Petar Sučić was Inter’s hero off the bench as he scored the successful objective within the 89th minute to guide Cristian Chivu’s aspect into the Coppa Italia ultimate in an exciting 3-2 win over Como in Tuesday’s second leg.
Targets from Martin Baturina and Lucas da Cunha gave Como a two-goal lead on the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, and it appeared as if they might attain their first Coppa Italia ultimate.
Nevertheless, after being changed by Piotr Zielinski within the sixtieth minute, Sučić teed up each of Hakan Calhanoglu’s second-half finishes, sparking intense scenes a minute earlier than full-time.
Como bought off to a vibrant begin as Alex Valle’s unfastened contact landed gently on Baturina. Baturina made a sensible cease from Josep Martínez and his corner-kick went to Marc-Oliver Kemp on the again submit, however his header may solely hit the crossbar.
The guests deservedly took the lead within the thirty second minute when Ignace van der Brempt beat Federico Dimarco with a deft transfer down the proper flank, and Baturina’s cross hit the left submit and into the objective.
Tasos Dvikas then narrowly averted a header on the far submit from a nook, and Markus Thuram’s header was cleared on the objective line by Maximo Perrone.
Nevertheless, three minutes after the restart, Como doubled their lead with a objective from their captain da Cunha, who slotted a intelligent ball from behind from behind Nico into the underside left nook of the objective.
Nevertheless, Inter started to struggle again when Calhanoglu ran previous Jean Butes from the sting of the penalty space and fired in after a deflection from Diego Carlos.
Martínez braced himself to thwart Assane Diao, however his save proved decisive with 4 minutes left when Sučić’s wonderful cross was met by Calhanoglu, who hit the submit with a header.
The comeback was accomplished three minutes later by Sučić, who as soon as once more mixed with Calhanoglu to take a contact and rating within the backside proper nook, giving the nine-time champions a victory that can see Atalanta or Lazio within the ultimate.
We made a comeback. we gained. go to the finals pic.twitter.com/CDZM8pjZYG
— Inter (@Inter) April 21, 2026
Information report: Calhanoglu completes a well timed treble
Inter, who haven’t reached a Coppa Italia ultimate since being champions in 2022-23, had been on the verge of one other close to miss as they trailed by two factors earlier than the skilled Calhanoglu grabbed him by the scruff of the neck.
And right here he delivered a timeless efficiency. Calhanoglu was concerned in Inter’s three objectives in a sport for the primary time in all competitions, and likewise scored his first header for the Nerazzurri.
Susic additionally performed his half, as his totals for touches (124), correct passes (90) and passes within the ultimate third (33) had been additionally group highs. Regardless of approaching within the second half, no participant created extra possibilities for Inter than the 4 Croatian gamers.
However for Como, it is a story of what might need actually occurred. They dominated the anticipated objectives (xG) battle with 16 pictures heading in the right direction for a complete of 1.65 (7 of which had been heading in the right direction), in comparison with Inter’s 22 pictures at 1.43.
