Juventus 2-1 Sassuolo: Ruan Tressoldi scores last minute own goal to send Juve into final four

A deflected shot from Dusan Vlahovic gave Juventus a late victory over Sassuolo, setting up a Coppa Italia semi-final with his former side Fiorentina. Juventus took an early lead when Weston McKennie's miss-hit shot fell into the path of Paulo Dybala and he hit the ball home. Ad/> After this point, Sassuolo dominated the first half and it was fully deserved when they got back on level terms when Hamed Traore, after exchanging passes with Gianluca Scamacca, curled a fantastic effort inside the far post.

Serie AVlahovic off the mark as Juve move back into top four06/02/2022 AT 19:02 Juventus were the better side in the first half and hit the post twice, through McKennie and Matthijs de Ligt, before they received luck when extra time looked likely. Vlahovic's shot was heading wide before it hit the back of luckless defender Ruan Tressoldi and beat Gianluca Pegolo who had denied them for much of the half. TALKING POINT What a semi-final in store — Dusan Vlahovic's departure was the third major occasion in the last three decades or so when Fiorentina fans have been left broken-hearted by a player moving to their most-hated opponent, Juventus.

And just like Roberto Baggio in 1990 and Federico Bernardeschi in 2018, Vlahovic will feel the full fury of Florence when the second leg of the tie is played in the Stadio Artemio Franchi on on April 20. First of all the sides will meet at the Juventus Stadium on March 2. Fiorentina haven't won the Coppa Italia since 2000/01, ironically the year when another great striker, Gabriel Batistuta, left the club.