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Juve Ease Past SPAL To Set Up Inter Clash In Coppa Italia
January 28th, 2021 | 10:56 AM | 175 views
ROME
Juventus moved into the semifinals of the Coppa Italia with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Serie B side SPAL on Wednesday, with four different players on target.
The Bianconeri will go on to face Inter Milan, who knocked out city rivals AC Milan 2-1 on Tuesday.
The Old Lady rested talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and made sweeping changes to the starting line-up, as Gianluigi Buffon, who celebrates his 43rd birthday on Thursday, started in goal, while Matthijs de Ligt started for the first time since recovering from COVID-19.
Alvaro Morata put Juve ahead in the 16th minute with a penalty, and Gianluca Frabotta doubled the lead with a volley from Dejan Kulusevski's assist in the 33rd minute.
Juve extended the lead with Kulusevski's daisy-cutter in the second-half, before Federico Chiesa sealed the win with a mazy run in stoppage time.
In the day's earlier fixture, Aleksei Miranchuk's winner helped 10-man Atalanta edge past Lazio in a 3-2 thriller. The Dea will now face either Napoli or Spezia in the semifinals.
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