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Inter advanced to the semi-finals of the Italian Cup after defeating Milan 2-1 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.
Antonio Conte’s boys had an advantage in possession of the ball and accurate shots in the first half, but their rival looked more dangerous and deservedly opened the scoring through Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 31st minute.
Milan were hit hard before the end of an hour of play, when “Ibracadabra” was sent off for a second yellow card. Soon after, Romelu Lukaku drew a controversial penalty and Inter pressed hard.
The logical thing happened in the 97th minute (the added time was 10 minutes), when subsidiary Christian Eriksen became a hero for his team. In the semifinals, Inter will face Juventus or SPAL.
In the second minute, the ‘Rossoneri’ could find the result through Rafael Leao, but his projectile did not hit the target. Before that, Theo Hernandez and Salemakers did an excellent job building the attack.
Gradually, the Nerazzurri became more active and created several decent attacks, which, however, were deprived of the necessary sharpness and became easy prey for the defense of symbolic guests. Milan came close to scoring again before the end of the quarter hour, but Brahim Díaz was unable to finish off after a touch from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Midway through the first half, the tension finally moved to the Milan penalty area, but Cyprian Tatarusanu blocked Romelu Lukaku’s shot with his left foot. Ivan Perisic came back for Belgian Ram, but this time Alessio Romagnoli intervened at the right time.
Half an hour had passed and Milan took the lead through the usual suspect, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The batter received a header from Sualijo Meite and scored in the lower left corner on his fourth touch at the penalty spot.
Five minutes after the break, Tatarusanu had to do another rescue. This time the Milan guard reacted brilliantly to Alexis Sánchez’s shot, who received a very good pass from Ashraf Hakimi.
Before the end of the match, Milan received a severe blow because the star of the team, Ibrahimovic, was sent off. The Swede received a second yellow card for a foul against Kolarov and referee Paolo Valeri sent him to the showers.
Midway through the second half, Inter received a penalty, albeit with a slight delay. Valerie initially signaled for play to continue, but watched the video replay of the controversial situation in which Barrela fell into Milan’s penalty area after contact with Leao. Romelu Lukaku took over and scored with the help of the crossbar.
The referee suffered a left thigh injury and was soon replaced by a fourth official, delaying the match by six to seven minutes.
Before the end of regulation time, Milan were surrounded and fully defended, but Tatarusanu did well. Due to the delay in play throughout the penalty and the change of head referee, the additional time was a full 10 minutes.
In the 97th minute, Christian Eriksen, who came on as a substitute, became a hero for Inter, scoring a free kick. The Dane, considered completely unnecessary in Antonio Conte’s formation, crossed the wall and found the upper left corner.
Inter – Milan 2: 1
0: 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 31 ‘
eleven Romelu Lukaku – 71 ‘, penalty
twenty-one Christian Eriksen – 97 ‘
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