Coppa Italia, Juventus-Empoli 0-1 LIVE

On the field for the quarter-finals of the Italian football cup there is Juventus-Empoli 0-1 LIVE.

Maleh scores in the 24th minute.

The Eve:

Two cups have gone between the Champions League failure and the disappointment in the Super Cup, but now Juve has another competition where the goal is to go as far as possible. The one-off match against Empoli to be played at the Allianz Stadium puts the pass to the Coppa Italia semi-final up for grabs, tomorrow night at the Stadium, Thiago Motta has a thousand reasons not to miss the appointment. On the one hand there is the need to redeem the previous eliminations, on the other hand there is the desire to continue the positive streak of the championship, finally on the horizon there would be a special double challenge for the Italian-Brazilian: the scoreboard, in fact, pits the winner against Bologna.

Even the crossroads smile on the black and whites who have always found an underdog team on their path, since Locatelli and his teammates have already eliminated Cagliari, now they find the Tuscans who overcame Fiorentina at the 'Franchi' and then possibly the red and blues fresh from the feat in Bergamo. This is an opportunity not to be missed, also because Juve are the reigning champions of the Italian Cup and want to defend the rosette on their chest, the last legacy of the Allegri era. At Continassa the training tests continue, Thiago Motta's idea is that of a reasoned turnover since the black and whites will no longer have any other midweek commitments. And then the situation in the infirmary does not allow for great rotations: after the stop for Savona, who will be out for a couple of weeks, more bad news has arrived from Douglas Luiz. "Low-grade lesion of the biceps femoris of the left thigh" announced the club, with the Brazilian who has been stopped by the fourth muscular problem of the season and will not be available for about twenty days. Cambiaso is also not at his best and must be managed, just as Kalulu and the long-term patients Bremer, Cabal and Milik remain in the pits. This is why the doors are opening for a starting place for Rouhi, a Swede born in 2004, ready to start from the beginning on the left lane. Kelly will be confirmed at the centre of defence, Gatti is scheduled for a rest after a long tour de force: without other central defenders, Thiago Motta is thinking of adapting Locatelli to the quartet completed by Weah. In midfield, the pair formed by Thuram and Koopmeiners is favoured, in the three-quarter line Nico Gonzalez and Mbangula will be seen again with the ballot between Conceicao and Yildiz. And, even up front, the challenge between Vlahovic and Kolo Muani is wide open: it is still complicated to see them side by side, more likely to imagine a relay between the strikers.