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Two-time holders Inter Milan had been knocked out of the Italian Cup final 16 on Wednesday after a last-gasp 2-1 loss to Bologna.
Defender Sam Beukema and attacker Dan Ndoye scored within the second half of additional time on the San Siro to arrange a quarter-final tie with Fiorentina after Carlos Augusto had opened the scoring for the Serie A leaders.
Bologna, managed by ex-Inter midfielder Thiago Motta, be a part of Fiorentina, Lazio and Frosinone, who beat league champions Napoli 4-0 on Tuesday, within the final eight.
The remaining 4 last-16 ties shall be held early subsequent month with the one Serie B facet left within the competitors Cremonese heading to Roma on January 3.
Inter coach Simone Inzaghi made loads of adjustments for the sport throughout a busy festive interval, preserving the likes of playmaker Hakan Calhanoglu in addition to in-form attacker Marcus Thuram out of the beginning 11.
Regardless of Inter’s first-half dominance, Bologna, fourth in Serie A, got here closest to opening the scoring as Giovanni Fabbian examined Inter’s Emil Audero within the objective with a volley within the thirteenth minute.
The most effective of Inter’s 9 first-half photographs on objective fell to Davide Frattesi however Federico Ravaglia parried the shot huge after half an hour.
Inter thought they’d the breakthrough with 25 minutes to play however Serie A’s high scorer Lautaro Martinez had his penalty saved by Ravaglia after Bologna’s teenage defender Tommaso Corazza was penalised for handball.
Martinez got here near opening the scoring once more three minutes later however his effort skimmed over the crossbar after a wise dummy exterior the field.
With 16 minutes to play Inzaghi introduced Thuram onto the sector, on the lookout for the France attacker’s third objective in 4 video games.
Bologna confirmed why they’d misplaced simply twice this season, conceding simply 12 occasions in 16 matches, with some spectacular last-gasp defending and some spectacular saves from Ravaglia in simply his third look of the season, late on in regular time.
The long-awaited Inter breakthrough got here after 145 seconds of the primary half of additional time as Augusto headed residence from Federico Dimarco’s nook for Inter.
With 112 minutes gone, Motta’s outfit drew degree with Beukema’s side-footed effort, fantastically assisted by fellow Dutchman Joshua Zirkzee, who ended up off the sector in his makes an attempt to maintain the ball in play.
Bologna’s shock victory was secured with 5 minutes of additional time remaining as Zirkzee supplied a second help, establishing Switzerland winger Ndoye for the winner on the counter-attack.
Inter’s subsequent recreation is Saturday’s residence match in opposition to Lecce after Bologna host Atalanta earlier within the day.
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