Vlahovic, the new “murderer” of Juventus, is preparing to face his former team – archyde

Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic struck again and confirmed Juventus’ bet on him was in place, leading the defending champions to the Coppa Italia semi-finals with a last-gasp victory over Sassuolo 2- 1, to face his former team, Fiorentina, who won their role, with a fatal goal to Atalanta 3-2.
In Turin, after finding the net in his first game in a Juventus jersey against Verona in the league (2-0), Vlahovic, nicknamed “The Killer”, played the main role in the qualification of the Juve in the semi-finals of the Cup, earning them the lethal goal awarded to Brazilian defender Rowan Tresoldi. By mistake in his side’s goal two minutes from time as both teams prepared for two more games.
After the match started in the best possible way with its lead from the third minute thanks to its Argentinian captain Paulo Dybala, who received the ball after an interception error from Rowan Tresoldi, the performance of the players of the “Old Lady declined amid a rush of guests. who threatened goalkeeper Mattia Perin until they managed to equalize with a fine arc from Aji Hamed Traoré (24).
Unlike the first half of his first appearance in the league on Sunday against Verona, Vlahovic did nothing in the first half, so the draw remained in control until the end, then Juventus started the second half better and came close to scoring if the post did not resist against an attempt by the American Weston McKinney (55th). .
Veteran keeper Gianluca Bigolo played the starring role against attempts by the Turin giants, including Makini’s header.
But relief came at the end, and Bigolo went down as Juventus launched a counterattack, which Dybala handed the ball to Vlahovic, who handled the Turk past Muldor, before firing from a difficult angle, diverting the ball from Rowan Tresoldi and deceiving his goalkeeper (88).
Coach Massimiliano Allegri was happy with what he has seen from Vlahovic so far, but stressed: “He needs to improve, clarify his way of playing. »
For his part, Vlahovic said he doesn’t care how Fiorentina fans will receive him, in the Coppa Italia semi-final.
Vlahovic joined Juventus last January from Fiorentina in a deal worth around €80m.
“I’m still at the beginning and it will take time, but I owe a lot to my Juventus team-mates, the coach and the club for helping me a lot, nothing would be possible without them and it It’s an honor to play here and be at the disposal of this great team,” said Vlahovic.
The 22-year-old Juventus striker added: “I only think about the game against Fiorentina, to win and everything else is not important for me, because it will be a game like any other… We are there. to play football, and that’s not a problem for me.
Vlahovic will face his former team Fiorentina in the semi-finals, who, despite losing their Serbian top scorer to Juventus and having to finish the match with ten players, managed to reach the semi-finals by eliminating their host Atalanta from a fatal 3. -2 goal after a crazy game.
And Atalanta thought they were in charge after turning their backs on a goal scored by the Polish Kristof Piontik in the 9th minute from the penalty spot, to lead 2-1 thanks to a magnificent shooting arc from Davide Zappacosta (30 years old) and by the Ivorian Jeremy Boga. (56).
But Piontec struck again and equalized for the visitors from a second penalty this time, which he failed to translate after Argentine keeper Juan Musso blocked it, but the ball came back to the Pole and he followed in the nets (71st).
It looked like the armband would tip in Atalanta’s favor after Argentina defender Lucas Martins Quarta was ejected from the visitors’ ranks in the 79th minute for a second yellow card, but Serbian substitute Nikola Milinkovic shocked the hosts by snatching the goal winning and qualifying. for Fiorentina in the last third minute of added time with a superb shot “on Al Tayer” from the periphery of the area to the right of goalkeeper Mouso (3+90).
With Juventus and dreamy Fiorentina qualifying for the first title since 2001, the semi-final contract came to an end after being beaten by Inter, champions and leaders of the championship, with their victory Tuesday against their invited Roma 2-0, against their great rival Milan, who won a landslide victory on Wednesday over Lazio, the other pole of the capital 4-0.

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