Inter de Milan, which had Alexis Sánchez and Arturo Vidal as headlines, suffered a hard stumble when fall 2-1 to Juventus at the Giusepe Meazza Stadium in the first leg of the semifinals of Italy Cup.
Both Chilean players were from the start and had a correct mission. The tocopillano is kept on the pitch until the final whistle of the match (being booked at 90 + 1 ‘for a foul on Arthur), while the “King” came out replaced by Danish Christian Eriksen (73 ‘), something that he did not like at all.
In the development of the match, it was the “Nerazzurros” who began winning with the annotation of Argentine Lautaro Martínez (8 ‘), but they were met with the overwhelming reaction of the visit, which first matched with a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty goal (26 ‘). Just ten minutes later, the Portuguese gunner took advantage of a rude defensive error between Alessandro Bastoni and goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, marking the second conquest in favor of his team.
During the second stage, those led by Antonio Conte pushed to reach a draw, having a fairly clear chance through Matteo Darmian, who after a pass from Sánchez crashed his shot against veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
With the defeat, Inter was left with obligations facing the rematch of the key, which will be played on next February 9 en el Juventus Stadium.
Before that match, the Lombard team will measure Erick Pulgar’s Fiorentina this Friday, in a duel valid for the date 21 of Series A.