Kolarov lashes a fierce half-volley from distance that skims comfortably over the bar.
90' +1
Three minutes of stoppage time are added.
90'
Under wriggles towards the byline, before clipping in a cross for Santon who can only direct a weak volley wide of the near-post.
88'
Mancini charges up from the back to meet Peres' cross, but he can only direct his header straight at Buffon.
84'
Pjanic swings in the corner, but Smalling rises to head clear.
83'
Ramsey scurries towards the Roma defence before hitting a shot that deflects off Cristante before drifting behind for a corner.
82'
Pellegrini lashes a speculative shot from distance well over the bar and it's looking like Roma are running out of ideas currently.
80'
B. Matuidi gets yellow.
Matuidi is booked for tripping Under and stopping a Roma counter-attack.
78'
Bentancur jinks past Peres before attempting a deft throughball to Ronaldo, but once again Mancini anticipates the danger and cuts out the pass.
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76'
B. Matuidi enters the game and replaces A. Rabiot.
Bruno Peres enters the game and replaces A. Diawara.
Diawara comes off with Peres replacing him in midfield.
Rabiot is replaced by Matuidi as Juventus look to further secure their lead.
74'
Higuain drives at the away defence once more but loses out to Pellegrini 25 yards from goal. The attacker's put in a fine display, but he's starting to look tired now.
72'
Higuian delightfully turns inside the Roma half to take two players out of the game and create a three-on-three, however, his final pass doesn't match his earlier skill and Smalling steps in to intercept and clear the danger.
68'
J. Veretout enters the game and replaces A. Florenzi.
Florenzi makes way for Veretout as Roma continue to search for a path back into the game.
67'
A. Ramsey enters the game and replaces Douglas Costa.
Costa departs with Ramsey coming on to play just behind Ronaldo and Higuain.
66'
Pjanic tries to slip Ronaldo through on goal, but the attacker's ruled offside. The hosts are starting to look a little tired going forward and it seems as though changes are imminent.
64'
G. Higuaín gets yellow.
Higuain crashes into Kalinic with a late lunge and earns himself a yellow card.
61'
Juventus are starting to stifle Roma's progress again after a strong spell of pressure from the away side. They're keeping possession efficiently and Roma's chances of making a comeback are looking increasingly unlikely.
59'
Pjanic whips in the resulting corner, but Mancini firmly clears at the near-post.
58'
Smalling barges Higuain over on the edge of the box, presenting Juventus with an exciting opportunity to take a shot from a set-piece. Pjanic steps up and attempts to curl an effort over the wall, but it flicks off Cristante and runs away for a corner.
56'
Diawara lets fly from distance, but his shot screws comfortably wide.
52'
Well, Roma have a glimmer of hope now! They've played with much more intent at the start of this half and they get an early reward after Under's fierce effort.
50'
G. Buffon is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
ROMA GET ONE BACK! 3-1! Under darts inside from the right where he dodges a few challenges before whipping a curling effort from 20 yards that ricochets into the net off Buffon after slamming the underside of the bar!
46'
D. Santon enters the game and replaces J. Kluivert.
Kluivert is replaced by Santon as Roma look to tighten up after an open first 45.
Juventus get the second half underway.
45' +3
HALF TIME: Juventus 3-0 Roma
45' +2
L. Bonucci has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by Douglas Costa.
JUVENTUS GET ANOTHER! 3-0! The hosts work the resulting corner short, before Costa swings in a dangerous cross towards the back post where an unmarked Bonucci powers beyond Lopez!
Costa did well to notice the giant space at the back post for Bonucci to attack and his cross met the defender's run perfectly!
45' +1
Pjanic darts onto Costa's clever pass and for a moment it looks as though he might be away for Juventus' third goal, but Mancini steps in to superbly clear away for a corner.
45'
Two minutes of stoppage time are added at the end of the first half.
43'
Roma started brightly, but ever since the opening Juventus goal they've looked incredibly nervous. They need to avoid any further goals until the interval and then try and plan a route back into this game.
41'
J. Cuadrado enters the game and replaces Danilo.
The injured Danilo is replaced at right-back by Cuadrado.
38'
R. Bentancur has scored a goal for Juventus!
BENTANCUR MAKES IT TWO! 2-0 JUVENTUS! The hosts break away again as Bentancur and Costa play a one-two allowing the former to wriggle into the box, where he shimmies past Mancini before poking a crafty finish against the inside of the post and into the net!
