Tonight’s challenge at the Stadium between Juventus and Lazio (live on Canale 5 at 21 and streaming on sportmediaset.it) closes the picture of the quarterfinals of Italian Cup: whoever wins will face Inter in the semifinals. The bianconeri ‘take refuge’ in the competition – which is now a primary objective – to put the bad fall at home in the league against Monza behind them and to ‘forget’ for one evening the -15 penalty in the standings. Max Allegri must do without once again of Paul Pogba, struggling with soreness in the flexor (“Since April he has done 15 days of preparation”, underlined the Juventus coach in the conference on the eve) and relies on Dusan Vlahovic: the last of the Serbian attacker in the starting eleven dates back to 25 October last, in Lisbon against Benfica in the Champions League. He should pair offensively offensively with Frederick Church, returning after missing the match against Monza due to fatigue: the two have never played together in twelve months with black and white.
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Juventus, Allegri: “Angry and embittered players. Pogba out due to a flexor problem”
One arrives at the Stadium Lazio hungry and fit, who after three years wants to regain a place in the semifinals to dream of a trophy won seven times and which has been missing since 2019. Back in the Champions League area in a January to remember except for the slide at the beginning of 2023 against Lecce, the team of Maurice Sarri promises battle. For the occasion, the Biancoceleste coach is ready to relaunch Ciro Immobile, who has recovered after the ailments of the last period. Zaccagni and Felipe Anderson should act alongside him, with Pedro as a weapon to be used during the race. “The Italian Cup must represent a great opportunity, we are in a good moment and we must exploit it to make our qualification – he underlined Matias Neighbor to the microphones of the club’s thematic channel – Playing against Juventus in Turin is always difficult, despite the difficult moment, the black and white squad is always full of champions”.
