On February 2, the first match of 1/2 Italian Cup between Juventus and Inter took place. Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo managed to score twice.
The first match of the Italian Cup 1/2 between Juventus Turin and Inter Milan just recently ended. The game turned out to be quite intense and interesting.
History of the Italian Cup
The Italian Cup is a tournament held annually among Italian clubs. For the first time this tournament took place in 1922. The most titled team of this tournament is Juventus (13 trophies). I would also like to note that the Turin club won the Italian Cup for 4 seasons in a row (2014/2015 - 2015/2016 - 2016/2017 - 2017/2018), at that time the head coach was Massimiliano Allegri.
Quarterfinals of both teams
In 1/4 of the Italian Cup "Juventus" confidently beat the club from the city of Ferrara "SPAL" - the score of the match (4: 0), in the match they managed to excel: Morata (Juventus), Frabotta (Juventus), Kulusevski (Juventus), Chiesa (Juventus).
Inter played a 1/4 Cup match with the leader of Serie A - Milan, defeating their opponents with a score (2: 1), distinguished themselves in the match: Ibrahimovic (Milan), Lukaku (Inter), Eriksen (Inter).
Results of the meeting between the teams
At the home stadium of Inter (Giuseppe Meazza), the first match of 1/2 of the Italian Cup took place. The match was quite tense, both teams fought until the last minute of the match, no one wanted to lose. A fairly quick goal (9 minutes) was scored by the striker of the Milan team - Lautaro Martinez (transfer - Nicolo Barella), Juventus was able to respond only in the 26th minute of the match, striker Cristiano Ronaldo skillfully executed the penalty and made the score equal (1: 1). The next goal was scored in the 35th minute of the match, Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of the mistake of Inter's goalkeeper and scored a goal into an empty net, the score remained in favor of Juventus until the end of the game - 2: 1. If we consider the statistics of the match, then it is as follows: shots - 11/8 (Inter), shots on target - 5/6 (Juventus), free kicks - 12/18 (Juventus), corners - 4/2 (Inter), yellow cards - 3/6 (Juventus).
Head coach interviews after the match
Inter coach Antonio Conte - “Basically, we did everything ourselves. Juventus used two of our simple mistakes to score. We need to better implement moments, we have created a lot of them. Against Juventus, such chances should be used. The performance was excellent, only the result was poor. This is very disappointing, we deserved much, much more than what came out in the end. Juventus created almost nothing, I don’t remember Handanovic making saves,”said the head coach of the Milan team.
Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo - “In the match with Inter in the league we were not ourselves, we stumbled. But it turned out to be a valuable lesson for us. We have worked on the mistakes that we made in that match. This is only the first game, we have not achieved anything yet. This proves that if we are fully focused, it is difficult for any opponent to play with us. We know our strengths. It is not easy to maintain intensity when playing almost every day. I saw a great reaction from the team when we conceded. Our team is full of champions and must make the most of it."
I would like to remind you that the second match of the Italian Cup 1/2 will be held at the Juventus stadium on February 9th.
