Italian cup and silver star. Juventus also triumphed against Lazio thus conquering a double victory: the tenth cup (absolute record of Italian football) and the possibility of reaching the famous treble, at this point only one game away. A very important success for the bianconeri, awaited for exactly 20 years (the last time was in 1995 against Parma): that was Lippi's team, the same one which, a year later, was crowned European champion right at the stadium Rome Olympic. In short, fate continues to send signals, so much so that someone from Barcelona is starting to worry seriously. But there's still time to think about Berlin, now it's right to celebrate this Coppa Italia won against a beautiful Lazio, who played for over 120'. “They played a great game, they put us in difficulty – admitted Massimiliano Allegri. – They were unlucky at the double post, we were good at scoring shortly after. Football is like this, you also win with episodes. I'm really happy, it's not easy to fight on three fronts. We've won two trophies, now let's see if the third one will arrive…”.
A lot of joy at Juve and just as much regret at Lazio. The coveted cup slipped away right at the climax, wasting a lot of energy which, in view of the derby, could cost dearly. “It was a balanced race, we could both have won it – explained Pioli with understandable regret. – In these cases you need a bit of luck, we haven't had it but I can't say anything to my players. The regret remains, the finals are played to win and losing them is not nice. But now we have to react immediately, our path in the championship is still to be lived ”. The analyzes of the two coaches were impeccable: the match was actually in balance until the end, lived more on the nerves than on the quality of the protagonists. And to think that, given the way it had begun, this final seemed to promise goals and a show in the series. Ready to go and Lazio took the lead with Radu, very good at heading in a free-kick by Candreva (4'). Not even the time to enjoy the 1-0 that Juventus equalized with Chiellini, splendid in acrobatically turning a bank from Evra (11').
The fireworks, however, ended there. The barrels in fact left room for tension and tactics, with Allegri and Pioli protagonists of a challenge within the challenge. The black and white was clever in re-proposing the 3-man defense to take away space from the opponent's trident, the white and blue was equally good at playing it on target with an unprecedented 3-4-3. Cataldi and Parolo came close to the new advantage, Tevez did the same on a very risky postponement by Berisha. In the second half it was tension that reigned supreme: a rough, tough game on the razor's edge. Pioli removed Klose for Djordjevic, Allegri did the same by inserting Matri in place of Llorente. The match, in fact, was decided here. Because in the first overtime the Lazio player, after having already come close to making it 2-1 by kicking Storari, hit a sensational double post (94'), the Juventus player on the other hand, after having a goal disallowed for a millimeter offside, killed Berisha with a right foot close (97'). This was the decisive episode, the one that gave Juventus the tenth Coppa Italia in its history. Chiellini, captain for one night, raised it under the eyes of the President of the Republic Mattarella, thus giving the Juventus people yet another joy of the season. Now all that remains is the last effort, the most difficult but also the most important. On June 6, in Berlin, the Lady will play for the first treble in her history. And then yes, the party, from splendid, would become truly unforgettable.
