Winning the Scudetto is the ultimate success in Italian football, but if you can’t win the league, then Coppa Italia is the next best thing. The chances to top the Serie A are long gone for Juventus and Inter, but the draw wanted them to meet in the national cup semi-final.##NAJAVA_MECA_7142676##The first leg of the first tie will be played on Tuesday night at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri warned his player not to relax after a few good results in the league and the Europa League and to take the clash against troubled Inter seriously.”Right now, we are our biggest rivals. We have been getting too many compliments lately. We didn’t allow bad reviews to get to us in the past, and we won’t let a few pats on the back get us too relaxed. We want to do everything we can to reach the final. But to do so, we must be alert. We’ll face a technically and physically strong opponent. Inter have lost a few games, which makes them even more dangerous. If we underestimate them, we’ll live to regret it.”Freiburg 0-2 JuventusInter 0-1 JuventusJuventus 1-0 Hellas VeronaThree clean sheets in a row with Gatti, Bremer and Danilo at the back! Rock solid. 🔥⚫⚪ #Juventus pic.twitter.com/AEMVgplYqV— Forza Juventus (@ForzaJuveEN) April 1, 2023 Juve will have Federico Chiesa available after the winger felt discomfort in his knee. Medical checks returned okay, so the Italian international will be in contention. Allegri has announced that Chiesa won’t start the game, but will wait for his chance from the bench.”With his return, we have five forwards available: Vlahovic, Di Maria, Milik, Kean and Chiesa. It is good to have them all available because we will need goals during the busy months of April and May.”Forgotten man Paul Pogba will return to training later this week. Hopefully, his body and his mind are ready for top-level football again. In the meantime, the two-legged tie will provide Juve with a path to the trophy and a chance to salvage the season.Inter coach Simone Inzaghi is facing the axe after the Nerazzurri lost at home to Fiorentina. Their poor form made the players nervous, so Inzaghi devised a plan to put his team at ease. Rather than travelling to Turin the day before the game, as it’s usually the practice, the players will spend the night with their families and only make the trip to Turin on matchday. Whether it would be enough to reset their brains is open to debate.##NAJAVA_MECA_7142687##Cremonese and Fiorentina will meet in the other semi-finals, with their first leg coming up on Wednesday night at Stadio Giovanni Zini in Cremona.COPPA ITALIASemi-final, first legTuesday22.00: (2.40) Juventus (3.20) Inter (3.10)Wednesday22.00: (4.70) Cremonese (3.50) Fiorentina (1.80)***odds are subjecto to change
