Serie A giants Juventus were knocked out of the Coppa Italia yesterday at the hands of Empoli and Thiago Motta came across as rather resigned in defeat after the tie.The game had ended 1-1 in extra

Empoli knocked Juventus out of the Coppa Italia with a dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout win after a 1-1 draw in regular time, leaving coach Thiago Motta ashamed by the Bianconeri's shock exit.

Juve immediately started pushing for a winner. Kolo Muani, who had moved to the left on the introduction of Francisco Conceição, constantly abused halftime sub Saba Goglichidze, and put in a good cross in the 70th minute that set up Vlahovic, only to see Marianucci block his first-time tap.