Coppa Italia | Juventus 4-0 Frosinone: Magic Milik Hat-trick

Arkadiusz Milik scored a sensational hat-trick before the acrobatic Kenan Yildiz volley, as Juventus flattened Frosinone to set up the Coppa Italia semi-final with Lazio.

The Bianconeri missed Federico Chiesa, Adrien Rabiot, Moise Kean and Mattia De Sciglio, while Dusan Vlahovic was on the bench with flu symptoms. The Canarini knocked Napoli out with a 4-0 win in the last round, but were without Jaime Baez, Riccardo Marchizza and Sergio Kalaj, while Juve-owned Matias Soule and Enzo Barrenechea were carrying knocks.

This was Max Allegri’s 400^th official match on the Juventus bench in two different spells.

Juventus earned a penalty in the opening minutes when Fabio Miretti ran into the box between three Frosinone players, two of whom attempted and failed to get the ball, sandwiching him for a spot-kick that Arek Milik converted.

Juventus score the opener ⚫⚪

Arkadiusz Milik converts his spot kick after Fabio Miretti was fouled 🎯 pic.twitter.com/WsOWlyf5g1
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Abdou Harroui and Arjon Ibrahimovic fired straight at Mattia Perin from distance, while Filip Kostic thought he had scored in a chaotic move only to be denied by the Marco Brescianini goal-line clearance.

Frosinone were pouring forward, but were caught out on the counter by an inspired Milik. The striker started the move from inside his own half with a long cross-field pass for Weston McKennie, then sprinted forward to meet the return pass at the back post with a chest and half-volley through Michele Cerofolini’s legs.

Brilliance by Weston McKennie 🤩🇺🇸

The American plays an outstanding ball to Arkadiusz Milik who has a brace ⚽ pic.twitter.com/yXecbbBO5z
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Timothy Weah stung Cerofolini’s gloves from distance and Federico Gatti used his body to ensure Kaio Jorge couldn’t tap in the ball flashed across the face of goal.

After the restart, a deflection made the McKennie shot tricky for Cerofolini, but Milik completed his hat-trick. It was laid on a plate for him by Manuel Locatelli, whose high press had caught Luca Garritano napping on a poor Cerofolini pass. No Juventus player had scored a Coppa Italia hat-trick since Alessandro Del Piero in January 2006 against Fiorentina.

Hattrick for Arkadiusz Milik ⚽

The Polish forward scores his third goal of the game just after the break 👊🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/l5zeQezxsA
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Milik thought he had scored a fourth goal on 57 minutes when redirecting a wayward Miretti effort from the edge of the box, but it was ruled offside by VAR.

Juventus did get a fourth by Kenan Yildiz with an acrobatic volley at the far post on another McKennie assist from the right, taking it with his right foot.

Perin was right behind an Enzo Barrenechea glancing header, while the deflected Hans Nicolussi Caviglia strike was just over and Andrea Cambiaso stung Cerofolini’s gloves on the counter.

Luca Garritano should’ve scored a consolation in stoppages only to balloon over the bar after a poor first touch.

Juventus 4-0 Frosinone

Milik pen 11, 38, 48 (J), Yildiz 61 (J)