The injured Juventus kept its hopes of saving its season after qualifying for the semi-finals of the Italian Cup in football, by defeating its guest Lazio 1-0 on Thursday.

Juventus owes its qualification to the Brazilian Bremer, who scored the only goal of the match in the last seconds of the first half. The Turin giants entered the meeting in the midst of a crisis that shook its entity, after it was deducted from its balance in the league by 15 points, for accusing it of falsifying the financial data related to the transfer of some players. And after losing Sunday at home to Monza 0-2, Juventus exited the twentieth stage and is in the thirteenth place, 15 points behind the last fourth place that qualifies for the Champions League. And in the event that the “Old Lady” administration did not succeed in the appeal submitted in order to lift the penalty imposed on the club, then the cup competition will be its only hope to qualify for the “Europa League” competition next season, unless it can achieve much better than that by winning the continental competition title. The second is what will allow him to qualify for the Champions League next season. But before thinking about titles, coach Massimiliano Allegri's team must deal with each match separately and focus on overcoming French Nantes in the play-off that qualifies for the final price of the "Europa League", and then focus on the cup semi-final match that brings it together with its rivals Inter, who won Tuesday at home to Atalanta. 1-zero. The semi-finals will be held in a home-and-away system, with the first semester taking place in the first week of April

The contract for the round of four was completed on Thursday, after Juventus joined Inter, Cremonese and Fiorentina. In the “Europa League”, Juventus will face Nantes on the 16th of the current first leg in Turin, before visiting the French team back on the 23rd of it. As for Lazio, it is at the heart of the struggle to participate in the Champions League next season, as it currently occupies third place, with a difference of goals only from fourth Atalanta, fifth Milan, and a point from its sixth neighbor, Rome. Also, the continental journey of the team led by Maurizio Sarri, the former coach of Juventus, is still continuing, but in the “Conference League” competition, where it will face Romanian Cluj in the play-off that qualifies for the final price. Allegri started the match with the participation of Federico Chiesa and the recent return from injury, Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, in the front line, while the return of French midfielder Paul Pogba and his first official match with his new-old team was postponed due to pain in his thigh. Pogba was on the bench on Sunday against Monza in his first appearance on the Juventus list this season. After a start in favor of Lazio, Juventus entered the atmosphere of the meeting and threatened the goal of Portuguese goalkeeper Luis Maximiliano on more than one occasion without success until the 44th minute, when the heart of defense Bremer managed to reach the net of the capital club with a header after a cross from Serbian Philip Kostic. Lazio pressed at the beginning of the second half in search of an equalizer, and Allegri responded by introducing Moise Kean instead of Vlahovic, then Argentine Angel Di Maria instead of Chiesa in search of benefiting from counter-attacks, but the two sides were unable to reach the race so that the result remained the same until the end.