Inter Milan suffered a surprising defeat against Empoli in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia, a significant setback for the most successful team in Italy currently in fifth place in Serie A. Empoli, on the other hand, is in eighteenth place in the league, in the relegation zone, becoming a revelation in the competition.
The next matchup in the Coppa Italia semifinals will be between the winner of the match between Inter and Lazio against Milan, while the winner between Juventus and Empoli will face Bologna. These semifinals will be played in home-and-away series between early and late April.
In the last phase of the Coppa Italia, Inter eliminated Udinese in the Round of 16 and leads Serie A after 26 matches. Additionally, the team is still competing in the UEFA Champions League, where they finished in fourth place in the first round.
Inter Milan will host Lazio in a Coppa Italia quarter-final match to be held at the San Siro Stadium this Tuesday at 17:00. The match between Argentine forwards Lautaro Martínez and Valentín “Taty” Castellanos will be highlighted.
Lazio's path in the European competition has been successful, being the best team in the first round of the Europa League and facing Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic in the Round of 16. In the Coppa Italia, they demonstrated their strength by eliminating Napoli in the Round of 16.
On Tuesday, the other quarter-final match will also be played when Juventus, who find themselves in a complicated situation after being eliminated from the Champions League by PSV Eindhoven, host Empoli in a match at 17:30. The “Vecchia Signora” is in fifth place in Serie A.
