At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 20, a focus battle in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals began to be contested, with Inter Milan facing AC Milan at home. In the first half, Damian assisted Lautaro's volley, Casey's shot was deflected, Salmales volley was saved, Barrera's long-range shot was high, and Correa assisted Lautaro to score another goal. In the second half, Lautaro's shot was saved, Benacell's goal was invalidated and Gosons scored another goal. In the end, Inter Milan swept AC Milan 3-0 to reach the final!
Just 3 minutes into the game, Inter milan scored! Damian sent a cross from the right, Lautaro volleyed straight into the middle of the penalty area and the ball drilled into the goal like a cannonball. The shot was so puzzling that the goalkeeper couldn't save at all. Inter got off to a fantastic start. In the 11th minute, Casey received a straight ball on the left side of the penalty area and turned directly to shoot, hitting the near corner, and the kick was deflected. In the 27th minute, Leo fired a powerful shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area, and Handanovic blocked the ball off the line.
In the 29th minute, Salle Marks volleyed powerfully from the edge of the penalty area, but at a normal angle, Handanovic saved the ball. Tonali then curled a shot in the middle that bounced off teammate Giroud. This luck is also a bit poor. In the 34th minute, Teo Hernandez brought correguage down from behind in order to prevent Correa from breaking into the box with the ball, which gave him a yellow card.
Two minutes later, Barrera volleyed from outside the penalty area with great force, but the kick flew away. Leo then cut inside the left side of the penalty area and fired a near corner, which Handanovic had already blocked to save the ball. In the 39th minute, Inter scored again! It was Lautaro again, he received Correa's straight ball, stabbed it with a single knife, and the goalkeeper who sent the ball crossed the body and drilled into the goal. Lautaro is in such good shape that he has scored twice. At the end of the half, Inter Milan led by two goals.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 51st minute, Lautaro burst into the penalty area with the ball, shot into the near corner from a tight angle and the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 67th minute, Benasser whipped wide outside the box and the ball went into the goal, but the goalkeeper didn't react at all. However, the goal was ruled invalid due to Kalulu interfering with the goalkeeper in the offside position. Inter escaped. Three minutes later, Inter made a substitution, with Dzeko and Alexis Sanchez coming on as substitutes.
In the 78th minute, Sanchez fired a long shot from midfield and kicked high. In the 81st minute, Inter scored again! Brozovic picked up the ball on the right and crossed, Gossens swept the ball in at the back post and the ball went in! AC Milan was kicked out completely. Six minutes later, Giroud headed the ball high in the middle of the penalty area. In the end, Inter Milan beat AC Milan 3-0 to reach the final.