A much-changed Juve side were a cut above Serie A strugglers Genoa in the first half at Allianz Stadium on Wednesday (January 13), but made hard work of setting up a last-eight tie against Sassuolo or SPAL.

Dejan Kulusevski was outstanding in the opening 45 minutes, scoring inside two minutes and laying on a second goal for Alvaro Morata.

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Lennart Czyborra pulled a goal back from out of the blue in an otherwise one-sided first half and Filippo Melegoni later equalised, but 21-year-old Tunisia international Rafia came off the bench to settle the tie late in the first half of extra time.

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Kulusevski got the Turin giants off to a dream start, controlling an incisive pass from Giorgio Chiellini superbly with his right foot and firing home with his left.

Genoa were unable to live with Juve’s intensity and Kulusevski was denied by Alberto Paleari when he went one-on-one with the Genoa goalkeeper, but Morata was on target 23 minutes in.

Kulusevski turned provider on this occasion, helping another pinpoint ball from Chiellini into the Spanish striker’s path with a sublime cushioned pass and Morata kept his composure to beat Paleari at his near post.

Juve were totally dominant but Czyborra got Genoa back in it when he stole in at the back post to head home Edoardo Goldaniga’s cross totally against the run of play, before Arthur and Manolo Portanova had goals ruled out for offside in a pulsating first half.

Paleari kept out Morata’s shot at his near post early in the second half, but Genoa were almost level when Marko Pjaca rattled the crossbar from outside the penalty area.

Davide Ballardini’s men got back on terms after 74 minutes, though, Melegoni curling beyond Gianluigi Buffon from around 25 yards out with a measured right-footed finish.

Pirlo introduced Cristiano Ronaldo and, although Juve were unable to advance in 90 minutes, Rafia bundled in off Lukas Lerager after Morata had cut the ball back.

Arthur nodded off the line as Genoa fought until the end and Kulusevski could have settled it, but Juve held on to advance.

What does it mean? Bianconeri breathe a sigh of relief

Juve were cruising at 2-0 up as they bossed the first half, but their failure to add further goals could have come back to bite them.

Pirlo would have hoped to keep Ronaldo on the bench with a Serie A clash against fellow title hopefuls Inter to come this weekend, but instead the prolific forward was called upon late in normal time.

They were still able to maintain their perfect record this year, though, making it four wins out of four – and scoring 13 goals in the process – the hard way.

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Kulusevski stakes his claim

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Midfielder Kulusevski staked his claim to become a regular starter with a lively display.

The Sweden international drifted into space intelligently and was a real menace to the Genoa defence, making four key passes and having as many shots on target – the first of which was a clinical finish to open the scoring.

Wesley caught napping

It was not the best of evenings for Juve full-back Wesley, who was caught out of position to allow Czyborra to head home unchallenged.

The Brazilian won only 53.8 per cent of his 13 duels and lost possession 10 times before he was replaced by Ronaldo.

What’s next?

Juve face a mouthwatering trip to second-placed Inter in Serie A on Sunday (January 17), while Genoa have a tough test against in-form Atalanta on the same day.

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For the third time this season AC Milan battled back from a deficit to earn a 2-2 draw, snatching a point inside the final 10 minutes at the Marassi against Genoa.

Mattia Destro was the man who predictably gave the hosts the lead in the early stages of the second half with a close range finish, though Milan did well to answer back through a long-range strike from Davide Calabria.

Destro popped up again to give the Grifone a 2-1 lead, but remarkably it was Pierre Kalulu who rescued a draw as he bundled home from Alessio Romagnoli’s assist as the game ended 2-2.

With Inter beating Napoli it means that the Rossoneri’s lead atop the Serie A table has been trimmed to one point, but with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Simon Kjaer due back for the next game it might be looked back on as a useful point.

Head coach Stefano Pioli made four changes from the starting XI that drew with Parma as Pierre Kalulu got his first league start while Diogo Dalot slotted in at left-back. Sandro Tonali took the place of the injured Ismael Bennacer in midfield and Rafael Leao started over Brahim Diaz on the left.

The opening 10 minutes were perhaps exactly what you would expect from a side who are fighting at the bottom end of the table up against a side with big ambitions but little flow because of injuries.

The main chance for the home side came in the seventh minute when a backpedaling Kalulu did well to block an effort inside the area, while Castillejo should have done better for the Rossoneri a couple of minutes later when he had space to shoot on the edge of the box but curled wide of the far post.

There was another half-chance for Milan not long after as a corner earned by Rebic found its way to the far post where Romagnoli was unmarked but studded his effort into the ground and wide when a touch more composure was needed.

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After the flurry of action the game went back to being disjointed and scrappy, but Calhanoglu had a good chance to give Milan the lead with a free-kick from almost exactly where he hit the post against Parma, though he went for the opposite side but Mattia Perin saved easily.

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The visitors continued to probe, and Castillejo’s lovely weighted pass in behind found Tonali whose cutback was well cut out by Goldaniga.

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In truth it was yet another first half where things just didn’t really click for Rebic. He got the ball in and around the box on several occasions but was struggling to find his team-mates with first time passes.

Genoa had perhaps the biggest chance of the first half for the home side it came through the former Milan man Mattia Destro. The striker controlled a pass inside the area well and dragged his effort inches wide of the far post with Donnarumma stranded.

Rebic had been frustrated for the opening 36 minutes but the Croatian almost found a way to get his side into the lead. He went on a jinking run directly through the centre-back pairing of Bani and Marsiello, but he took his effort perhaps a bit took quickly when through on goal and Perin saved.

From the resulting corner it should have been 1-0 too, as Roma