At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 19, the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 Coppa Italia will usher in a focus battle: Juventus vs Sampdoria.
Juventus, the defending champions of the Coppa Italia, eliminated Inter Milan 2-1 away from home in the Coppa Italia semi-finals last season, 1-0 on aggregate, before beating Atalanta 2-1 in the final. Juventus have had an excellent record in Serie A recently, but the Coppa Italia is still their most promising title trophy this season.
From the 2:0 away defeat of Salernitana in the 15th round of Serie A to the 22nd round of the 22nd round of home defeat to Napoli, the last 8 league rounds, Juventus 6 wins and 2 draws unbeaten, the same period of record, is only inferior to the 7 consecutive wins of the defending champions Inter Milan. But Juve just lost C Ronaldo at the beginning of the season when the debt is too much, the current 22-to-12 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses, 41 points in the Serie A standings fifth, more than Inter Milan more rounds but 8 points behind, the competition for the league championship has not been realistic, the top four to protect the Champions League qualification is not allowed to lose, after all, in addition to the strong record of Milan doubles, as well as Napoli, Atalanta two good strong, is the top four insurmountable mountains.
As for the Champions League, Juventus, whose offensive firepower is not strong enough and has many defensive loopholes, is even more unrealistic to fight for the title in the case of losing C Ronaldo.
The recent Italian Super Cup, last season's Coppa Italia champions and league champions, the two sides drew in regular time, extra time Sanchez read the second to shoot, Juventus missed the first title of the season. Now, only the Italian Cup title has been launched again.
Sampdoria is also a traditional powerhouse in Serie A, but in the absence of investment in the transfer market and the lack of big stars in the squad, Serie A has long lost its competitiveness. Currently in Serie A, 22 wins, 5 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses are 15th with 20 points, and there is pressure to relegate.
Juventus have won 7, drawn 3 and lost 0 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
Sampdoria have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches in all competitions, and have suffered three consecutive defeats in the last three rounds of Serie A.
The two sides have met in the last 10 times, with Juve winning 8, drawing 0 and losing 2, and juventus have won five consecutive times against Sampdoria in serie A since the 2019-20 season.
Juve's forward attacking core Dybala has been in excellent form recently, and in this game, Juve won and advanced to the top.