4-0: Juve ease into the Cup and are in the quarterfinals

The Juventus They easily beat Cagliari (4-0) on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup and ease the tension they have built up in Serie A, where they are 14 points behind the lead.

Under constant criticism in recent weeks due to many draws -10 in 16 games-, made worse by the recent loss (2-2) against Venice -harvest in the horn- and the confrontation between Dusan Vlahovic On the part of the fans, ‘Juve’ cannot afford to leave the cup tournament in the round of 16.

And taking advantage of the fact that the format of Italian Cup It is still in favor of the big teams, because they play less games than others and, in addition to being a single match, they play at home, they do not miss the opportunity to reduce the tension.

He did this with a strange alignment, at McKennie playing at left back, Locatelli of central and Koopmeiners pure midfielder. In fact, it was difficult for him to get used to the game and he suffered a chance against him before the end of the first minute that could have changed everything.

But Not Gregorio He got a saving leg under the sticks to prevent the goal Deiola and give the ‘Vecchia Signora’ a second option to seal the necessary victory.

Failed Vlahovic the first clear chance he had with a shot from the top when it was all in his face to open the scoring. Raised some suspicion again on Juventus Stadiumbut he himself decided to silence him with a pure striker’s goal on his next chance, just on the brink of half-time, in the 44th minute.

He received the filtered pass from Yildiz while he was on his knees. He turned quickly and without looking at the door he avoided Scufett to put ‘Juve’ in front at the crucial moment, thereby materializing the general supremacy of the sa Thiago Motta.

It didn’t take long and the distance between the Turin team increased. It was Koopmeiners, with whiplash from a direct free kick in the 53rd minute.

‘Juve’ had several chances to increase the score, one clearly at the feet of Vlahovic, who took the ball too long to dribble past the goalkeeper. Cagliari. Two goals were also disallowed for offside.

graduate Conceicaovery active throughout the game, with a drive from the right wing, from outside to inside, to finish with his left foot and finish the duel closed, in the 89th minute, by Nico González with a beautiful Vaseline. Juve are licking their wounds in the Cup and in the quarterfinals they will face Empoli, who knocked out Fiorentina last week.