Juve seize late control of cup semi against Fiorentina

March 3, 2022 Team MVR

Juventus took control of their Italian Cup semi-final on Wednesday after Lorenzo Venuti’s late own goal gave the visitors a 1-0 first-leg win on Dusan Vlahovic’s return to Florence.

Buonanotte, bianconeri ⚪️⚫️#FiorentinaJuve #CoppaItaliaFrecciarossa pic.twitter.com/etJDqakOpx

— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) March 2, 2022

Venuti left the field in tears after he deflected Juan Cuadrado’s cross into his own net in the first minute of stoppage time to hand Juve the win and a potentially crucial away goal.

Serbia forward Vlahovic was back at the Stadio Artemio Franchi for the first time since moving to Turin in January but had little joy for depleted Juve in a tense match which lacked quality.

Unbelievable. We lose.

🟣⚪ 0 – 1 ⚪⚫ | 90' + 2'#ForzaViola 💜 #FiorentinaJuventus #CoppaItalia pic.twitter.com/73QZVbXWFJ

— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) March 2, 2022

The tie will be decided at the Alianz Stadium next month, with the winners taking on either AC Milan or Inter Milan — who drew 0-0 on Tuesday — in May’s final in Rome.