37'
Another Roma move ends abruptly as Kolarov wildly overhits a switch out towards Florenzi - the away side have looked distinctly uncomfortable ever since conceding.
35'
Juventus exploit space down the left flank again as Rabiot drives into the area vacated by Florenzi, before the hosts work it across to Danilo who fires a speculative shot wide from 25 yards.
33'
Roma try and settle the game back down with a concerted spell of possession in their own half.
31'
B. Cristante gets yellow.
Cristante is shown a yellow card after two frustrated lunges in a matter of minutes.
28'
Roma did well to encourage a tight game early on, but it's going to take a huge effort to recover even at 1-0: the more they press forward in search of an equaliser the more chances Juventus will be able to put together on the break.
26'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by G. Higuaín.
JUVENTUS TAKE THE LEAD! 1-0! Well the game was just beginning to stretch and Juventus take full advantage! Florenzi managed to lose possession to Rabiot, before the hosts broke quickly; Costa shuttled the ball into Higuain before the striker released Ronaldo down the left wing, where he progressed ominously into the box before slamming a low effort across Lopez and into the bottom corner!
Higuain's composure was critical there - rather than attempting a shot or holding onto possession for too long, the attacker quickly moved the ball onto Ronaldo who did the rest from a tight angle with a superb finish!
23'
The game's just starting to open up as both teams waste opportunities to counter-attack! First Roma push forward and find themselves with a three-on-three before Pellegrini runs into Rugani, then Juventus break away and have an attack thwarted by a clever Smalling interception after Bentancur attempted to play Ronaldo through on goal.
19'
Bentancur makes a dangerous run from deep beyond the Roma defence, but Bonucci lobbed throughball over the top miscues straight through to Lopez.
17'
Juventus try to string together a series of crisp, aggressive passes to move into the Roma half, but the move breaks down with a poor touch from Ronaldo. Both sides are still attempting to find a rhythm right now.
15'
Pellegrini collects possession on the halfway line before slaloming towards the edge of the box where he attempts a cute pass through to Under, but Alex Sandro is well-positioned to intercept the danger and hack it away.
14'
Bentancur finds a little space on the right flank to curl in a cross towards Ronaldo, but Mancini reads the danger well and darts in towards the delivery to head clear.
12'
Smalling attempts to carefully thread a pass through the heart of the Juventus defence, but Kalinic doesn't quite read it and it runs away towards Buffon instead.
10'
Costa shimmies past Cristante and suddenly has plenty of space to race into on the edge of the box, however, the Brazilian elects to pass instead and his eventual throughball is overhit and runs away for a goal kick.
8'
It's been a cautious start from both teams so far; the sides have been content to spend much of the opening 10 minutes passing harmlessly in non-dangerous areas without ever really committing too many men forward.
6'
Bonucci attempts to drive out of the backline towards the Roma goal, but Cristante steps in to firmly dispossess the defender and Juventus are forced to build again from the back.
3'
Ronaldo cuts inside from the left flank before hitting a tame shot well wide.
2'
Roma settle in with a long spell of possession, before Florenzi angles an ambitious diagonal towards Kalinic that Juventus just about manage to pick up on and clear away.
1'
Roma get the first half underway.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this Coppa Italia quarter-final between Juventus and Roma. Both teams take a break from the league campaign satisfied with their recent form – Juventus have pushed themselves into first with five straight wins, while Roma have climbed up to fourth with three wins from five.
Juventus advanced to the latter stages with a simple 4-0 victory over Udinese but they’ll have to be more wary of the threat today’s visitors pose. Roma made it through the previous round by defeating Parma 2-0, but will be aware that any further progress will require a stunning performance away in Turin.
SUBS: Paulo Dybala, Carlo Pinsoglio, Juan Cuadrado, Wojciech Szczesny, Emre Can, Blaise Matuidi, Luca Coccolo, Matthijs de Ligt, Marko Pjaca, Aaron Ramsey, Federico Bernardeschi.
SUBS: Leonardo Spinazzola, Jordan Veretout, Matteo Cardinali, Daniel Fuzato, Bruno Peres, Davide Santon, Federico Fazio, Yildirim Mert Cetin, Juan Jesus.
ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Alessandro Florenzi, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Aleksandar Kolarov; Bryan Cristante, Amadou Diawara; Cengiz Under, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Justin Kluivert; Nikola Kalinic.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
For Roma, it's difficult to see a way back currently and they might be better off trying to simply limit the damage at the other end at the start of the second 45.
The result means that Juventus march into the semi-finals as they look to win the Coppa Italia for a fifth time in six seasons!
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