Fans at San Siro welcomed Jose Mourinho with an open arms as he led AS Roma against their old team in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup. This is the first time the Special One has returned to this arena since saying goodbye 12 years ago, after a season that helped Inter Milan win a historic treble.
Before the match, Inter fans welcomed him with warm and emotional feelings, but when entering the match, Inter players - who are currently without any players in the 2009-10 squad - did not give him such a warm welcome.
Two goals from Edin Dzeko - a former Roma captain, and Alexis Sanchez - a former Manchester United student of Mourinho, brought the Nerazzurri a 2-0 victory.
When the fans in the stands were not yet warm, the goal had arrived. Ivan Perisic blocked the visitors' attack, breaking the wall one-on-one with Alexis, before making a beautiful cross for the Bosnia striker to finish equally well. It was only the second minute.
With an early goal, Inter know how to control the game better than the comeback loss to AC Milan last weekend. They did not allow Roma to create many chances, before Alexis sealed the victory 2-0 with an unbelievable finish from 20m away.
Inter is the first team to qualify for the Coppa Italia semi-finals this season, before AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina, Juventus take the field tonight and tomorrow night.
Premier League: Newcastle out of the red light group
Meanwhile, in England, the early matches of round 24 of the Premier League have also taken place. Before Man United were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom-placed Burnley, West Ham and Newcastle both had home wins.
With Jarrod Bowen's only goal, 3 points belonged to West Ham also means that they reclaimed 4th place from Man United. Although West Ham have played one more game, the risk of the Red Devils not being able to make it into the Top 4 is still very high, because behind them, Arsenal are playing 2 matches less, Tottenham are playing 3 matches less.
At St James Park, the more than £100 million that the new Newcastle owners spent on investing in the squad in January has initially paid off. beat Everton a team that also had a big change from the coaching position to the squad, with a score of 3-1, for the first time since the beginning of the season, Newcastle escaped the bottom group.
6 other matches of round 24 will take place tonight and tomorrow night, while Chelsea will compete in the FIFA Club World Cup tonight.
