured cross by Arthur and Rugani (another good performance) caught the winning corner with a precise header.

The Sampdoria, up to that moment void, seem to reopen the match in the 62nd minute: Conti crosses well and with the right, Perin gets dry. But it is an illusion: five minutes later the substitute Dybala takes advantage of a wrong disengagement of the Genoese and has no difficulty in making the mark. And this time the Argentine (highly acclaimed by the few fans present at the Stadium) is exulting and easing, at least for the moment, the controversy over the renewal of the contract. Curtain with Morata fixing the final 4-1 on a penalty. –