Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi hailed the depth and adaptability of his squad after reaching the Coppa Italia quarterfinal with a 2-0 win over Udinese on Thursday. The Italian manager made nine changes to the line-up that thrashed Lazio 6-0 in Serie A on Monday for its Coppa fixture at San Siro. I make choices for Inter’s sake, they were …
Antonio Conte defended his decision to field a significantly altered starting lineup for Napoli’s 1-3 Coppa Italia round of 16 loss to Lazio, stating that the fixture offered an opportune moment to evaluate his squad and mitigate injuries. However, this decision backfired as the league leader was stunned by Lazio, which secured a 3-0 victory thanks to a hat-trick from …
Hapless in Serie A, Cremonese pulled off another shock in the Italian Cup on Wednesday by beating Roma 2-1 to reach the semifinals for only the second time in its history — and the first in 36 years. Cremonese’s win at Napoli was coach Davide Ballardini’s first match in charge and he followed that up with a draw at Bologna …
Juventus took control of their Italian Cup semi-final on Wednesday after Lorenzo Venuti’s late own goal gave the visitors a 1-0 first-leg win on Dusan Vlahovic’s return to Florence. Venuti left the field in tears after he deflected Juan Cuadrado’s cross into his own net in the first minute of stoppage time to hand Juve the win and a potentially …
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