Last season's Serie A champions Nerazzurri Inter Milan, although in the off-season lost a number of core players, but they still maintained a very good dominance in the new season, in the case of a not very ideal start, with a wave of consecutive wins in the table has returned to the first place position, as recognized as the team with the best depth of the Serie A lineup, to strive for the championship of all domestic competitions, it has become the task of the Nerazzurri this season, in the third round of the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan hosted Serie A side Empoli at home, the two teams have already met once in serie A this season, when the Nerazzurri team won easily 2-0, and in the past history, Inter Milan encountered Empoli 10 times in the Coppa Italia, they maintained an unbeaten record of 9 wins and 1 draw, which is why many fans are optimistic that Inter Milan can easily win.
But in this game, Empoli played unusually tenaciously, in the case of Sanchez for Inter to take the lead, the second half with the goal of Bairami and Kutrone to overtake the score, the injury time stage Ranocchia's goal for the Nerazzurri to continue life, the two sides also entered the extra time war, Empoli's lack of physical fitness in the extra time is unquestionable, Inter Milan also relied on Sensi's goal, 3-2 victory over Empoli, successfully advanced to the next round, but also maintained the Italian Cup against Empoli eleven unbeaten!
Although Empoli is at a distinct disadvantage in terms of the strength of both sides and past hand-to-hand records, in this game, empoli, who played away, played not conservatively at all, and they began the inter milan confrontation in the opening stage, completing 16 shots in the whole game with only 45% of the possession, of which 6 shots hit the target, while the Nerazzurri only had 9 shots in the game.
Although Inter won the game hard, but they also paid a certain price, this battle by Inzaghi Jr. into the starting lineup correa, in the game just after the start of the unexpected injury left, Sanchez was in danger and did not fail, after receiving a cross from Dumfries in the 13th minute of the first half, Sanchez scored a hammer to help the Nerazzurri rewrite the score.
But after the start of the second half, the field suddenly changed, the score behind Empoli launched a crazy counterattack, in the 61st minute they launched an attack on the left, Bayrami after receiving the inverted triangle pass from his teammates, a furious shot to bring the two sides back to the same running line, 76 minutes Empoli counter-scored, Kutrone's header in the penalty area, although hit the crossbar, but the football hit the Inter goalkeeper's body bounced into the net, just when the fans thought that the Inter Italian Cup would be broken against Empoli's unbeaten golden body, Dumfries again delivered an assist in injury time, pulling a volley from Nokia to equalize in the final minutes.
Although in the last moments of injury time, Sanchez scored a goal, but the offside was cancelled first, after entering the extra time battle, the physical advantages of Inter Milan players began to appear, they also firmly grasped the rhythm of the game, in the 104th minute to help the team score the first goal of Sanchez's front of the penalty area, Sensi made a slight adjustment to shoot angrily, to help Inter Milan win!