It was one semifinal Of Italian Cup, but only one way. It was a derbybut between two unrecognizable Milanese. Do you want for the tension, or simply for the comatose state of the two contenders, an obscene match has come out, one 0-0 which leaves all discussions open for the future and solves nothing for the present. Self Milan-Inter it had to be a challenge to get out of the crisis, we can say that both teams are sinking completely. The unwatchableInter, slow, undone, unable to score for an interminable time. Better the Milan, more generous, convinced, but truly modest in his values. With the double goal away rule still in force (for the last time) in the Coppa Italia, the result slightly favors the Rossoneri, as Inter will have to win at home in the return leg to win the final. But there are no consolations for anyone tonight.
Anyone expecting fireworks was disappointed. She didn’t start off as a show. There is no room for experiments, Pioli e Inzaghi they rely on the titularissimi and what little certainty they have left: because a semifinal is always a semifinal, and because a derby is never just any match. Let alone in the conditions in which the two teams find themselves. Inter try to play the game from the start, but the dribble he is now embarrassed, the star team he admired between November and December is now lost. Milan instead takes refuge in its only real weapon, the pressingwhich still works a little: on a badly lost ball coming out of Brozovic, Saelemaekers he finds himself kicking almost at the door unguarded, Handanovic recover the position in time. Equally dangerous is the percussion of Theo Hernandez, always in open spaces. Another occasion occurs from the bezel a Krunicrejected by Skriniar.
Without any more certainties, with heavy legs and confused ideas, Inter concedes a lot, definitely too much. The only merit of him is that of continuing to play even in the thousands difficulty these days, but these rhythms the plan is monotonous and sterile, as practically testified zero shots on goal at the end of the game. The foggy direction of Brozovic, constantly taken from behind by his opponents, he is a bit of a symbol of the Nerazzurri maneuver: it is not clear whether Inter is not running when he is not, or vice versa, but the substance does not change much. On the other hand, however, Milan, which has energy and determination to sell, is always missing the last step, or precisely the last shot, due to a bit of imprecision or perhaps simply for those who are technical limits of a modest team: in the absolute mediocrity alone Leao he seems to have the extra flicker than the others, but he too makes too many mistakes in the last twenty meters.
The score is not unlocked in the first half, nor in the second half, when if possible Inter do even worse, but the Rossoneri also drop to distance. Imagine what a show. Leao engages Handanovic, Saelemaekers gets walled without fail. Then nothing. Only changes. Just to do something Inzaghi inserts Vidal e Sanchezin the place of Stretcher that no longer recharges the batteries and the usual Lautaro. The Argentine is now a coincidence: does not score three months on action, he does not touch the ball and the few who streak miss them all. Pioli instead tries to win it with RebicMessiah and Diaz: obviously too little. In the finale there is also room for the return of Correa and the Nerazzurri debut of Gosens. But nothing happens. She will talk about it when she returns. In almost two months, April 20, it will be practically another game. Hopefully also between two different teams.
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