The first round goes to Juventus. For the definitive victory, at least the other 90' of next Tuesday in Turin will be needed, but certainly this 2-1 in San Siro colors in large part the qualification for the black and white final. Now InterIn fact, will need to win by two goals or in any case with a minimum of three: not an impossible undertaking, God forbid, but at least complicated. Of course, Conte will be able to count on Lukaku (unless decided by the federal prosecutor's office, which has opened an investigation into the fight with Ibrahimovic) e Hakimi, not just any two, absent yesterday due to disqualification and instead available on Tuesday, but only a great test, combined with a disastrous one from Juve, will be able to overturn the verdict. At the points, probably, the result in Milan is too much for the bianconeri, vigorous in recovering the initial 0-1, all right, but authors of a match without particular rings, especially in the second half which saw Buffon better on the pitch.
“We won the first round, it's still not enough but we know that if we are focused we can play against everyone – the analysis of Pirlo – The turning point came in the Super Cup, lifting a trophy gave us great strength, above all because it came a few days after a bad defeat, we understood that we are still strong and can compete for all goals. Ronaldo's replacement? It's normal that he wasn't happy, but we have to save him for the championship too: if he too goes out a few minutes early, that's fine… ”.
“We did everything ourselves, committing two ingenuities that Juventus exploited to perfection – he retorted Tale – We created a lot, but we have to be more cynical, against Juventus you have to materialize: the performance was excellent, there's only a negative result. We put the black and whites on the ropes, sorry because we deserved much, much more than the final result. Inevitable that after a 2-1 at home you have to win with 3 goals difference, it won't be a walk in the park, Juventus are not the bottom of the class…”.
On the eve we had assumed a blocked game, unless someone scores immediately, blowing up all the balances. So it was, because after just 9' lautaro martinez he found the 1-0 by finishing off a counterattack by Barella, forcing Juve to pull out their claws. Pirlo's team, punished in the same way as in the championship (at the time Barella's assist, again from the right, was for Vidal), knew how to react, also because Inter hurt themselves. In the 26th minute Young was surprised by Cuadrado, committing a penalty foul as clear as it was useless: the ball crossed by Bernardeschi, in fact, would have ended up in the stands, but the hold induced Calvarese to point to the penalty spot.
There Ronaldo woke up, who after converting from eleven meters struck again, this time taking advantage of a red pencil error by the Bastoni-Handanovic duo: I go, you go, in the end CR7 went, for the final 2-1 goal (35') . Yes, because despite a second half in the boarding Inter failed to equalize, stopped by a chronic imprecision in front of goal (how much Lukaku missed...) and by two great interventions by Demiral and Buffon, the first capable of saving on Sanchez with an unguarded goal, the second of repelling a close shot from Darmian. The swirl of substitutions (within Perisic, Eriksen, Sensi and Pinamonti for Conte, Danilo, Arthur, Morata and Chiesa for Pirlo) has changed nothing, delivering on record a black and white victory that looks very valuable, even if not definitive. For that, it will be necessary not to lose in a week, or to do it 1-0: all the prerequisites for the final on 26 May are there, even if Inter, we can bet, will sell their skin dearly.
