Bianconeri came out the worthy winners of the first-leg held at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, with Martin Caceres stealing the show with a brace on his return to Turin
The Uruguayan scored a wonderful brace to give Juventus the advantage going into the second-leg of the Coppa Italia.
Juventus defeated A.C Milan 2-1 in first of the two-legged Coppa Italia semi-finals on Wednesday, February 8. Stephan El Shaarawy scored the only goal of the game for the Rossoneri.
Massimiliano Allegri made a few changes to the side that drew blanks against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ignazio-Abate-c16673, as Allegri chose to add some experience in his defensive
line up. There were no other surprises in the Milanese line-up. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 started for the Champions, as his ban of three matches does not apply to competitions other than the Serie A.
Antonio Conte made several changes to his starting line-up, as he handed starts to a few January signings. Caceres made his debut for the Old Lady after arriving on loan from Sevilla in the January transfer window. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-c4710 Del
Piero started upfront alongside Marco Borriello.
The game got off to an exciting start, as the first chance of the game fell for Juve’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Clarence-Seedorf-c9275 had the same luck with his
spectacular effort, as the ball sailed past the goal post.
Stephan El Shaarawy had a great opportunity to open the scoring for the Rossoneri in the 16th minute, but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 U-21 striker miscued his shot from a tight angle. Host goal-keeper, Marco Amelia, was under constant
pressure from the Turin giants, as he made a couple of wonderful saves before the break.
The onslaught from the visitors continued at the start of the second-half, with Martin Caceres scoring the crucial away goal for Lady Killers in the 53rd minute. Borriello had a powerful shot parried away by Amelia,
but Caceres tapped home the rebound to make it 1-0 for Juventus.
However, this lead was short-lived, as El Shaarawy made his presence count by tapping home from six-yards after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Massimo-Ambrosini-c24579 laid the ball in his path.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Del-Piero-c4726 had a great opportunity to extend the lead for the visitors after he was threaded through on goal, but his run was stopped by Philippe Mexes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mirko-Vucinic-c26024 and
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-Quagliarella-c13194 for Del Piero and Borriello, respectively.
Ibrahimovic was judged to have handled the ball on his way to scoring a goal, and his celebrations were halted by the linesman. The Swede continued to be a menace for the Bianconeri in the second-half, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giorgio-Chiellini-c14963 had
to put his body on the line to block his attempt from close range.
The Old Lady substitutes wanted to stamp their authority on the match, as Vucinic forced Amelia into making a wonderful save, with Ambrosini putting off Quagliarella’s advances.
The match was effectively sealed by Caceres, when he curled in a beautiful shot, with seven minutes remaining in the match. Ambrosini failed to clear Emanuele Giaccherini’s pass, and the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star found the far corner
of the net to make it 2-1 in favour of the Old Lady.
The second-leg of the semi final will be played at Juventus Stadium on March 21.
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