The Juventus took an important step towards the end of the Italy Cup by winning by 2 to 1 in his visit to the Inter de Milan, this Tuesday in the first leg of the semifinals. The Argentinian Lautaro Martinez He advanced to the premises at dawn of the meeting, but then he appeared Cristiano Ronaldo to trace the match with a double before the break.
The first of the Portuguese arrived at 26 minutes, when changing a penalty that the Englishman for a goal Ashley Young had committed on the Colombian Juan Cuadrado and that the referee decreed after a video review. The next came at 35 minutes, after taking advantage of an unusual blooper between Alessandro Bastoni and Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
Cristiano Ronaldo He thus reached 762 shouts as a professional in official matches and stretched his difference with Josef Bican, whom he surpassed a few weeks ago, according to various records.
In the second half, Inter tried to achieve a better result for the second leg, but could not find the formula. Gianluigi Buffon spoiled a good chance for Chilean Alexis Sánchez and Lautaro Martínez did not hit the rebound in the clearest for Antonio Conte’s.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s anger at being replaced against Inter
15 minutes to go Andrea Pirlo, coach of the Juventus, took off the court Cristiano Ronaldo for me to enter Alvaro Morata, modification that the Portuguese gunner did not like, who left the field of play enraged by his departure. Passing by the coach’s bar, he protested and went to the substitute bench.
After the end of the match, in a press conference the DT was consulted about this episode and replied: “I don’t think there is anything in his contract that says he cannot be taken off the field.”
The tie between the set of Turin, top winner of the Italy Cup with thirteen titles, and Inter, who lifted this trophy seven times, will have their final outcome on Tuesday next week with the return leg. In turn, Wednesday will be the first leg of the other semifinal, which they dispute Atalanta and Napoli, while the grand final is scheduled for May 19.
The Juventus approached with his victory in the stadium Giuseppe Meazza to that decisive appointment, where he would try to remove the thorn of his defeat in the penalty shootout of the last duel of the last edition, in which he fell to the Naples, who aspires to revalidate his crown in this tournament.
The team White black, champion two weeks ago of his first title of 2021 by lifting the Italian Super Cup, continues its good streak and has won the last five matches it has played, taking into account all competitions. In the Italian league, the Juve ranks fourth, seven points behind the leader AC Milan.
Inter have placed their hopes of celebrating a title again in the national tournaments, after their great disappointment in the Champions League, where he was bottom of his group and was eliminated at the first exchange. The last trophy won by the nerazzurri it was precisely in the Italy Cup in 2011. Since then his ceiling in the tournament has been the semifinals, so he needs a comeback in the second leg to finally return to the final.
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With information from AFP