The Coppa Italia semi-final return match is getting closer: Simone Inzaghi will do without a starter, he has already decided
La scelta di Inzaghi per la semifinale col Milan (ANSA) – MilanLive.it
It is less and less until the most important match of the season for Milan: the Coppa Italia semifinal return match. The Nerazzurri are committed to quite other goals: the Champions League and the Scudetto. All that is left for the Rossoneri is the league cup, a useless trophy that would not change by half an inch the judgment on a season to be erased from the club’s history. It would help, however, to enable Milan to reach the Europa League via a shortcut and to avoid the cousins’ Triplete: two reasons good enough to expect a decent performance from the team.
It will be interesting to see what Conceicao’s moves will be against Atalanta and whether he will preserve any starters ahead of the derby. Much more complicated, on the other hand, is the job of Simone Inzaghi, who on Sunday plays a crucial game in the Scudetto key against Bologna at the Renato Dall’Ara. The former Lazio coach can count on a perfectly constructed roster from a club with very clear ideas and, above all, great skills, and this is certainly an advantage. Inzaghi thus can afford to do without a starter in the Coppa Italia semifinal.
Inter senza un titolare in semifinale di Coppa, la decisione di Inzaghi
Inter, as mentioned, has a squad of 26 starters, starting with the two goalkeepers: Sommer is the undisputed number one, but last summer the Nerazzurri invested 15 million euros to buy the reserve from Genoa. This is not something many Italian teams can afford. Josep Martinez, by the way, is showing himself to be a goalkeeper up to the task and is earning the club’s trust in view of a possible inheritance from Sommer, who expires in a year.
Inzaghi fa a meno di Sommer (ANSA) – MilanLive.it
Gianluigi Donnarumma has also been approached by the Nerazzurri in recent months, but the club has invested a significant sum for Martinez and they expect him to perform at a level so he can be ready for when Sommer, 37 next December, leaves. Inter, with the arrival of Oaktree, has begun a rejuvenation process and the former Genoa man fits right in. So far he has played all Coppa Italia matches, including the first leg of the semifinal with Milan, and, barring any surprises, he will be in goal again on Wednesday 23 in the return leg. Simone Inzaghi wants to give Martinez confidence again, which is why he will keep Sommer out for this delicate challenge: an important signal of esteem for the Spanish goalkeeper.
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