Goal : Juventus overcame a resilient Bologna side 2-1 at the Juventus Arena to book their passage into the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.
For the vast majority of the second-half, Federico Agliardi’s goalkeeping heroics kept the hosts at bay until Emanuele Giaccherini’s 90th minute strike appeared to steal victory. However, Andrea Raggi headed home a corner in the 95th minute to send the match into extra time. Once there, a brilliant individual goal by Claudio Marchisio settled the tie in Juventus’ favour.
The first half was not one for the purists, with both sides struggling to establish any kind of attacking rhythm. The most notable moment for the visitors came courtesy of Daniele Vantaggiato, who forced Marco Storari into a diving save from a free-kick 23 minutes in.
Juventus were not faring any better, with Milos Krasic at the heart of what little they created in the opening period. The Serbian first had a goal correctly chalked off for outside, before teeing up Fabio Quagliarella for a shot that was blocked by Agliardi a few minutes before the break.
The hosts began the second-half with renewed vigor, and could have broken the deadlock barely a minute after the restart. Quagliarella’s effort from 12 yards out was parried by Agilardi into the path of Krasic, who could not find the target from the rebound with the goal at his mercy.
Agliardi was called into action again soon after, first stopping a low drive by Alessandro Del Piero with his trailing leg, before tipping away a belter by Quagliarella at full stretch following a swift counter-attack.