Juventus qualified on Tuesday for their seventh Italian Cup final in ten years after defending Tuesday against Inter Milan (0-0) the option taken in the first leg at San Siro (2-1) .
Antonio Conte will therefore have to wait a while to hope to win an Italian Cup as a coach. His Inter Milan, already out of European competitions, now only has the championship to hope to avoid another blank year.
“It was in my beginner’s plans,” smiled the ex-playmaker, while assuring that his team had “nothing done” yet.
Inter Milan, forced to the feat after the defeat at home, yet tried to break through the safe. With this time the power of Romelu Lukaku and the legs of Achraf Hakimi on the right flank, two centerpieces hanging on the go.
The Moroccan international, very close to Nicolo Barella, put Alex Sandro and Federico Bernardeschi to death, to create breaches. But neither Lautaro Martinez, hampered by a slight contact with a Turinese (10th), nor Lukaku (26th), nor Christian Eriksen (28th) managed to worry Gianluigi Buffon (1.101st career match).
And until the end, Inter tried but Juve did not crack. Hakimi was not on target (52nd) and the many crosses at the end of the match could not find anyone.
Cristiano Ronaldo, author of the two goals at San Siro, did not have his usual success to punish Inter against.
In the final, Juventus (the most successful with 13 victories) will either find Naples for a revenge of the 2020 final won by the players of Gennaro Gattuso or Atalanta (semi-final return Wednesday, 0-0 in the first leg) .
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