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Coppa Italia - Semi-final (First Leg) - 8-2-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 1 - 2 Martin Caceres (53′) Stephan El Shaarawy (62') Martin Caceres (83') Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Stadium - Milan Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni Caceres the hero Feb 8, 2012 Martin Caceres scored twice as Juventus beat AC Milan at the San Siro to take control of their Coppa Italia semi-final. Stephan El Shaarawy had brought the hosts level just after the hour mark in the first leg only for Uruguayan Caceres to net a superb late winner for the Serie A leaders. Milan, Juve's closest challengers in the league, were second best for much of the contest, although Zlatan Ibrahimovic had a second-half strike disallowed. Marco Borriello fired an early shot wide for the visitors, while at the other end Clarence Seedorf was also off target from long range. El Shaarawy should have put Milan in front in the 16th minute, but could only place his shot wide from inside the six-yard box. It was Juve, though, who were looking the most threatening with Marcelo Estigarribia twice shooting narrowly wide of the right post. Emanuele Giaccherni then had an effort from outside the area tipped over the bar by Marco Amelia. The Turin side continued to look the most likely after the break with Borriello forcing another diving save from Amelia. But the keeper could do nothing about Caceres' 53rd-minute opener as he followed up to tap home after Amelia had down well to keep out Borriello's effort. Alessandro Del Piero almost made it two with a shot which flashed just wide, but instead Milan levelled in the 62nd minute. El Shaarawy nodded home from close ranger after getting on the end of Massimo Ambrosini's header. Ibrahimovic had a goal disallowed seven minutes later and Mark van Bommel shot wide as Milan suddenly looked like the most likely winners. But Caceres stuck a fantastic second in the 83rd minute, picking out the top left-hand corner with a right-footed shot from outside the area. Robinho fired wide in stoppage time as Milan looked for another leveller, but Juve held on to have one foot in the final.

Coppa Italia - Semi-final (First Leg) - 8-2-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 1 - 2 Martin Cáceres (53′) Stephan El Shaarawy (62') Martin Cáceres (83') Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Stadium - Milan Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni Caceres is Juve's Coppa King! Feb 8, 2012 Martin Caceres scored a magnificent brace to give Juventus the 2-1 away victory against Milan in the Coppa Italia semi-final first leg. These two sides are battling for the Scudetto and also go head-to-head in the Coppa. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is suspended for three Serie A games, but that does not apply in other competitions, so he was able to start alongside Stephan El Shaarawy. Antonio Conte’s Juve were still unbeaten and gave Caceres and Simone Padoin their first starts since joining in January, while Andrea Pirlo returned to San Siro as an opponent after 10 years. El Shaarawy ran on to a long cross-field Daniele Bonera pass and flashed the shot across the face of goal. Marcelo Estigarribia had a couple of chances, but twice fired off target, the second time just wide of the far post after shaking off Philippe Mexes. Emanuele Giaccherini’s shot took a deflection off Mexes that looped it up, but Marco Amelia did well to fingertip it out from under the crossbar. Alessandro Del Piero took advantage of a Mark Van Bommel error only to be forced out for a corner. After the restart, Juventus confirmed their strong performance by taking the lead. Amelia was at full stretch to palm away a Borriello angled drive, but could do nothing on the Caceres follow-up in front of an open goal. As this is the Coppa Italia and a two-legged affair, it could well count as an away goal. Milan fought back with Storari palming away a fierce Ibrahimovic free kick, but Clarence Seedorf’s set piece was well off target. Del Piero smashed an angled drive across the face of goal to skim the far post, but Milan equalised moments later. Massimo Ambrosini knocked down a Luca Ambrosini cross for El Shaarawy to side-foot home from six yards. Del Piero dribbled into the box and hesitated, eventually stopped short by Mexes. Conte changed both strikers simultaneously, introducing Fabio Quagliarella and Mirko Vucinic. Ibrahimovic had the ball in the back of the net, but the whistle had already gone for a handling offence as he controlled the deflected Van Bommel shot from the edge of the box. Ibra then pounced on an Andrea Barzagli error and fought his way past Leonardo Bonucci, but Giorgio Chiellini threw himself at the finish from close range. Juve also threatened a second, as the Vucinic shot was only parried by an uncertain Amelia and Ambrosini dived in to prevent Quagliarella completing the chance. Vucinic also turned between a crowd of defenders, but couldn’t get the final touch. Caceres made a spectacular return to the Juventus jersey, as he completed his brace with a wonderful strike. The Uruguayan pounced on a poor clearance and curled a magnificent finish into the top corner that left Amelia rooted to the spot. El Shaarawy's attempt was deflected off target by teammate Robinho and after the final whistle there was a scuffle between players. Milan 1-2 Juventus Scorers: Caceres 52, 83 (J), El Shaarawy 62 (M) Milan: Amelia; Bonera, Mexes, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Emanuelson (Robinho 61), Van Bommel (Maxi Lopez 86), Ambrosini; Seedorf; Ibrahimovic, El Shaarawy Juventus: Storari; Caceres, Bonucci, Barzagli; Chiellini, Giaccherini, Pirlo, Padoin (Marrone 69), Estigarribia; Del Piero (Quagliarella 67), Borriello (Vucinic 67) Ref: Mazzoleni

