Eden Dzeko opened the scoring for Simone Inzaghi’s side early in the match before Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead in the second half.
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Inter Milan defeated Roma 2-0 in the Coppa Italia quarter-final fixture at San Siro On Tuesday. The Nerazzurri will face AC Milan or Lazio in the semi-final. Eden Dzeko opened the scoring for Simone Inzaghi’s side early in the match before Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead in the second half. Inter had to shake off Saturday’s Serie A defeat against AC Milan, with Robin Gosens, Joaquin Correa and Felipe Caicedo injured, bringing in Sanchez, Matteo Darmian and Arturo Vidal. Meanwhile this was Roma head coach Jose Mourinho’s first San Siro visit as an opponent since winning the treble in 2010 and he was greeted with huge applause.
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Inter had a dream start to the match as Dzeko put them in front inside the opening two minutes. Ivan Perisic played a one-two with Sanchez before delivering a perfect cross for Dzeko from the left flank. Dzeko slotted home past Rui Patricio with a brilliant first time volley from inside the box.
Inter were the dominant side as Nicolo Barella struck the crossbar with a powerful strike from outside the box. Roma finally started to get into the game after 15 minutes. Danilo D’Ambrosio risked an own goal when he deflected a Henrikh Mikhitaryan cross onto the top of the crossbar, then Samir Handanovic denied Nicolo Zaniolo from close range.
The home side lost Alessandro Bastoni on the stroke of half-time, as he fell awkwardly and badly sprained his ankle, while Roger Ibanez also went off. After the break, Handanovic made a fingertip save to keep out Sergio Oliveira’s deflected effort from long-range.
Barella also forced a full-stretch diving save from Patricio at the other end with another ferocious long-range strike on the half-volley. In the 68th minute, Sanchez doubled the lead with a sensational long-ranger to seal Inter’s passage into the last four.
The Chilean footballer unleashed a powerful strike from 20 meters out that went past Patricio and into the top corner, it was simply unstoppable. Inter continued to push forward as Perisic’s header from Sanchez’ free-kick went just wide.
