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Juventus 4-1 Sampdoria: Bianconeri make strong start to Coppa Italia defence
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Juventus celebrate Cuadrado's opening goal
Juventus celebrate Cuadrado's opening goal

Juventus launched their Coppa Italia title defence with a commanding 4-1 victory over Sampdoria at the Allianz Stadium.

A free-kick from Juan Cuadrado gave the reigning champions a 25th-minute lead, while Daniele Rugani's first Bianconeri goal in almost three years doubled the advantage after the break.

Andrea Conti replied for Sampdoria, whose fortunes were overseen by Felice Tufano following the sacking of coach Roberto D’Aversa on Monday.

But substitute Paulo Dybala put the hosts back in control, before Alvaro Morata's penalty sealed their place in the quarter-finals.

Juventus had won eight of their nine previous Coppa Italia meetings with Sampdoria, while they had not been eliminated from this stage of the competition since 2005.

The Bianconeri made a strong start as Cuadrado tested Wladimiro Falcone with a fierce drive, but soon after there was no denying the Colombian, who drilled a low free-kick into the far corner.

Juve thought they had doubled their lead when Morata swept home within 60 seconds of the restart. But the Spain international was denied by VAR after Adrien Rabiot was adjudged to have fouled Tomas Rincon in the build-up.

The second goal arrived seven minutes after the interval; Rugani, who last found the net for Juventus in February 2019, climbed to nod home Arthur’s inviting cross.

Despite a turbulent build-up that included the departure of D’Aversa, Sampdoria responded in the 63rd minute. Unmarked at the far post, Conti was allowed too much time to control before drilling past Mattia Perin.

However, their hard work was undone almost immediately as they were robbed of possession outside the penalty box, with Dybala gratefully sweeping home.

Morata then put the icing on the cake from the penalty spot after Marley was brought down by Tommaso Augello.


What does it mean? Juventus off and running

Following last-minute heartbreak against Inter in last week's Supercoppa, there were no such slip-ups for Juve this time around.

The Bianconeri maintained their dominant Coppa Italia record against Sampdoria, and have now scored 32 goals in the 10 meetings between the teams in this competition.

As for the Blucerchiati, they have now lost their last seven matches at this last-16 stage.

A rare goal for Rugani

The centre-half ended his long wait to find the net for Juventus, and he provided a useful attacking threat throughout the contest.

Indeed, he recorded three attempts on goal – a total only bettered by Dybala (four). Meanwhile, he only conceded possession three times (winning possession seven times) and completed a team-high 94.5 per cent of his passes (52 of 55).

Impressive Arthur

The Brazil international produced a dominant display for Juve in the middle of the park.

Indeed, he led the way with game-high tallies for touches (104), passes (94), total passes in the opponent's half (65) and possession gained (12), while also winning all four of his duels.

What’s next?

Now unbeaten after 90 minutes in their last 11 across all competitions, Juventus are in good form and will take plenty of momentum to San Siro on Sunday, when they face Milan in Serie A.

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