Roma beats Juventus, into Italian Cup semis

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TURIN, Italy — Roma set up an Italian Cup semifinal against titleholder Inter Milan after dispatching Juventus 2-0 on Thursday.Mirko Vucinic scored midway through the second half and Rodrigo Taddei volleyed a second in injury time.AC Milan will meet Palermo in the other semifinal.” football club jerseysWe played well tonight even though playing Juventus is never easy,” Taddei said. “I’ve scored goals like that in training, but I’ve never had the chance in a match. I have to thank Daniele De Rossi for such a great pass.”
In the first half neither side managed to find any rhythm in a match littered with fouls, though Alessandro Del Piero went close for Juventus and Vucinic for Roma.Roma came out strongly in the second half and Simone Perrotta and Fabio Simplicio both squandered chances to open the scoring.Vucinic scored in the 65th minute, cutting in from the left and whipping a curling shot past Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari into the far corner.Three minutes later, Storari kept Juventus in the game when he stopped Philippe Mexes’ header.With the match almost over,Puma Shoes, Taddei spectacularly volleyed De Rossi’s free kick home to wrap up the victory.A physical second half ensued as both teams looked to score, but Sevilla grew exacerbated as its attack failed to threaten Casillas’ goal and Madrid owned the few chances there were. Mesut Oezil somehow failed to make it 2-0 after gathering Cristiano Ronaldo’s miss inside the box with Palop out of position but Sevilla defender Alexis Ruano deflected the ball wide of the open net.”We could have scored another goal, but the (result) is good,” said Cristiano Ronaldo.
Substitute Alvaro Negredo missed a shot in the dying stages for Sevilla, which has not beaten Madrid in a two-legged domestic cup series since 1955. Madrid has won the four series since then, including the 1962 final. cheap soccer jerseys Barcelona looked ready to repeat its 8-0 demolition of Almeria from earlier this season at the Camp Nou stadium.Messi got the rout moving in the 10th minute with a trademark left-footed strike from the edge of the area that goalkeeper Esteban Andres got a hand to but could not keep out.Villa doubled the lead a minute later after receiving a pass from Xavi Hernandez and picking his spot just inside the far post.Messi capped a counterattack in the 16th with another left-footed strike for his 35th goal overall and eighth brace in all competitions this season. Messi’s second goal was Barcelona’s 100th this season. The club has outscored opponents 102-22 in 35 matches in all competitions.Pedro headed in Xavi’s free kick in the 31st for his 18th goal of the campaign before Keita capped the Catalan club’s fifth 5-0 win of the season in the 88th.Barcelona won its last domestic cup two years ago.The return legs are played on Feb. 2.