Italian giants, Juventus start the year 2018 with a hot match. They will play in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, facing their neighbor Torino on Thursday (4/1) early morning.
Composition of Players
Juventus (4-3-3): Szczesny; Asamoah, Barzagli, Benatia, Lichtsteiner; Matuidi, Marchisio, Khedira; Mandzukic, Higuain, Dybala
Torino (4-3-3): Sirigu; Molinaro, Burdisso, N'Koulou, De Silversti; Obi, Valdifiori, Rincon; Niang, Berenguer, Falque
As the reigning champions Coppa Italia, Juventus started the season well. They successfully beat Genoa with a score of 2-0 so managed to advance to the quarter-finals, where they must melakoni Derby Della Mole in this round when they met with their neighbors Torino.
Unlike Juventus, Torino's journey to the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia tends to be heavier. They beat Trapani and Carpi before heroically defeating AS Roma in the last 16 with a score of 1-2. For that they will be eager to face this crucial party.
The party is the second Derby Della Mole party this season. At the first meeting of both teams in September, Torino had to swallow a bitter defeat with a landslide score 4-0 at the Allianz Stadium Turin. The defeat adds to the length of their poor record at the Old Lady's comeback, where the defeat leaves them unsuccessful in the last six Derby Della Moles, where their best achievement is to keep their neighbors draw 1-1 in May last year.
Derby Della Mole this is not the first time these two neighbors meet in the Coppa Italia event. In December 2015, both teams clashed in the Coppa Italia where Torino returned to swallow a massive embarrassment in which the game ended in a 4-0 thrashing of Juventus over Torino. For that there is a heavy PR for Torino to eliminate the bad record in the middle of the week.
The performance of both teams ahead of this fight is also quite different. As host, Juventus are unbeaten in their last 5 matches in which they won four straight wins ahead of this match. On the other hand Torino appear less impressive, where they only won two consecutive draw before entering this Derby match. For that interesting to watch how Torino tried to reverse the situation in this quarter-final match.