Stats: Inter reach 14th Coppa Italia final

Inter’s fantastic 3-0 win in the second leg of the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa semi-finals against Milan has seen Simone Inzaghi’s side reach the final of Italy’s premiere cup competition, with the showpiece occasion set to take place on 11 May at the Olimpico in Rome.

They’ll be facing either Juventus or Fiorentina who will be in action this evening. The Bianconeri hold the advantage in the tie having won the first leg 1-0 away from home.

May’s match will mark the 14th time Inter have played in a Coppa Italia final. Only Juventus (20) and Roma (17) have featured in more. The last time the Nerazzurri made it this far was back in the 2010/11 season when they triumphed 3-1 over Palermo.

INTER’S COPPA ITALIA FINALS

Inter have won the Coppa Italia seven times, the first occasion coming in 1939 and the most recent in 2011. The Nerazzurri have faced Juventus twice in the final, losing on both occasions, while they have never played against Fiorentina at this stage of the competition.

1939 | Ambrosiana Inter 2-1 Novara 1959 | Inter 1-4 Juventus 1965 | Juventus 1-0 Inter 1977 | Milan 2-0 Inter 1978 | Inter 2-1 Napoli 1982 | Inter 1-0, 1-1 Torino  2000 | Lazio 2-1, 0-0 Inter  2005 | Roma 0-2, 0-1 Inter  2006 | Roma 1-1, 1-3 Inter  2007 | Roma 6-2, 1-2 Inter  2008 | Roma 2-1 Inter  2010 | Inter 1-0 Roma  2011 | Inter 3-1 Palermo 

LAUTARO ON FIRE IN MILAN DERBIES

Lautaro Martinez netted a wonderful brace last night against Milan which took his season tally to 19 goals. What’s more, he has now contributed goals in four different competitions this campaign like fellow South American Alexis Sanchez. In scoring against Milan on Tuesday evening the Argentine has now struck five times against Inter’s city rivals, meaning no other player has found the net as many times as he has in derby matches since his maiden Nerazzurri season back in 2018/19.

It's also the second time Lautaro has scored twice in a derby, a feat he also achieved back on 21 February 2021, in another 3-0 Inter home win. He thus becomes the fourth player in Inter’s history to score two braces in the Milan derby since 1929/30.

The other players to achieve this were Pietro Serantoni (29/30 and 30/31), Giuseppe Meazza (31/32 and 33/34), and Istvan Nyers (48/49 and 49/50). This means Lautaro is the first player to set this record in 72 years. 

Lautaro’s first goal came after 181 seconds of play. This makes it the fastest derby goal since Matias Vecino’s on 17 March 2019, which came after 151 seconds. Curiously on that day it was the Argentine who provided the assist for Vecino.