The meeting between Milan and Naples is renewed and a difficult task for Juventus in Bergamo

ROME (Reuters) – Milan and Naples are scheduled to meet next Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, while Juventus, champion of the last four seasons, will face a difficult task in Bergamo when she will arrive tomorrow at Atalanta.
After Saturday's 1-1 draw at San Siro, Milan and Napoli are on the same pitch as the semi-finals of the competition.
AC Milan, seeking its first title in the competition since 2003, is aware of the difficulty of the match against Napoli, who has not defeated the South team led by former coach Carlos Ancelotti in the last nine meetings, ( December 2014) (2-0 in the league).
The Milan coach, Gennaro Gattuso, announced Saturday the match of the new Polish Christophe Piatik, come from his local rival Genoa to replace Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain, who has settled in Chelsea. "We missed something and we could do more, in defense and defense to attack."
"It's true that we made mistakes, but we pbaded the ball well, even if the last pbad was not precise.Overall, I'm satisfied with the performance," said Patrick Cotheroni, author of 19 goals for the season, before moving to San Siro, including 6 in section. "I was impressed by what I saw from Baytec and Cotrone."
For the Poles of Camp Napoli, Piotr Zielinski, he understood that his team deserved to win the match on Saturday, but "we unfortunately failed to score goals.We played very well but we did not take advantage of we'll have to face them in a very important game on Tuesday, and we'll focus on the cup game in the hope that the final touch will be more accurate this time around. "
He still has 11 points to play in Juventus and a quarterfinal of the European Champions League, which will force him to finish his European season in the Europa League, where he will meet Zurich Switzerland midway through the second round. The Cup is of great importance for Ancelotti and Napoli, Twice since 2010 (2012 and 2014).
At Juventus, they will have to do their best to continue to defend the title and overcome the obstacle to Atalanta, who once again revealed himself as an important contender coming home from far and beating 3-0 at home in Rome. 3-3, thanks to the goal scored in the last 20 minutes of Colombian Davan Zapata, who raised his score to 15 goals.
Guipherini's second round against Roma was three to three, with AC Milan 2-2, Juventus 2-2 and Inter Milan 4-1.
Juventus face a different match on Sunday against Lazio (2-1) if they want to avoid the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2013-2014 season. Coach Mbadimiliano Alegre suffered two defeats at the Olympic Stadium and the team was about to make their first defeat if not. Joao Cancello, substitute of Portugal, saves him a few minutes after coming into play. He inflicts a penalty in the second second when Cristiano Ronaldo scores the winning goal.
"It may be a mistake for the man in the team, he gave us 10 shirts of different colors because we did not manage to pbad the balloon to us," he said. said Alegre.
"In the first 60 minutes, we have been the worst Juventus for this season," said Giorgio Cielini, who entered the first half after Leonardo Bonucci's injury. But it was different after missing the goal (mistake of Juventus German Emery Jean), but we prepared the incentive to win the match. "
"We have players who can make the difference. (Vojcic, Polish goalkeeper) Chissney kept us in the game and we were dead at the end."
The "old lady" hopes to repeat Atalanta's last-season scenario and impose 1-0 in home and away matches, and won 3-2 in the final round of the season. .
Juventus have a clear lead over Atalanta in face-to-face clashes and have not lost in the last 26 matches of all competitions, especially since November 2004 (0-2 in the third round of the competition).
After a 1-1 draw at home against Sasuolo, Inter bowed 1-0 to Turin, prompting Belgian midfielder Radia Naingolan to demand "we roll up our sleeves and that we were expecting more "during the Thursday confrontation with Lazio. Very difficult.
"We realize that we have the opportunity to quickly repair our sins in Italy's Cup," said Nyingolan, who was living with Lazio at the time when he was a player in the Roman capital. By doing the right thing, we can get back on track. "
"It's a very important competition for us, especially as you win the Cup in only a few games," he said.
Inter hopes not to repeat its last World Cup standings when Lazio return from San Siro 2-1 in the quarter-finals, also in the 2016-2017 season. It was the last defeat of Nerazzuri against the representative of the city, (The last match between them ended 3-0 at the Olympic Stadium during the 10th stage of the current season) .- (AFP )