With Juventus winning the first leg 3-0 at the J-Stadium, Internazionale would have to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in Italian cup history to walk away with a spot in the final here.
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“I am sad for them, they deserved to go to the final”.
In the shoot-out, Andrea Barzagli, Simeone Zaza, Alvaro Morata, Paul Pogba and captain for the night Leonardo Bonucci all kept their cool from 11 metres out, with Rodrigo Palacios miss ultimately proving the difference in what was a case of history repeating itself after the Old Ladys penalty triumph over Inter in the 2004 semi-finals.
AC Milan already beat Alessandria 6-0 on aggregate in the other semifinal fixture. We’re a growing team and you’ll get hard times.
Perisic was tripped by Daniele Rugani in the box and Brozovic slammed the resulting penalty underneath Neto’s dive and into the bottom corner.
“We were lucky enough to take the tie to penalty kicks, which are a lottery”.
The Chilean midfielder, nicknamed “Pit Bull”, appeared to barge Hernanes off the ball before playing in Brozovic, who finished emphatically in the 17th minute.
Inter head coach Roberto Mancini feels his side did not deserve to lose to holders Juventus in a thrilling Coppa Italia semi-final.
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“That’s the Inter I want, the team I’ve always believed in, a team that can fight, play with character and wear the Nerazzurri shirt with pride”, Thohir told the official club website. I don’t think we managed two consecutive passes in the first half and so we were struggling in possession as well as off. Clearly I didn’t prepare them properly for the game.
