Juventus-Lazio
22.04 20:45
Juventus is a club with the most trophies of all Italians clubs, but their long break in the Italian cup has been lasting for a very long time. They won that trophy in 1995. the last time, and a 15 years of break is really too long. Since they wasted all their Serie A chances for the title, the only thing left is for them to turn over to the Cup and try to win at least one trophy this season. That won’t be easy because Juventus have been playing horribly in the last month. They haven’t recorded a single win in that time period. They drew with Inter with a very late goal, also got one point against Chievo, while they lost to Genoa. In the first match of the Cup semis, they lost in Rome by 2:1 but Juventus played that match with a combined squad saving themselves for the CL match against Chelsea. Juve will now field a lot stronger squad, but not the best one as the injuries are still ruining coach Ranieri’s plans. Sissoko and Salihamidzic are still not ready and won’t be available for the match. Good news is that Camoranesi and Marchisio will return from suspensions. Ranieri didn’t want to name the team but the following squad can be expected: Buffon; Grygera, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro; Camoranesi, Poulsen, Tiago, Giovinco; Iaquinta, Del Piero.
The only chance
Lazio have only one opportunity to play in the European cups next years and that chance is their domestic cup exactly, as their ranking in Serie A is very unsatisfactory. Lazio beat some very quality sides in the last two rounds of Serie A such as Roma and Genoa, and they’re entering this match full of confidence. Lazio played regularly good in the Cup, managed to defeat and knock out Atalanta, Milan and Torino. Coach Rossi is optimistic before tonight’s match and says that Juventus haven’t managed to beat Lazio in their two mutual clashes from this season, so they won’t manage it again today. Since his team is entering this game with an advantage (very narrow one though), a draw would lead them to the finals. Since Sampdoria got a big advantage in the first leg against Inter, it’s possible that Biancocelesti will meet the team from Genoa in the finals. In that case, the trophy would be at their reach. A big problem for coach Rossi was caused by the injury of striker Pandev in a match against Genoa. Macedonian attacker won’t be playing for at least one month. The good news is that Metuzalem and Brocchi are returning back to the lineup as they are done with their suspensions. Lazio’s team should look like the following: Muslera; De Silvestri, Siviglia, Rozenhal, Kolarov; Lichtsteiner, Ledesma, Matuzalem, Brocchi; Zarate, Rocchi.
Exciting game with lots of goals
“The old lady” is the favorite every time they play in front of their fans and it will be the same this time as well, despite of their poor performances from the past month. The guests are not without chances in this match either as Lazio shown a terrific form in their last two games. It’s very probable that the guest value success in this competition a lot more than Juventus as that will be their only chance to secure playing in Europe next season. Final outcome seems pretty hard to predict (especially at offered odds) and since both of these teams play pretty casual football, I expect a totally open match with lots of goal-scoring chances and goals. That’s why I’m gonna suggest you to bet on the over.
Tip: Over 2.5 goals, Odds 2.0
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