Juventus advance to Italian Cup final
TURIN, Italy, April 21, (AP): Federico Bernardeschi scored against his former club as Juventus beat Fiorentina 2-0 to set up an Italian Cup final against Inter Milan.
After Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartłomiej Dragowski failed to intercept a cross, Bernardeschi controlled the ball with his chest then volleyed in shortly after the half-hour mark.
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Danilo sealed it in stoppage time after being set up by Juan Cuadrado.
Aiming to defend its title, Juventus advanced on 3-0 aggregate.
Defending Serie A champion Inter beat city rival AC Milan 3-0 on TuesLacazette,
while Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka - with a late penalty - also netted.
Manchester United, which was thrashed 4-0 by Liverpool on Tuesday, is three points behind Arsenal ahead of their meeting at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
“Confidence and energy-wise, it’s a big boost,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said.
“It has been a tough two weeks but you have to bounce back and show spirit. We have been criticised, and rightly so with the expectations we have. But it is worth taking that for day to advance.
Juventus has won the Italian Cup a record 14 times, while Inter has seven
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Everton left it late to secure a draw that lifted the team four points clear of the relegation zone.
Richarlison scored an equalizer with a mis-hit shot in the second minute of stoppage time to earn Everton a 1-1 trophies in the competition - the last from 2011.
The final is scheduled for May 11. Juventus also had a goal from Adrien Rabiot wiped off for offside following a VAR check.
An injury-time winner earned Salernitana a 1-0 win at Udinese in Serie A, keeping the southern club’s hopes of avoiding relegation alive.
Having won at Sampdoria on Saturday, it marked the first time this season that Salernitana posted consecutive victories.
Substitute Simone Verdi finished off a counterattack three minutes into stoppage time.
The bottom three clubs - Venezia, Salernitana and Genoa - are now level on points, each six points from safety.
draw with Leicester. Harvey Barnes’ fifth-minute goal had looked set to win the game for the visitors.
Burnley, which is in third-to-last place, can move to within a point of Everton by beating Southampton on Thursday.
Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the other game thanks to Miguel Almiron’s first-half goal and has recorded six straight home wins for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
For so long in a fight to avoid relegation, Saudi-owned Newcastle is now up to 11th place and on course for a finish in the top half of the standings.