Thursday, January 28, 2010
All About Inter-Juventus
Here is all the necessary information to follow tonight’s match, valid for the Coppa Italia quarter-finals, in the best of manners.
INTER IN HOME MATCHES
Up to now, Inter’s home matches in the championship were of a very high level. Out of the 11 matches played they won 9, drew 2 and suffered no defeats, scoring 24 goals and conceding 11. Out of the 49 points collected up to now, 29 were won at the San Siro.
The only two partial shortcomings occurred on the first match day against Bari (1-1) and against Roma on the 12th (same result). The one against the giallorossi was the only match in which the nerazzurri had less goal opportunities then their opponents, while far from brilliant was the victory against Lazio, which materialised thanks to the only dangerous opportunity by Eto’o.
THE MOST FAITHFUL AND THE TOP-SCORERS
In the championship, Inter has two players who took part in all 21 matches played up to now and did not miss a single minute. The most faithful are Julio Cesar and Javier Zanetti. Lucio played 12 matches followed by Milito at 19.
The ex-Genoa striker leads the top-scorer list with 13 goals. He is followed by Eto’o with 8, Balotelli with 5, Sneijder with 4, Maicon and Stankovic with 3, Cambiasso and Pandev with 2, Lucio, Samuel, Thiago Motta and Muntari with 1.
INTER IN THE COPPA ITALIA
Inter qualified for the Coppa Italia quarter-finals beating Livorno by 1-0 thanks to Sneijder. In that match, played on the 16th December 2009, José Mourinho opted for a notable turn-over fielding the following formation: Toldo, Donati, Lucio, Chivu, Muntari, Stankovic, Vieira, Thiago Motta, Sneijder, Balotelli, Suazo.
HISTORICAL PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
The balance of Cippa Italia matches in Milan between Inter and Juventus sees the bianconeri leading by 6-4, with 5 draws. In Milan, the first match was played in the distant 19th January 1936 and saw Juventus win 1-0 thanks to a goal by Diena. Five years later, in 1941, the Old Lady did even better winning by 2-0 with goals scored by Borel II and Gabetto.
In 1959/60, the bianconeri beat the nerazzurri with a resounding 4-1. At the San Siro, Charles and Cervato scored the Juve goals, with the only Inter goal being scored by Bicicli. Sivori and once again Cervato, this time from the penalty spot, gave the victory a larger proportion.
Inter interrupted the negative series in 1972. Juve, fresh from the championship title (number 14) lost 3-1 even though they scored the opener thanks to Anastasi. Two goals by Boninsegna and a goal by Mazzola handed the home team the victory. The following year the two teams met again and the first draw was the result. Causio scored the opener and Boninsegna )a future Juventus player) scored the equaliser in the middle of the second half.
In 1975 Juve obtained a memorable 6-2 victory. At the San Siro, after just 2 minutes, Anastasi scored but the usual Boninsegna made it 1-1. Before the end of the first half, Viola scored the 2-1 for the bianconeri. In the second half the bainconeri scored 4 in 17 minutes: Anastasi, Scirea, Viola and Cuccureddu were the four aces. It was once again Boninsegna to enter the score sheet for the last goal from a penalty.
Two months later, in the following edition of the Coppa Italia, Libera scored the winning goal for the nerazzurri just after the half-hour. In 1979 it was once again 1-0 due to an own-goal by Furino.
In 1979/80 Juve beat the milanesi by 2-1. The golden boy for the evening was Cesare Prandelli who scored twice. The 0-0 tie in 1983 was important since it allowed access to the final which was then one by Verona.
The match in 1992 ended after extra-time. Juve won 2-1 with Roberto Baggio as protagonist after scoring both goals and thus helping the team go through to the semi-final. The last 3 matches were 3 exciting draws. In 1996/97 the match ended in a 1-1 score with goals by Amoruso and Ganz.
In 2004 the final result was 2-2: Adriano scored the opener, Tudor and Del Piero turned the result round and Adani equalised during stoppage time. The match ended after penalties and the bianconeri had the better thanks to the mistake by Christian Vieri.
Finally, on the 23rd January 2008 the first leg ended in a 2-2 draw. The final result was the outcome of a comeback thanks to Del Piero and Boumsong after the initial double disadvantage scored by Julio Cruz.
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