Yesterday in San Siro, the first
leg tie of the Semi Final Italian cup fixtures was marred with a shock victory,
which Napoli midfielder “Fabian Ruiz” scored the only goal of the day in a surprise
victory against Inter Milan.
Fabian Ruiz broke
through the pace just after 57 minutes to get his team Napoli back to a winning
ways after their humiliating 3-2 league loss at home to lowly rated side Lecce
last weekend. Fabian Ruiz picked up a Giovanni Di Lorenzo pass, maneuvering
three Inter Milan defenders to curl in
past a helpless inter Milan goalie “Daniele Padelli”.
In a swift reaction, Napoli coach
commends his team squad saying :"This is the real Napoli. Big compliments
to my lads,".
But
he however cautioned his boys: "There's no reason to smile, we still
haven't achieved anything yet."
Meanwhile,
Inter Milan players looked sluggish during the match , probably due to days of
intense drilling following their thrilling 4-2 derby win over AC Milan which
put currently place them top of the Serie A league table.
From
the entire match review, the both teams had their various chances in the first
half of the game with Lautaro MartÃnez nodding wide with Padelli denying Piotr
Zielinski just before the half time break in front of a crowd of nearly 60,000
in northern Italy.
Head
coach of Inter Milan “Antonio Conte” sent on Cristian Eriksen after 65 minutes
and the Dane threatened but Napoli goalie “David Ospina” held firm for his
team.
It
is revealed that Napoli, who last won the Italian Cup trophy in 2014, now has a
slim advantage going into the second leg tie at their Stadio San Paolo on March
5.
"The
derby certainly took away a lot of energy," said Antonio Conte. "But
we're talking about Napoli, who beat Lazio, Juventus, Liverpool.
"It's
a team of substance despite its position in the standings."
Mean
while, record 18-time winners Juventus will away to Ac Milan in the other
semi-final first leg tie on Thursday 13th Februray, again in the San
siro.
Media reports all over has pin this
Titan clash to be the first match clash in Italy between Juventus star
Cristiano Ronaldo and Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The
Italian Cup Final will take place in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on May 13.
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