Rome (AFP)

Juventus qualified on Tuesday for their seventh Italian Cup final in ten years after defending Tuesday against Inter Milan (0-0) the option taken in the first leg at San Siro (2-1) .

Antonio Conte will therefore have to wait a while to hope to win an Italian Cup as a coach.

His Inter Milan, already out of European competitions, now only has the championship to hope to avoid another blank year.

His Turin counterpart Andrea Pirlo remains in the running on all fronts for his debut as a coach, having already won his first trophy as a technician in January, the Italian Supercup.

After a few months of trial and error, his Juventus has once again become a solid block, part of the defensive tradition of the house without being quite the modern and playful team that the "Maestro" promised.

Since the defeat against this same Inter (0-2) on January 17 in the league, the Bianconeri have only taken one goal in seven matches (six wins, one draw).

Inter Milan, forced to the feat after the defeat at home, however did what it took to try to break through the safe.

With this time the power of Romelu Lukaku and the legs of Achraf Hakimi on the right flank, two centerpieces hanging on the go.

- Against Naples or Atalanta -

The Moroccan international, very close to Nicolo Barella, put Alex Sandro and Federico Bernardeschi to death, to create breaches.

But neither Lautaro Martinez, hampered by a slight contact with a Turinese (10th), nor Lukaku (26th), nor Christian Eriksen (28th) managed to worry Gianluigi Buffon (1.101st career match).

Juve, too low to the taste of Andrea Pirlo, made the round back with an imperial Merih Demiral, under the a little worried gaze in the stands of Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, substitutes.

And until the end, Inter tried but Juve did not crack.

Hakimi was not on target (52nd) and the many crosses at the end of the match could not find anyone.

And it is Juventus who could have benefited from it in the second half, if Cristiano Ronaldo had known his usual success.

But the Portuguese, who had already multiplied the strikes at the end of the first period but in backs or Milanese feet, first struck above (59th).

Then Samir Handanovic, two very big saves (64th, 70), then deprived him of a 24th goal for his .. 25th game of the season.

In the final, Juventus (the most successful with 13 victories) will inherit either from Naples for a revenge of the final won last year by the players of Gennaro Gattuso or from Atalanta, two teams who meet Wednesday in Bergamo after the 0-0 to go.

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