At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 20, the 1/8 final of the 2021/22 Coppa Italia, Inter Milan sat at home to meet Empoli. Sanchez opened the scoring for the Nerazzurri, empoli scored two goals in the second half to equalize, and Ranocchia was tied in stoppage time. In extra time, Sensi scored a final shot, and finally Inter Milan beat Empoli 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Inter were hit in the opening four minutes, Joaquin Correa and Romagnoli midfielder scrambled, the latter put his full body weight on Joaquin Correa and injured him to the ground, unable to hold on, Inter sent Sanchez to the stage.
This time the forced substitution brought unexpected surprises, in the 13th minute, Vidal obliquely blocked, Dumfries crossed from the right, Sanchez nodded the ball and scored, Inter took a 1-0 lead!
In the 29th minute, goalkeeper Furan played the ball, his teammate stopped the ball too much and was cut off, and Both consecutive shots from Lautaro Martinez in the penalty area were saved by Furan.
In the 61st minute, after Empoli's wave of attack was blocked, Aslani knocked back the bottom line, and Bajrami unloaded the ball into the net on the right side of the penalty area, 1-1, Empoli equalized!
In the 76th minute, Sturage's cross from the left, Kutrone nodded the ball in front of him, the ball hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced into the net on the heel of goalkeeper Dura, 2-1, Empoli reversed the score!
In the 91st minute, Inter's long pass from the right was given to the penalty area, Dumfries and Dzeko overlapped but eventually competed for the header to form a ferry, Andranocchia broke the side hook near the penalty spot, 2-2, Inter equalized!
In the 94th minute, Sanchez's shot in front of goal was ruled invalid due to offside, and the game went into extra time.
In the 104th minute, Inter broke the ball in front of the field, Sanchez crossed from the edge of the penalty area, and Sensi's arc of the penalty area jumped into the top left corner of the goal, 3-2, Inter overtime to advance!
Line-ups for both sides: