Inter do not break Juve’s fort: Pirlo flies to the Italian Cup final, Conte eliminated | First page

Mission accomplished for Juventus, a feat not even touched for Inter: it ends without a goal and with some rings the second act of the first semifinal of the Italian Cup. Pirlo’s team defends in order the 2-1 win at San Siro last week and reaches the 20th final in their history, the sixth in the last 7 seasons. Following the success in the Italian Super Cup, the Italian champions will be able to contest the second title of the season against the winner of Atalanta-Napoli on 19 May.

Pirlo applies a great rotation Faced with the victory against Roma, relaunching De Ligt and Demiral in the center of defense, putting Cuadrado in the midfield line and putting Kulusevski next to Ronaldo. Conte recovers Hakimi and Lukaku compared to the match 7 days ago and the Eriksen card is played instead of the disqualified Vidal to have better quality in the front row. Inter is playing the game, having to score two goals to qualify, and on the axis made up of the Belgian center forward and the former Real Madrid winger he builds the most interesting initiatives. From one of them comes the warning for Alex Sandro who, warned, will miss the final.

The second half continued with the same score but, as the minutes passed, Inter lost its brightness and clarity and in the end The best scorers pass on the counterattack to Cristiano Ronaldo, who calls Handanovic to two non-trivial interventions. Conte plays the cards of Perisic, Sensi and Kolarov, but cannot break through and the game ends without any further shocks. In the final there is still Juventus, who will have the opportunity to redeem the defeat of the last edition, while For the Nerazzurri, the second goal of the season after the Champions League fades. Now Conte and his team are “doomed” to win the championship.