When you meet an unpredictable, unleashed and spectacular player like Salah, the Egyptian former Chelsea player that Mourinho gave to Fiorentina, there is none for anyone. And in fact, a brace from Salah opens the door to the Coppa Italia final for Fiorentina after last night's success at the Juventus Stadium, where the Juventus champions had only been beaten once so far (by Stramaccioni's Inter).
Salah immediately made it clear what he's made of by scoring a legendary goal on the 10th minute of the first half after a 70-metre ride (like that of Turin's Bruno Perese in the derby against Juve itself) which pulverized the Juventus defenders. And he did it again in the second half with another goal that sowed panic in the defense of the Italian champions. Who knows what Mourinho must have said who let Salah go, who is proving to be the real surprise of Fiorentina and who certainly does not make us regret Cuadrado.
Juve had found a momentary draw in the first half with Llorente primed by the revived Pepe but it soon became clear that, faced with a Salah like this, it wasn't an evening. Also due to the lack of attention from the defence, an unrecognizable Marchisio, and the amusements of Pogba and Vidal.
At this point, after having conquered Turin, Montella's Fiorentina, who will face Juve in the return match in Florence in April, concretely sees ahead of them the final against the winner between Lazio and Naples, which the day before yesterday closed the first match in draw.
After all, Montella had made no secret of aiming for the Italian Cup and had the great merit of facing Juve head-on, proving to be clearly superior.
