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In the last two months, since mid-December, Davide Zappacosta has made as many appearances as in the previous year and a half, and almost half as many appearances as in the previous two seasons combined. Since recovering from a bout of coronavirus and a subsequent injury, the Chelsea loanee has played ten in a row for Genoa, starting the last eight.
Unsurprisingly, the 28-year-old is enjoying this long awaited run of games and good form.
“Two years ago, at Chelsea I had little space and last year in Rome I had a cruciate injury. I wanted to get back into the game and I found the ideal destination in Genoa.”
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Hamza Rafia sends Juve to Coppa quarters after extra time
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I’m gonna be straight here: The only thing I cared about with Juventus’ Coppa Italia clash with Genoa on Wednesday was that it didn’t go into extra time.
So you can imagine the odd shades of color my face turned during the last 15 minutes of normal time after Filippo Melegoni’s rocket of an equalizer nullified what had been a 2-0 lead and forced an extra 30 minutes of soccer at the Allianz Stadium. With the schedule chock full and the team depleted by injuries and positive COVID-19 tests, the last thing Juve needed was to have to go the distance against a team that is treading water two points above the drop zone one that rotated almost its entire lineup to boot.