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The dismissal of Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended the ambitions of Stefano Pioli’s team in this match (2: 1).
On the Apennine peninsula, in the course of the natural process of football development, a rather complex map of tensions between clubs has developed, but here more attention continues to be paid to early struggles within the confines of a city. The two Milan clubs have long been trying to find points of contact with each other to continue to comfortably share a single stadium. However, it was obvious that this “truce” was so unstable that it would end as soon as one of the parties had greater ambitions than its neighbors.
In the current season, and not at all, Inter and Milan equally claim the championship title, they also want to represent their country in the next Champions League, and they also dreamed of obtaining at least one trophy as soon as possible to specially decorate their team . the designated room in the Giuseppe Meazza / San Siro Museum. That is why the quarterfinal match of the Italian Cup, which appeared successfully on the calendar, aroused such significant interest in the fans.
The nominal guests started the game with a long-range shot from Leau, after which the ball went to the side of the left post, however, they could not maintain the proper rhythm in the development of their own attacks, gradually giving to opponents right. to control the ball. In vain. Conte’s team played energy-consuming football at high pressure, and within someone else’s penalty area they did not attempt to weave lace, preferring to hit the end of the flanks first.
Such a “Nerazzurri” tactic, initially, did not bring much success, but for the rival it ended with a problem – Kier cut Sánchez in one of the Chilean’s pulls into a sub-category, but he injured himself in the end. The Milan manager had to change an important element in defense, so his team had to spend time adjusting to a new player in their ranks.
As already mentioned, Inter managed to create an insufficient number of dangerous chances for the opponent’s goal. However, this does not mean that Teterushanu was out of work. On the contrary, in the 24th minute, the goalkeeper did not leave a very difficult ball from Lukaku under his pivot leg. In addition, he did it at an extremely opportune moment: in his next attack, which, however, had to wait almost 10 minutes, Milan will deliver the goal thanks to a successful header on Ibrahimovic de Meite to the right flank of the penalty area, after which Zlatan fired under the far post.
“Rossoneri” was not very interested in playing in someone else’s field, as the statistics of the first half eloquently demonstrate: he lost possession of the ball and only one shot on goal. At the same time, the tension at times was so great that it was enough for a verbal skirmish between Ibrahimovic and Lukaku before going to a break. Both forwards wrote down their liabilities on the card, with which they went to a break, although the Belgian wanted to “catch up” with the Swede in the bass room through the partners who prevented him from doing so.
In the second half of the match, this “sweet couple” seemed, apparently, psychologically heavier, however, Zlatan, in the end, broke in the context of his own provocation: a foul against Kolarov in the center of the field sent to rest ahead of schedule as a result of a second warning in the reporting game.
In the minority, Milan had no chance of widening the gap, but as such there were no exits to the foreign half of the field. Pioli’s team lost completely in the second half of the match. Except, perhaps, fouls, one of which gave opponents a real chance to recover. On the left flank of the penalty area, Leau dropped Barella with a tackle, after which Lukaku put all his anger on the crossbar of the other’s goal, from where the ball bounced over the precious line.
Inter markedly outperformed opponents in terms of desire and ability to move forward, but continued to pragmatically bombard other people’s possessions with inputs from both flanks. Conte might have been reprimanded for not having the most varied tactics, but his team finally found the result that she needed.
At the briefing meeting, an impressive ten minutes were made up as a result of the fact that the match’s main referee, Paolo Valeri, suffered a muscle injury, forcing him to leave the field earlier than scheduled, and instead From him, the game continued to be directed by Daniele Kiffi. It was the fourth official who had the honor of signaling a free kick against Milan for a foul against Lautaro Martínez at 90 + 6 minutes, and after a full turn of the second hand the ball was already fluttering in the upper left corner of the Teterushanu. goal – Eriksen put his heart and soul into the set’s signature shot.
Thus, of this pair of teams, it is Inter that will represent the city of Milan in the semifinal round of the Italian Cup. Pioli’s charges have two more options available to lift the trophy above their heads this season.
Bury – Milan 2: 1
Goals: Lukaku, 71 (feather), Eriksen, 90 + 7 – Ibrahimovic, 31
Bury: Handanovic – Shkriniar, De Vrey, Kolarov (Young, 90 + 2) – Darmian (Hakimi, 46), Barella, Brozovic (Eriksen, 89), Vidal, Perisic (Martinez, 67) – Lukaku, Sanchez.
Milan: Teterusanu – Dalot, Kier (Tomori, 20), Romagnoli, Hernandez – Meite, Kessier – Salemakers (Castillejo, 85), Diaz (Rebić, 60), Leau (Krunich, 85) – Ibrahimovic.
Warnings: Lukaku, Brozovic, Hakimi – Kjer, Ibrahimovic, Rebic
In the 58th minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) was sent off (second yellow flag).
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