Inter vs Juventus Semi-Final Coppa Italia first leg

Inter vs Juventus Semi-Final Coppa Italia first leg

Inter vs Juventus Coppa Italia semi-final will take place at San Siro tonight. The Nerazzurri have a psychological advantage as they won the first Derby d’Italia comfortably. While the Bianconeri will be looking for their revenge.

Inter are coming in from a very convincing win over Benevento. Meanwhile, Juventus have won 8 out of their last 9 outings. The sole defeat coming at the hands of Inter. Pirlo might fancy his chances this time as the Nerazzurri have a couple of crucial players suspended for this leg.

Inter vs Juventus Semi-Final Coppa Italia

Inter vs Juventus Semi-Final, Inter have problems for team selection

Antonio Conte has a couple of fresh roster issues hampering his preparations ahead of the game. He will be bereft of the services of his two essential players, Lukaku and Hakimi. Two of the top three goal scorers for Inter this season are suspended for this match. While Sanchez can come in place of Lukaku, he doesn’t provide the goal threat of that level. Inter struggle to build-up and get up the pitch in absence of Lukaku. Not to mention the time he buys for other players to make runs into the box. Moreover, Darmian, who is likely to replace Hakimi, doesn’t pose a great threat from the right flank. To compensate for Darmian’s lack of end product, Conte will depend on Young or Perisic from the left flank. The onus will also be on Barella to provide the creative impetus from the centre of the park.

Conte will like to set up a tight and compact structure in the defensive phase to restrict Juventus from moving forward. Also, hit them on the counter with the pace of Lautaro or Barella. Unlike his counterpart, Andrea Pirlo will be a relieved man with most of his players available except for Dybala. However, he needs to find a solution to break Inter’s mid-block. Also, it would be interesting to see how he will set up his team to contain the Nerazzurri’s threat on the counter-attack.

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