Juventus hold Inter to create Italian Cup final
Juventus are found in the final of the Italian Glass after a goalless draw with rivals Inter Milan on Tuesday put them through 2-1 on aggregate.
Andrea Pirlo's area will face among Napoli or perhaps Atalanta, who are locked at 0-0 before Wednesday's second leg found in Bergamo, in May's last in Rome after comfortably holding Inter found in a disciplined screen at the Allianz Stadium.
Inter barely troubled veteran Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon regardless of the come back of Romelu Lukaku and Achraf Hakimi, even while Cristiano Ronaldo was twice denied by okay Samir Handanovic saves at the other end.
Juve are unbeaten since losing 2-0 to Inter found in Serie A last month as novice instructor Pirlo drags his staff into contention in group and cup after an uncertain begin training the Italian champions.
They have conceded only once since that defeat, in the first leg win at the San Siro the other day, and appearance in ominous form because they go back to the title chase at the weekend.
Juve sit seven things in back of leaders AC Milan with a game in side and a vacation to troubled Napoli awaiting them on Saturday.
"It's a completely different feeling as a mentor, we're really happy but we haven't performed anything yet," said Pirlo to convey broadcaster Rai.
"We were excellent today, they basically didn't have a shot on aim. Handanovic was the best player on the pitch," added the 41-year-previous, who won four league titles as a Juve player.
Antonio Conte, who led Pirlo to three of these Serie A crowns, will now have to concentrate totally on overhauling Milan if he wants to win Inter their initially trophy since 2011.
Second-placed Inter are several points in back of their city rivals before their league clash with in-form Lazio in Sunday, while Milan happen to be lowly Spezia.
- Inter held away -
Inter came into the match with a dismal recent record at Juventus, with out a win since November 2012 when Conte was even so managing the then-resurgent 'Old Lady' of Italian soccer.
That win, 3-1 because of a brace from 2010 treble hero Diego Milito, ended a 49-meet winning streak for Juve but no such heroics were on screen on Tuesday night.
The return of Lukaku and Hakimi, who both missed the first leg through suspension, did nothing to boost Inter's fortunes in a blunt display from the away side, who had a good amount of the ball but did very little with it.
An initial half of few probabilities featured a Juve workforce much-changed from the XI which defeat Roma 2-0 at the weekend but equally comfortable positioning their opponents at bay.
Juve were articles to sit on their first-leg business lead, knowing that a good 1-0 defeat could have been enough for them to go through.
Ronaldo came near scoring initially in the 64th minute when Weston McKennie pounced on sloppy take up from Inter to place the Portugal captain through on objective.
However Handanovic was easy away his line and pulled away an excellent save to deny Ronaldo, who turned 36 last week.
Ronaldo was again denied by Handanovic 5 minutes later when he skipped past Milan Skriniar and Nicolo Barella and permit rip with a powerful shot that your Slovene stopper did very well to push away.
Inter continued to push but the wall set up in front of Buffon held and Pirlo could have a chance to win his primary trophy as a mentor in debut time of year on the bench.
