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Thu 27 Apr 2023 10:22 am - Jerusalem Time
Italian Cup: Inter beats Juventus and reaches the final
Inter reached the final match of the Italian Cup in football on Wednesday, by defeating Juventus with a clean goal in the second leg of the semi-final, after the two teams tied 1-1 in the first leg.
The two teams tied in the first leg in Turin when Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku grabbed a goal for Inter in the fatal time from a penalty kick, after the “Old Lady” team was ahead with a goal by Colombian international defender Juan Cuadrado, who scored in the 83rd minute.
But the decision this time was through defender Federico Di Marco, who scored the winning goal in the 15th minute when he received a wonderful through pass that broke the defense line in the penalty area, from his colleague Nicolo Barella.
Juventus took revenge on Inter, who denied it the title of the competition last year, when it beat it 4-2 in the final match, before dropping it in the Super Cup 2-1.
The cup competition was the only savior for the current season of the two teams, at least locally, in light of their exit from the race to win the league title, which was dominated by Napoli, which was out of the squadron.
But Juventus, who finally revived by suspending the penalty for deducting 15 points from its balance against the background of financial and administrative corruption, and thus regained its third place in the league table with 59 points currently, still holds continental hope, specifically in the European League competition (Europa League), as it will face Seville, Spain. Back and forth to book the final ticket.
On the other hand, Inter is struggling to snatch the fourth place that qualifies for the Champions League next season, and achieved an important victory over Empoli at the end of the week, and returned to the winning streak after five matches in which it did not taste the taste of victory (four defeats and a draw).
Nerazzurri also continues his continental career, as he reached the semi-finals of the mother European competition at the expense of Benfica, Portugal, where he will meet his historical rivals and his neighbor Milan.
In the other semi-final, Fiorentina will land at Cremonese on Thursday, in an effort to reach the final match in which it set foot, by winning the first leg with two clean goals for the Brazilian Artur Cabral and the Argentine Nicolas Gonzales.
Juventus holds the record for the number of coronation times (14), against Roma (9), Inter (8), Lazio (7) and both Fiorentina and Napoli (6).
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Italian Cup: Inter beats Juventus and reaches the final