Atalanta in Coppa Italia semifinal, Juventus overwhelmed 3-0

It’s Atalanta the second team qualified for the Coppa Italia semifinals. After Inter, victorious Wednesday night 2-1 in Monza with Torino, the Bergamo-based Nerazzurri also advanced to the quarterfinals, imposing themselves 3-0 over Juventus. The Bianconeri started with some initiative and built a couple of dangerous chances in the first half, especially with Conceiçao, stopped, however, first by Carnesecchi and then by the crossbar.

The key episode came in the 25th minute: Bremer committed a hand foul in the box, the Var intervened and the referee awarded the penalty kick. From the spot, Scamacca was flawless and signed the 1-0 score in the 27th minute. Juventus took the blow and struggled to respond, with the first half ending without any other goals.

In the second half Spalletti also inserted former and newly acquired Boga, increasing the pressure in search of an equalizer. However, it was Atalanta that extinguished Juventus’ hopes in the 77th minute: Zappacosta went all the way down the right and put a precise cross to the second post, where Sulemana arrived on time for 2-0.

In the final there was also glory for Pasalic who, having entered just over a minute ago, at the 85th minute kicked his hat-trick with a diagonal right-footed shot that flew past Perin. Atalanta thus flew into the semifinals, where they will face the winner of Lazio-Bologna.