Inter became champions of the Coppa Italia today by beating Juventus 4-2 in extra time in the final, played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, as they equalized 2-2 in the 90 minutes of regulation. The match started better for those led by Simone Inzaghi, since, six minutes into the first half, Nicolo Barella hooked through the left sector and took a powerful shot with his right leg from outside the area that culminated in a goal. Despite the advantage obtained, Inter suffered the attacks of Juventus, who had two clear chances to score, but goalkeeper Samir Handanovic showed off and avoided the goal of the rival cast.
In the complement, the “Vecchia Signora” quickly achieved equality, in the four minutes, through Alvaro Morata, who deflected a shot from Alex Sandro that dislocated the goalkeeper and established the tie. Two minutes later, Paulo Dybala assisted Dusan Vlahovic, who made a great individual move to put the Turin team up on the scoreboard.When it seemed that the cast finished 2-1, at 32 minutes of the second stage, Lautaro Martínez was knocked down inside the area, Paolo Valeri took a penalty and Hakan Calhanoglu was in charge of establishing parity that forced everything to be defined in extra time. In added time, Inter immediately imposed conditions, as in the eighth minute, Stefan de Vrij received a foul from Matthijs De Ligt inside the area and Ivan Perisic exchanged him for a goal. Three minutes later, the Croatian took a powerful left-footed shot that entered the goal unopposed and sealed the 4-2 finalWith this result, Inter won the Coppa Italia after 11 years, since its last consecration was in the 2010/11 edition, when it won in the final against Palermo.
