Coppa Italia: Juventus beat Udinese 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals..

In the first match of the Coppa Italia round of 16, Juventus easily defeated Udinese. Spalletti's team took the lead in the first half thanks to Palma's own goal and closed the scoring in the second half with Locatelli's penalty. The Bianconeri thus advance to the quarterfinals, where they will face the winner of tomorrow's Atalanta-Genoa match.

Juventus-Udinese 2-0

For the first fifteen minutes of the game, Juventus controlled the game, never allowing Udinese to leave their own half. The first chance came in the 11th minute with Yildiz firing a powerful shot from the edge of the box, but Sava parried it. The Juventus number ten tried again ten minutes later, but this time his shot went just wide. In the 23rd minute, Spalletti's team took a deserved lead: McKennie crossed low from the right, Palma de Mallorca He tries to anticipate David with a slide tackle, but unfortunately scores in his own net. The visitors try to respond by raising their center of gravity, but never get a shot on target in the first half.

In the second half, Udinese immediately tried with Zaniolo, who, after beating three men, just missed the post from distance. At the other end, the usual Yildiz responded, with a fine curling shot, fed by McKenney, but it missed the target. In the 68th minute, Palma brought down Cabal in the box, and the referee awarded a penalty after a VAR review. He stepped up to take the spot. Locatelli who doesn't miss and scores the 2-0. In injury time Openda also scores the third, but the VAR disallows it for a millimetric offside by Joao Mario who had made the assist. It ends 2-0.