JAKARTA – Coach Andrea Pirlo has confirmed that the team that played against Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia semi-final on Wednesday, February 3, is the real Juventus. It wasn’t Juventus who lost to the Nerazzurri 16 days ago.
When Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring for Inter, there were concerns that Antonio Conte’s 2-0 Serie A win two weeks ago could be repeated.
However, Juventus were awarded a penalty after the referee performed a VAR examination of Ashley Young’s foul on Juan Cuadrado. Cristiano Ronaldo, the executioner, wasted no chance to equalize.
Inter allowed their second goal during poor communication between Alessandro Bastoni and goalkeeper Samir Handanovic. The keeper had been outside the box and Ronaldo stole the ball from the defender to release a shot into the far corner of the empty net.
“We were not ourselves against Inter in the league, it was a mistake, but it was also a valuable lesson and we corrected the mistakes made in this game,” Pirlo told RAI Sport after the match.
“This is only the first leg, we haven’t achieved anything. This proves that if we focus fully, it will be difficult for anyone to fight us. We know our strengths.
“It’s not easy to maintain that intensity by playing almost every day. I saw an amazing reaction after being left behind.
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The second leg will take place in Turin on February 9 with an away victory at the hands of Juventus.
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