Empoli players celebrate after defeating Juventus© Empoli
Empoli reached the semi-finals of the Italian Cup for the first time on Wednesday after having dropped Juventus 4-2 to penalties after an entertaining 1-1 draw in Turin. Luca Marianucci marked the winning kick to send Empoli to a confrontation of the last four with Bologna, which will be played on two legs in April. Khephren Thuram made sure that the match would go to penalties with a brilliant individual lens in the 66th minute, jumping Liam Henderson with a sensational film with a rear heels before pushing her end.
The third goal of Thuram of the season gave momentum in the second half after being loudly cut from the field to the break with the hosts who drag towards the powerful strike from Youssef Maleh.
But Empoli, which is in the Relegation Zone of Serie A after having collected two points of their last 11 games, shook in their four kicks.
Meanwhile, Dusan Vlahovic bloated the premiere of Juve and Marianucci had the opportunity to create history for the tiny Tuscan club after Kenan Yildiz had his penalty saved by Vasquez quote.
The other semi-final will be a Milan derby after the league champions have comfortably beaten the Lazio 2-0 on Tuesday.
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