On April 5, 2023, the Italian Derby was played in the last 4 of the Italian Cup. As the semifinals of the Coppa Italia are two-legged matches, this
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The battle between the two Italian A giants was the first to kick off at Juve's home stadium, the Allianz Arena.
The battle was as intense as expected, with the atmosphere of the Italian derby spreading to every corner of the Allianz Arena. The two sides were on the attack, going back and forth.
The two teams were slow to break down each other's goals.
It wasn't until the 83rd minute that Juve French international Adrien Rabiot held the ball up on the left side and sent in a cross. Manuel Locatelli, who was stuck in the box, couldn't manage to get on top of the ball, and Arkadiusz Milik, who was at the second spot on the right side, also missed a good opportunity as the ball rolled all the way to the right side of the box.
Juan Cuadrado quickly stepped in and slotted the ball to the left side of the net. The first goal of the match was scored late in the game.
The Juve fans in the stadium couldn't hold back their emotions any longer and the whole stadium went into a frenzy.
There were also a lot of irrational fans who kept cursing at the Inter players in the stadium, including racial slurs against Romelu Lukaku and other players of African descent.
At around 90+2 minutes, Inter's long pass into the penalty area, Denzel Dumfries and Juve's Filip Kosti were fighting for the ball, which fell to Juve defender Gleison Bremer in the center of the field. Bremer was penalized for a handball in the penalty area, and Inter was awarded a 12-yard penalty kick.
With a full house drumroll, Lukaku took the pressure on his back and stepped up to the 12-yard penalty spot.
He bent over in readiness, stepped forward in small steps, made a time-lapse fake before shooting, and slotted the ball into the left side of the net to tie the game.
Lukaku, who scored the equalizer, didn't run to the corner flag to celebrate as he usually does. He chose to stand his ground, and to the Juve fans who kept screaming that
Made a salute with his right hand and a hush gesture with his left hand, mouthing the words.
Returning all the negative energy and racist comments he received throughout the game to the Juve fans in the stadium.
And Lukaku received his second personal yellow card of the match for that celebration, a yellow to red.
So much for Inter's tie-breaking hero being sent off.
The two teams continued to be on fire after the whistle, with Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovi and Juve's Cuadrado both receiving red cards after the whistle. The Italian Derby ended with three red cards. The second match between the two teams will be held on April 27th at the San Siro, the home of Inter.
After the match, the racist comments and chants from Juve fans were hotly debated.
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The club also said in the first instance that it would cooperate with the Turin police investigation.
Lukaku's agency team, Roc Nation Sports, also sternly condemned
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Fan behavior.
