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Juventus defender Chiellini happy silencing Salah

Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini was happy to keep Mohamed Salah quiet for their Coppa Italia win at Fiorentina.

Salah scored both Fiorentina goals in Turin, but was kept fairly quiet in the second-leg.

"Salah is extremely fast, but if you cut him off before he gets going then you've taken away one of his strengths.

"More than the defenders, we closed him down with the midfielders Sturaro, Marchisio and Vidal who filtered him out before he got to us."

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