Juventus booked a place in the Coppa Italia final after holding visitors Inter Milan to a 0-0 draw in their semi-final, second leg on Tuesday, sealing a date with either Napoli or Atalanta with a 2-1 success on aggregate.
Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez had chances to get Inter back in the tie in the first half, while Cristiano Ronaldo came closest to adding to Juve s aggregate advantage in the opening period, having scored both of their goals in the first leg.
After the break, Ronaldo turned on the style and was only denied another goal in the tie by two fine saves from Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
MATCH FACTS
Inter: Handanovic, Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni (Pinamonti 86), Darmian, Barella, Brozovic (Sensi 86), Vidal (Eriksen 72), Young (Perisic 66), Sanchez, Martinez.
Subs not used: D Ambrosio, Gagliardini, Kolarov, Padelli, Vecino, Radu, Ranocchia.
Goals: Martinez 9
Booked: Young, Vidal, Sanchez
Juventus: Buffon, Cuadrado, De Ligt, Demiral, A Sandro, Bernardeschi (Danilo 69), Rabiot, Bentancur (Arthur 76), McKennie (Chiellini 89), Ronaldo (Morata 76), Kulusevski (Chiesa 89).
Subs not used: Bonucci, Dragusin, Fagioli, Frabotta, Peeters, Pinsoglio, Szczesny.
Goals: Ronaldo 26 & 35
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Nine players were booked in a fiery encounter as Andrea Pirlo s side earned revenge for their 2-0 Serie A defeat in this fixture, known as the Derby of Italy , last month. It was important after losing in the league, Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot told Rai Sport.