GONZALO HIGUAIN SCORED twice against former club Napoli as Juventus booked their place in the final of the Coppa Italia despite losing 3-2 last night.
Juve had a two-goal cushion from February’s first encounter between the sides and the holders progressed 5-4 on aggregate after a thrillingly chaotic cup clash.
Higuain was on target in his side’s 3-1 first-leg win in Turin and, after being approached by a pitch invader armed with a Napoli scarf, he found the bottom-right corner from just outside the box and appeared to celebrate by pointing and shouting angrily at supporters in the stands.
Napoli captain Marek Hamsik prompted hopes of a fightback by finishing off a flowing move early in the second half, but Higuain’s powerful shot quickly restored Juve’s advantage.
Dries Mertens scored 10 seconds after coming on as a substitute and Lorenzo Insigne struck to set up a dramatic finale, but Juve held out to book a final against Lazio as they seek a third straight Coppa title.
Astonishingly, Belgium international Mertens replaced Arkadiusz Milik in the 61st minute and ran straight on to take advantage of a mistake from Juve goalkeeper Neto.
Talk about having an instant impact…
Just watch Dries Mertens' goal tonight v Juventus. Brilliant. pic.twitter.com/mMpirc7u7D
— Ryan Taylor (@RTaylorFootball) April 5, 2017
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