Coppa Italia: Inter and Sampdoria book a semi-final date
By: Francesco | January 21st, 2009
The quarter-final round of the Coppa Italia kicked off today, with Udinese-Sampdoria and Inter-Roma in action. Tomorrow Lazio takes on Torino while on February 4th Juventus will face Napoli. Today the left side of the bracket was decided as the winners of Udinese-Samp and Inter-Roma would face off in the semi-final. Summaries and highlights after the jump.
Sampdoria went through, defeating Udinese on penalties. Sampdoria (without Cassano) went ahead in the 55th minute when new signing Giampaolo Pazzini scored his first goal for the Blucerchiati with a nice angled drive. Later in the match Udinese were awarded a penalty and captain Antonio Di Natale stepped up and placed it in the lower left corner, Antonio Mirante almost saved it. Both sides defended in extra time and the game went to penalties, where Sampdoria triumphed 4-1. Antonio Mirante made crucial saves and led the Blucerchiati to the semi-final.
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In the other game, full strength Inter and Roma sides were on display at the San Siro. In the 10th minute, Adriano profited from a mishap at the back for Roma and calmly placed the ball past Brazilian goalkeeper Artur. Stankovic almost made it two with a nice scissor kick effort, but it hit the crossbar. Inter dominated most of the first half but Roma picked it up towards the end and then stepped it up in the second half, drawing level in the 61st minute with a beautiful shot from Rodrigo Taddei. However Inter struck immediately, as Artur made a miracle save on a Samuel header, but could do nothing about Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s rebound and Inter were ahead again. Roma pushed forward and had a number of chances but could not finish. Inter won and will play Sampdoria in the semi-final, while defending champions Roma have been eliminated.
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forza whoever plays sfinter merda.
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At least Zlatan didn’t drop to the ground like a pussy when Mexes kicked him. He stood up to him like a man! That’s how it should be done!
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Francesco, you failed to mention that Samuel was offside.
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“In the other game, full strength Inter and Roma sides were on display at the San Siro.”
I agree. Inter are often considered at full strength when they use their 37 year old back up ‘keeper, 5th choice center back and an 18 year old in his competitive debut.
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Nnahaj, Not a lot to be afraid of there. Ibra is like a foot taller than Mexes. And Zlatan is from the hood. Well, that is, the Swedish hood… I bet it is very well organized.
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Pazzini is a good player! Forza Sampdoria!!! p.s.: i am from russia :)
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