JAKARTA - Coach Andrea Pirlo confirmed that the team that played against Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia semifinals, Wednesday, February 3, was the real Juventus. It wasn't Juventus who lost to the Nerazzurri 16 days ago.
When Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring for Inter, there were fears that Antonio Conte's side's 2-0 Serie A victory two weeks ago would be repeated.
However, Juventus were awarded a penalty after the referee conducted a VAR review of Ashley Young's offense against Juan Cuadrado. Cristiano Ronaldo who became the executioner did not waste an opportunity to equalize.
Inter scored the visitor's second goal when there was a miscommunication between Alessandro Bastoni and goalkeeper Samir Handanovic. The goalkeeper is outside the penalty area and Ronaldo steals the ball from the defender to shoot a shot into the far corner of the empty net.
"We weren't ourselves against Inter in the league, that was a mistake, but that was also a valuable lesson and we corrected the mistakes made in that game," Pirlo told RAI Sport after the match.
"This is just the first leg, we haven't achieved anything. This proves that if we concentrate fully, it will be difficult for anyone to fight us. We know our strengths.
βIt's not easy to maintain this intensity when playing almost every day. I saw a tremendous reaction after falling behind. "
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The second leg will take place in Turin on 9 February with the away lead in Juventus.
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