Debutant Hamza Rafia collected a home goal in extra time to help Juventus beat Genoa 3-2 in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday.
The Serie A champions made 10 changes from the team that beat Sassuolo at the weekend, but had no trouble racing into a two-goal lead in Turin against Genoa’s side. had changed dramatically.
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Young Swedish forward Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring after two minutes before setting up the returning Alvaro Morata to make it 2-0 in the 23rd minute.
But, apparently in tour control, Juve took the leg off the gas, with Lennart Czyborra getting Genoa back in the competition before halftime.
Filippo Melegoni then completed the turn in the 74th minute with a fine finish, and Juve, who had to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo, could not find a winner as the game went into overtime.
He left in place of Hamza Rafia to take home Juventus’ first goal, on his first try, to settle the contest in the 104th minute, securing a quarter-quarter deal with the winner of the match between Sassuolo and SPAL Thursday.