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Coppa Italia: Inter Milan beat Roma 2-0, ruin Mourinho’s return to San Siro

By Aman Shukla

Inter Milan marked the arrival of Jose Mourinho to the San Siro on Tuesday by u dumping their idol’s new team Roma out of the Italian Cup 2-0 and reaching the semi-finals. Mourinho coached in front of an Inter home crowd for the first time since leaving in 2010 yet after beng heartily welcomed by supporters in Milan Roma limply exited the competition thanks to a goal almost straight from kick-off by Dzeko and Alexis Sanchez’s second-half piledriver.

The victory for Inter, who will meet either AC Milan or Lazio in the last four with those sides facing each other on Wednesday, was the ideal response to losing the derby on Saturday, the tempestuous aftermath of which has led to manager Simone Inzaghi suspended for the weekend’s big clash at fellow Serie A title chasers Napoli.

“I won’t ever hide that my relationship with Inter is one that will last forever. But I came here to win for Roma and my supporters who today are the Roma supporters.” said Mourinho.

“We didn’t win but apart from the first five minutes I saw a Roma team play well against a team against whom it’s not easy to play well.”

 

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]