In the 2020-2021 quarter-finals he decided a goal from Eriksen. It is the fourth cross of the season, it hadn’t happened for 18 years: it ended with three Rossoneri wins and one draw
Fourth derby of the season between Inter and Milan, this time the final of the Italian Cup is at stake. The first leg ended 0-0 and the Rossoneri were playing at home. Now for Pioli’s team a draw with a goal would be enough to go through. We go on the pitch at San Siro on Tuesday at 21. Inzaghi’s men overtook Spezia away last weekend, for Giroud and his teammates no problem against Genoa: 2-0 in the 90th minute.
Latest results
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Inter and Milan are not only playing the final of the Italian Cup, the championship fight is open in the league. Napoli, currently third, with 66 points. The Nerazzurri are second at 69 with a game to recover and the Rossoneri occupy the top station at 71. Inzaghi’s team has lined up nine useful results between the league and cups, the last knockout came against Sassuolo on 20 February. Pioli’s men scored thirteen unbeaten games, the most recent against Spezia on 17 January. As reported by Oddschecker, it is the 26th time that the two teams compete in the Italian Cup: 10 wins for the Rossoneri, 8 for the Nerazzurri and 8 draws. Only on one other occasion Inter and Milan were opponents in the semifinals: it was the 1984-85 season, with AC Milan qualified (1-1 in the first leg, 2-1 in the return).
Precedents
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AC Milan have gone through or won the trophy in five of eight knockout matches against Inter in the Coppa Italia. However, the last return match between the two teams saw the Nerazzurri pass the round in the 1999/2000 quarter-finals. As analyzed by Oddschecker, Pioli’s team is unbeaten in three games against Inzaghi’s men, considering all competitions (1V, 2N. It is the 14th time in their history that Inter and Milan have faced each other four times in a season: it didn’t happen since 2004/05 (three Rossoneri successes and one draw in that case) In fact, in seven of the previous thirteen occasions Milan have remained unbeaten in the four matches of the season.
Statistics
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The semi-finals of the Coppa Italia do not bring well to Inter, always eliminated in each of the last four occasions: it is the team that has suffered the most defeats in this phase of the competition (19). Attention: Milan have lost only one of the last nine Italian Cup matches (4W, 4N), defeated by Inter in the last edition’s quarter-finals: 2-1, it was January 26, 2021, a match decided by a goal on Eriksen’s free kick in the 97th minute. A curious fact: none of the recent 28 goals in the derby was scored by an Italian player: the last one dates back to 27 December 2017, in the Coppa Italia, signed by Patrick Cutrone: a goal that earned the Rossoneri access to the semifinals.
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