Coppa Italia | Inter 3-2 Como: Incredible fight back for spot in Final
Inter again overturned a 2-0 deficit to beat Como, this time 3-2 with a Hakan Calhanoglu brace and Petar Sucic, to reach the Coppa Italia Final.
The first leg ended 0-0 at the Stadio Sinigaglia, so it was all to be decided here, potentially including extra time and penalties, for who will face either Atalanta or Lazio on May 13. When these teams met in Serie A on April 12, Inter fought back from 2-0 down for a thrilling 4-3 victory.
Lautaro Martinez and Alessandro Bastoni were still injured, while Luis Henrique stepped in for Denzel Dumfries. Jayden Addai was the only Como absentee, but Cesc Fabregas switched to a three-man defence after one point from three Serie A games.
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Ange-Yoan Bonny prodded wide from a Piotr Zielinski nutmeg pass, but the visitors had a stronger start, as Josep Martinez made a huge one-handed save to deny Martin Baturina at the back post and on the resulting corner the Marc-Oliver Kempf header bounced off the frame of the goal.
Francesco Acerbi twice ran huge risks when getting into a physical tangle with Tasos Douvikas, but both times the free kick went against the Como striker.
Como took the lead with the first goal of this tie, as Ignace van der Brempt got down the right and pulled back for Baturina to sweep in first-time with the inside of the boot from eight yards, in off the far post.
A massive goal for Cesc Fabregas' Como as they take the lead on aggregate in their Coppa Italia Semi-Final against Inter
Martin Baturina delivers a very important finish
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Douvikas also nodded wide from a corner, but Marcus Thuram came even closer with a header cleared off the line by Maxi Perrone on another set play.
Lucas Da Cunha also stung Martinez’s gloves from distance, but Como doubled their advantage at the dawn of the second half.
"Como are dreaming now!"
Da Cunha doubles the visitors' lead and they're well on their way to the Coppa Italia final as things stand
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Nico Paz intercepted a wayward Piotr Zielinski pass and sent Da Cunha down the right, where he threaded a precise left-foot finish into the far bottom corner.
Baturina and then Nicolò Barella failed to finish off counter-attacks, while Jean Butez smothered a trademark Hakan Calhanoglu screamer from distance.
Inter got one back when Petar Sucic laid it off to the edge of the area for the Calhanoglu strike to take a slight deflection on its way into the near bottom corner.
It's not over yet!
Hakan Çalhanoğlu gets Inter right back in this Semi-Final pic.twitter.com/3xuSc1Es7t
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Assane Diao almost scored with his first touch off the Como bench, but was denied one-on-one by Josep Martinez after pouncing on an Acerbi error.
Another Calhanoglu screamer was charged down, but the Turkish talent completed the comeback from 2-0 down to 2-2 with a rare free header on the Sucic cross from 10 yards. As things stood here, it was going to extra time.
He's done it again! Inter have done it to Como again!
Hakan Çalhanoğlu gets his second to level up the tie and now extra time beckons pic.twitter.com/2OpHrbb4EL
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Just like in Serie A on April 12, Inter went from 2-0 down to leading the game, as moments later a throw-in was taken quickly, Sucic completed a give and go with Calhanoglu to bend the right-foot finish into the far bottom corner.
INTER HAVE DONE IT!
From 2-0 down, Inter lead 3-2 thanks to a Sucic goal that could send them through to the final
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It wasn’t over, as Manuel Akanji stopped Alvaro Morata getting a free header by nodding the cross into the arms of his goalkeeper, and Martinez made a tough save on Maxence Caqueret at the near post, with Kempf’s header over on the corner.
Inter 3-2 Como (3-2 agg)
Baturina 32 (C), Da Cunha 48 (C), Calhanoglu 69, 86 (I), Sucic 89 (I)
Player statistic
| 32' | Martin Baturina (Assist: Ignace Van Der Brempt) |
| 48' | Lucas Da Cunha (Assist: Nico Paz) | |||
| Hakan Calhanoglu (Assist: Petar Sucic) |
69' | |||
| Hakan Calhanoglu (Assist: Petar Sucic) |
86' | |||
| Petar Sucic (Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu) |
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89' | ||
| 90+4' |  |
Máximo Perrone |
