The cold winter still can't stop the fans' enthusiasm for football.

The second half of Serie A will kick off on January 16, but before that, the Coppa Italia is also in full swing.

The Coppa Italia began in 1922 and is now almost 100 years old.

Initially, the Coppa Italia was contested by 20 teams from Serie A and 22 teams from Serie B, with the final being played on a two-legged home-and-away basis.

However, at the beginning of the 0809 season, the Coppa Italia underwent a major overhaul, increasing the number of participating teams to 78 teams, and teams with better results in Serie C and Serie D could also participate, which was modeled after the format of the English FA Cup. And except for the semi-finals, which are home and away, the rest of the matches are all single-elimination systems, and the final venue is also set in the Olympia Stadium in Rome.

Each year's Coppa Italia winner can embroider the winner's logo on the following year's jersey – a red, white and green target pattern with a red bullseye and a white and green ring outward.

According to the principle of seeding, the first few rounds are played against each other by teams from the lower leagues, and it is not until the fifth round that the main event is played.

In the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, the eight teams that won in the fourth round face off against the top eight finishers from last season's Serie A.

Juve's Coppa Italia journey also began in the quarterfinals.

In the quarter-finals, their opponents are Serie A side Catania.

Catania finished 14th in the league last season and narrowly escaped relegation, and this season they are still in the same position, worrying about relegation for the time being.

For such teams, their desire for cup competition is even greater than that of the top teams.

Because they have no desire for the league and can only hope for a miracle in the cup.

In the seventh round of Serie A this season, Juventus won 3-0 at home to Catania, a game they won easily, and also changed a number of key players due to the national team competition. It can be said that Juve's substitute lineup can beat Catania by a big margin.

The match was played on January 13 at Juventus' home stadium.

About a week in advance, the players have already returned to the team early and prepared early.

However, because it has just passed the winter break, the form of the players has clearly fluctuated.

And after the game on the 13th, the Serie A league started again on the 16th, so this game is not just a cup match, but also an important game for Yunsheng to adjust the team and observe the players.

After all, in the history of football, there are many teams that have had excellent results in the first half, and after a winter break, they have lost their form at all, and even been thrown out of the European zone directly by their rivals.

Yunsheng didn't send all the main players in this game, and there were some players who were obviously not in good shape, and he didn't even let these people appear in the game squad.

For example, Diego, Sissoko and several other players.

I don't know if it's too cool to go home for a vacation, these young people are recovering very slowly.

In today's game, Yunsheng asked Pepe to replace Diego's position, allowing Yu Dabao, who was in good form in training, to sit on the bench again.

Since the last game against Inter, Yunsheng has been a little superstitious and likes to bring Yu Dabao.

Similar to Yunsheng's situation, many head coaches will exist.

For example, Fernando Torres of the Spanish team has always been lucky enough to score important goals, so even if he can't play, the Spanish team will always have his place.

Now Yu Dabao is very important in Yunsheng's heart, acting as a lucky charm.

As soon as the game started, Juve were in some trouble.

In the third minute of the game, Catania made a sneak attack.

This time it was their Japanese star Takayuki Morimoto, who suddenly stepped forward in a through ball in midfield, cut through the gap between Barzagli and Motta into the box, and before the two could scramble quickly, decisively volleyed into the far corner, and the ball went into the net.

1 to 0! Juve were hit hard at the beginning and were in big trouble!

In the live broadcast room, Vieri applauded again and again and praised Takayuki Morimoto's shot: "Takayuki Morimoto, a Japanese player who is just 22 years old this year, is one of the representatives of Japan's overseas students. He joined Catania's youth team in 2006 and since his promotion to the first team he has made 60 appearances for the team, scoring 11 goals and boasting a good record. ”

"Just after receiving the ball, he suddenly accelerated into the box and then fired a quick volley into the far corner, which reminded us of Ronaldo's usual way of shooting! The Japanese striker is in good form in this game, and it seems that Juventus may lose today. ”

Vieri's words did come true, because after Takayuki Morimoto's goal, Catania retreated all the way and didn't have any chances with Juventus at all, and they learned from Mourinho and started to put buses in front of goal.

For the entire 45 minutes, Juventus bombarded their opponents indiscriminately, but nothing was achieved.

It wasn't until the second minute of first-half stoppage time that Juve equalised.

It was centre-forward Trezeguet's brilliant performance as he leapt high in the middle of the box to head Piero's cross into the far corner to help the team equalise.

1 to 1! The two teams are finally back on the same page.

However, because of this header, Trezeguet was pushed by his opponent when he landed, and he sprained his ankle a little, although it was not very serious, but it was very painful.

At half-time, Yun Sheng replaced him and brought on Iaquinta as a substitute.

At the start of the second half, Catania was still on the defensive, and Juve couldn't find a chance to score.

Substitute Iaquinta has been caught in the encirclement of the opposition and has struggled to make a difference.

Piero and Raul used their individual skills to threaten the goal; Ballack and Guti also provided a number of brilliant passes, occasionally slotting a long-range shot from outside the box in hopes of breaking the deadlock.

But neither was able to score another goal.

Juve's frenzied attack had no effect, and as the game entered the 70th minute, Yun Sheng made another substitution adjustment, replacing Pepe and Piero, and replacing Zheng Zhi and Yu Dabao, so that the two continued to strengthen the attack.

The hard work paid off, and in the 82nd minute, Juve finally scored again.

This time, it was Zheng Zhi who smashed away the opponent's midfielder and handed the ball to Raul on the right side of the penalty area.

2 to 1! Juve finally take the lead! It's not easy!

Yu Dabao was excited after the goal!

He got up from the ground and rushed to Raul, who was not far away, and hugged the Lord of the Rings tightly!

The passing and running cooperation just now was taught by Raul on the training ground Yu Dabao, and now the two cooperate tacitly and complete the goal!