Juventus will try to make another step towards the treble on Tuesday when they visit rivals Fiorentina for the second leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final. The Serie A champions and leaders were surprisingly defeated 2-1 in the first leg, which was their first home defeat this season. Juventus have been unable to defeat Fiorentina this season, the Serie A fixture in Florence in December ended goalless.
Mohamed Salah, on loan from Chelsea at Fiorentina, scored both goals in the fist leg. With this advantage Fiorentina will probably be looking to defend and try to hit on counter attacks by taking advantage of Salah's tremendous speed and skills. Last time out Fiorentina defeated Sampdoria 2-0 in the Serie A on Saturday, with Salah and Alessandro Diamanti bagging the goals. Josip Ilicic, Manuel Pasqual and Stefan Savic are injured for the home side. .
Juventus are dominating the Serie A, the title is almost secured, and they have also reached the Champions League quarter-finals. They have recorded five consecutive wins in all competitions after the first-leg defeat to Fiorentina. Last weekend they beat Empoli 2-0 with Carlos Tevez and Roberto Pereyra on the score sheet. However, they lost Arturo Vidal to injury and Claudio Marchisio and Paul Pogba will also miss out. Andrea Pirlo might make his comeback from injury after six weeks on the sidelines.
Probable line-ups:
Fiorentina: Neto - Rodriguez, Basanta, Tomovic, Alonso - Badelj, Fernandez, Valero - Salah, Diamanti - Gomez
Juventus: Buffon - Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini - Lichtsteiner, Pirlo, Padoin, Pereyra, Evra - Tevez, Morata
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Fiorentina win - 9/4 Draw - 23/10 Juventus win - 13/10
timidi 9 years ago
Juventus is the best team in Italy and they proof that every time when they play. This match was great, they played well, they made a lot of opportunities and they score 3 goals on road to Firenza. This is for respect and I think that they can beat Lazio and win Coppa Italia. They are big favorites but in final everything...
Juventus is the best team in Italy and they proof that every time when they play. This match was great, they played well, they made a lot of opportunities and they score 3 goals on road to Firenza. This is for respect and I think that they can beat Lazio and win Coppa Italia. They are big favorites but in final everything is possible.
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seculla
9 years ago
I can't explain how happy and satisfied I am when I'm watching Juventus lately. As their very big fan I'm watching almost every game no matter in witch competition and I must say that Juve is "ruling" in Italy these four years but they've never played like this. This season with Massimiliano Allegri they are playing their...
I can't explain how happy and satisfied I am when I'm watching Juventus lately. As their very big fan I'm watching almost every game no matter in witch competition and I must say that Juve is "ruling" in Italy these four years but they've never played like this. This season with Massimiliano Allegri they are playing their best football since "calciopoli". Forza JUVE!!! We are targeting all three trophies this season!!!!!
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h34dhunt3r
9 years ago
This is gonna be one hell of a match. Juventus kinda threw their first game back in Florence, so they have to score at least two goals tonight in order for them to go into finals. On the other hand, Fiorentina has easier job infront of them. Mohamed Salah is growing to be a leader of this team and a boost that team from...
This is gonna be one hell of a match. Juventus kinda threw their first game back in Florence, so they have to score at least two goals tonight in order for them to go into finals. On the other hand, Fiorentina has easier job infront of them. Mohamed Salah is growing to be a leader of this team and a boost that team from Florence needed. I've personally betted that Juventus scores two or more goals and that first half is gonna give us more goals then a second one. My predictions: - Result: 1:2 for Juventus, cant predict what will happen in extra time; - Man of the match: Carlos Tevez
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kruno1414
9 years ago
This will be a fun game to watch , Fiorentina played great in the first match and managed to score twice on Juventus stadium . Mohamed Salah absolutely destroyed them and if they wanna even try to go through they must stop him or else he will score again , he is in a good form lately . I think Fiorentina will manage to...
This will be a fun game to watch , Fiorentina played great in the first match and managed to score twice on Juventus stadium . Mohamed Salah absolutely destroyed them and if they wanna even try to go through they must stop him or else he will score again , he is in a good form lately . I think Fiorentina will manage to finish this to their favour .
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sharpe
9 years ago
The first game result is a promise for very interesting second game between those two. I think Johnny is right that Fiorentina will play more defensive and will look to score counter attacks with their fast forwards. In any case this have to be an exiting game and I hope spectacular too.
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seculla
9 years ago
After first match at Juventus Stadium, and very good performance from Fiorentina's players, especially Mohamed Salah, and Fiorentina's win over Juventus, this second match tomorrow will be very good to watch. It will be difficult for both sides, Juve has to score at least two goals to go trough the semi final, and Fiorentina...
After first match at Juventus Stadium, and very good performance from Fiorentina's players, especially Mohamed Salah, and Fiorentina's win over Juventus, this second match tomorrow will be very good to watch. It will be difficult for both sides, Juve has to score at least two goals to go trough the semi final, and Fiorentina to save their advantage from the first match must play at the same level as they played in the first leg, but that will be very difficult for them. I can't wait to watch this match tomorrow and I must say that I believe in Juve and I'm almost 100% sure that Juve will play in Coppa Italia's Final. Forza Juve!!!
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