Juventus have reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Sassuolo. Dusan Vlahovic’s winning goal came only a few minutes before time. Matthijs de Ligt played for ninety minutes and regularly sought the attack. However, he missed a huge opportunity.
Where the Italian media normally focuses mainly on De Ligt’s defensive actions, after the game against Sassuolo, attention was also paid to the Dutchman’s attacking aspirations. De Ligt decided to steam up regularly.
“He could regularly be found in the attack, to increase Juventus’ chances in the opponent’s penalty area,” the Italian branch begins. Eurosport after the match. ‘However, he did not get a goal that he had already counted himself. He had few problems in the back.’
Tuttomercatoweb concluded that De Ligt saw opportunities to attack Sassuolo. “Defensively, despite the threat from Sassuolo, he had no problems. In the second half he allowed himself some poetic freedom and ventured into the attack more often, where he managed to give his team a boost.’
The big man on the Juventus side was Dusan Vlahovic. The Serbian attacker, who came over from Fiorentina for an amount of around eighty million euros during the last transfer period, made the decisive 2-1 just before time. He had little impact on the game until the 89th minute. The Serb pulled the rabbit out of the top hat and put Juventus at 2-1 from scratch.’
Juventus News 24 in Juve Live, two very active Juventus fan sites, were a bit critical despite De Ligt’s solid play. “He was completely free a few times in Sassuolo’s penalty area, but was unable to beat Pegolo (Sassuolo’s keeper, ed.),” said Mr. Juventus News 24. Juve Live adds: ‘The impossible happened: literally two meters from the goal, De Ligt managed to hit the aluminum.’
The great teasing spirit for Juventus on Thursday evening was Sassuolo goalkeeper Gianluca Pegolo. He kept his club in the race for the semi-finals for a long time. “He made some great saves, including face to face with Vlahovic. After that he managed to keep McKennie and Morata from scoring, while Rabiot also stumbled on Pegolo.” Sassuolo News.
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