This season's Coppa Italia reached the semi-final stage, and in the early morning of Wednesday and Thursday, the second leg of the two games was about to start, and the most watched focus was the derby of Inter Milan at home against AC Milan. Inter eliminated Milan 2-1 in the quarter-finals of last season's Coppa Italia and are now competing for final qualification, with both teams having not won the tournament for at least 10 years.
In the history of the Coppa Italia, Juventus is firmly in first place with 13 titles, Roma are second with nine titles, Inter and Lazio are both tied for third with seven titles, and Milan are tied for seventh with five titles. According to statistics, the last time Milan duo was crowned the Italian Cup champion, a long time has passed, Inter milan is in 2011, Milan is in 2003.
Now the two teams meet early in the semi-finals, meaning that only one team advances to the final and the other team is out early. The first leg of the match, which ended on 2 March, saw the two teams draw 0-0 at the home of AC Milan, and the suspense continued into the second leg.
The two teams have met three times this season, Inter Milan have achieved 2 draws and 1 defeat without winning, while the Coppa Italia has met 26 times, inter have won 8, drawn 8 and lost 10, while being at a disadvantage. Compared with recent years, Inter Milan has a certain advantage, from the beginning of the 2015-2016 season, the two teams have met 13 times, Inter Milan has won 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, has overturned AC Milan 7 times, from the initial 3-2 to the recent 0-0, during which 6 home games against AC Milan also achieved a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
At present, the two teams are fiercely competing for the title in Serie A, AC Milan has 71 points in 33 rounds, ranking first in one round of multiple matches, Inter Milan ranks second with 69 points in 32 rounds, the difference between the two teams is 2 points, inter Milan scored 3 points in the make-up match against Bologna, which can surpass AC Milan.
After many winless games, Inter Milan has recently won 3 consecutive wins and has been chasing AC Milan behind them, AC Milan is also unstable, after 2 consecutive draws, it defeated Genoa and won the first victory in the last 3 league rounds.
It is reported that there is a new owner Investcorp fund is about to acquire AC Milan Club, its offer of more than 1 billion euros, the future transaction is successful, then AC Milan will return to the strong strength of the previous giants.
Inter Milan have not won the Coppa Italia for 10 years, AC Milan is 17 consecutive years of a title is difficult to find, who wins in the second leg, who advances to the final, retain the hope of winning the west.