Coppa Italia - Semi-final (First Leg) - 8-2-2012 (8:45 p.m.) 1 - 2 Martin Cáceres (53′) Stephan El Shaarawy (62') Martin Cáceres (83') Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) Stadium - Milan Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni Returning hero Caceres strikes double to put Conte's men in sight of Coppa Italia final The Uruguayan found the net twice in the second half to give the Bianconeri a huge advantage heading into the second leg in six weeks' time. Feb 8, 2012 Two-goal Martin Caceres was the star of the show as Juventus beat AC Milan 2-1 in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final tie at San Siro on Wednesday night. Caceres, in his first game back at Juve on loan from Sevilla, fired the Bianconeri ahead on 53 minutes, but Stephan El Shaarawy levelled matters just nine minutes later to restore parity. Caceres' lofted effort in the closing stages proved the decider though, sending the tie to Turin with Juve in the box seat. The visitors set the pace for much of the first half, taking the game to Milan with their usual fluid style, but after Marco Borriello failed to make the most of two good positions, El Shaarawy got himself into some space deep in Juve territory in one of the first moments of real threat. However, the young forward’s shot from near the byeline flashed just across the face of goal with no Milan team-mate around to tap in the loose ball. A Juventus attack at pace down the left almost led to a goal at the other end, but after originally slipping, Marcelo Estigarribia leapt back up only to fire just wide of the far post. Moments later Emanuele Giaccherini drifted into space and sent a deflected effort looping towards the top corner of Marco Amelia’s net, but the Milan keeper scrambled across to push the ball over. Further half chances came and went in the first half as Juve failed to turn their superiority into a half-time lead. But it would take them less than eight minutes to break the deadlock after the restart. After a surging run forward by Simone Padoin ended in a collision with Thiago Silva, the ball broke for Borriello, whose shot was parried away by Amelia but only into the path of Caceres, who tapped home unchallenged to give his side a deserved lead. The Rossoneri soon got onto level terms, though. A fantastic left-footed cross on the run from Luca Antonini found Massimo Ambrosini at the far post, and the skipper's cool header back into the centre made it easy for El Shaarawy to side-foot home. Moments later, the home side thought they'd taken the lead when Zlatan Ibrahimovic beat Marco Storari from eight yards, but the Swede was adjudged to have deliberately handled the ball as it came to him from Mark van Bommel's deflected shot. Mirko Vucinic passed up a good chance to put Juve back in front after Ambrosini lost the ball to Fabio Quagliarella, and then the Montenegrin failed to make enough space to get a shot away as he was crowded out in the Milan box. However, the Bianconeri weren't to be denied, as wing-back Caceres bagged a second goal seven minutes from time, lifting a side-foot shot across Amelia into the far corner of the net after Ambrosini failed to clear Giaccherini's searching pass. The result makes Juventus big favourites to progress ahead of the second leg at Juventus Stadium on March 21, with their unbeaten run in all competitions this season having been stretched to 24 games.

Hai dimenticato il berlusca

Hai dimenticato il berlusca

Ibra non cambia mai. Quando perde fa il bambino.

Quagliarella scivola

San Siro esplode per la prodezza tecnica di Pirlo. @@

Ancora Caceres

Ancora Caceres

Marrone ferma Ibra!

Molti errori di Ambrosini ma non ne approfittiamo

Forse l'ultima partita di Del Piero a San Siro. @@

Mazzoleni annulla il goal a "manolo" Ibrahimovic.

Vucinic per Alex

Ambrosini non andava espulso signor Mazzoleni?

Il faraone pareggia

Il goal creato guarda caso dai tre acquisti di gennaio: Padoin, Borriello e Caceres.

Bravo Storari

CACERES

Alex tenta il tiro alla Del Piero

Anche lui

Fallaccio assurdo di Mexes

La canzone a San Siro: "Ma che freddo fa" di Nada. Ero un bambino quando furoreggiava.