Inter Milan crowned with Italian Soccer Cup Championship after beating AS Roma 1 - zero in the final match at the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital Roma. The goal of the match was in minute 40 by the Argentine Diego Milito.
The cup was the sixth one for Inter Milan in this competition and the first this season as the players hopes to won the league and the cup and the Champions League, which Inter was advanced to the final match for the first time since 1972. They will face Bayern Munich in the 22 this month on the stadium "Santiago Bernabeu" in Madrid.
It was the fifth time that Inter Milan met with Roma, which 9 times shared with Juventus in the final of the cup. Inter faced Roma 4 consecutive times between 2005 and 2008 as Inter won twice and Rome twice.
The game was rough from its start, Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder hurt in the early 5 minutes and requested for substitution so the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho admitted to replace him by the young striker Mario Balotelli.
The two teams traded controls and attacks with a relative domination more than to Inter Milan, which was the first to open the scoring after a pass from Esteban Cambiasso in the midfield to Diego Milito who get rid of the 3 defenders and entered the area and launched a shot by his right foot settled into the net in minute 40.
In the second halftime, Inter Milan domination was continued. Balotelli hit a ball runners focused by the Brazilian goalkeeper Sergio (57), and then he stood in the way of a powerful shot of the Romania Cristian Chivu (62).
Rome won a free kick in an appropriate place carried out by the Norwegian Lyon Arne Rize rose slightly over the chumps (78), then the same player received a ball on his chest and fired it by his left foot the left Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar move it away by his both hand (80). AS Roma Captain Fralanzescu Totti expelled because he kicked Balotelli deliberately (88).
The final minutes had clashes between the players which led to intervene of security guards then the referee Nicolas Ritzli ended the match.