Luka Jovic shot AC Milan in the Italian Cup final with a splint in the convincing victory of Derby on Wednesday 3-0 against Inter Milan, which sent his team to 4-1 in aggregate. Serbia striker Jovic has doubled his goal count for the season, the Tijjani Reijnders sealing the tie late, while Milan fans received something to shout in what was a horrible season for the seven European champions. Milan is undefeated in the five local derbies of this season, winning the Super Cup final against Inter in January, and Wednesday’s victory also ended the hope of Repeating Serie A, the Champions League and the Treble Won Cup under Jose Mourinho in 2010.
“Jovic works very hard, especially in the last three or four weeks. He has also lost some weight, which helps,” coach Sergio Conceicao said with Mediaset.
“He gives us something we needed for this match, each striker has his own set of qualities. He does not give much to work with the defenders.”
The conceptico team, which is seated ninth in Serie A and will almost certainly miss the football of the Champions League next season, will probably face Bologna in next month in Rome.
Bologna directed Empoli 3-0 before his first leg on Thursday and is expected to reach a grande final of the tournament for the first time since the last victory of the Cup in 1974.
“We are happy to be in the final, but we haven’t won it yet,” added Conceicao.
“I am not a coach different from that a few days ago, and the players are not different either. It is not as if everything was great now, just as it was not so bad before.”
Jovic Swif
Given a rare beginning, Jovic put Milan in the lead at night and equality in the 38th minute when he met Alex Jimenez’s cross with a swinging head, the first chance of the team outside the game.
Federico Dimarco had struck the bar and Lautaro Martinez broke a great chance before Jovic opens the scoring, and the 27 -year -old extended Milan’s advance three minutes after the break.
Jovic jumped to bring back to close range after Inter managed to cope with a base corner, triggering four immediate substitutions from Inter Simone Inzaghi coach who did not speak anything.
Instead, Reijnders filled a complete victory for Milan five minutes from the end when he returned home with the first time after being slipped by Rafael Leao.
The elimination in the hands of their local rivals is a hard blow for the Inter who had real ambitions from the triple after having reserved a semi-final of the Champions League against Barcelona last week.
But Inter is also level on points with Napoli at the top of Serie A after losing against Bologna on weekends and could easily end an excellent empty season.
Inzaghi players have a crowded and difficult running -in with hunters from the Roma Champions League visiting the San Siro on Sunday before the first stage of their last confrontation with Barcelona who could still defeat or undo their campaign.
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