Juventus do not betray. In this crazy Italian Cup that saw Genoa, Rome and Fiorentina come out badly against Alessandria, Spezia and Carpi, the bianconeri confirmed their winning mentality and "matano" the Bull with a bombastic 4-0. A derby without history that of the Stadium, a far cry from the latest hard-fought championship versions. In Juve's poker there is all the hunger of a group which, as if by magic, has found the right spirit after a terrible start and now doesn't want to stop.
“We had a good match – commented satisfied by Massimiliano Allegri. – This challenge could have turned out to be a pitfall, we are playing a lot instead they had rested last weekend. It was important to win, in 2016 we want to be in the running on all fronts”. It will be like this, because the message from the Stadium is unequivocal: this Lady is still very hungry. To tell the truth, a derby gives reasons regardless, especially for those who have found little space so far.
This is the case of Simone Zaza, who lined up as a starter together with Morata in the Juventus 3-5-2. The former Sassuolo confirmed that he is genius and recklessness at the same time: genius for two beautiful goals, recklessness for two interventions within a minute that could cost him his expulsion. Good for him that Doveri decided to spare him a second yellow card (it would have been severe but lawful) thus prolonging his match. From then on, only the good things of his repertoire were seen: left foot volley under the cross for the 1-0 (28') and soft and precise round shot for doubling (51'). In fact, the game ended there.
In fact, in addition to being two goals down, Toro had just remained in 10 for the expulsion of Molinaro, naive to the limits of masochism in coming in hard on Marchisio despite the yellow card already received previously. “This must be based on experience, we can't make such mistakes against a team like Juve – Ventura's bitter comment. – Up to that moment, even though we didn't create much, we had held the field well and the match was totally open".
Afterwards, however, it was a real black and white solo. Dybala, who replaced the highly acclaimed Zaza, first came close to making it 3-0 with a left foot strike, then found it in almost identical ways (73'). Finally it was Pogba who put the exclamation point: masterful punishment under the cross and many greetings to Turin (82 ').
A poker that sends Juve to the quarterfinals to face the winner of Lazio-Udinese (16 pm), even if in the toughest part of the draw. In fact, on the left, in addition to the teams just mentioned, there are also Inter and Napoli (3-0 against Verona), on the right instead surprises dominate: how else to define the quarter-final between Spezia and Alessandria? All this opens up an important opportunity for Sampdoria and Milan (at 21pm), who will compete tonight to guarantee the match against Carpi. Garcia and Paulo Sousa lick their wounds, Mihajlovic and Montella sincerely hope not to have to do the same. Because Allegri, Mancini and Sarri teach: the competition doesn't count but only the final result.
