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Inter will face either Napoli or Como in the Coppa Italia semi-final after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Torino, with Ange-Yoan Bonny and Andy Diouf goals on neutral turf.
The first quarter-final saw the Nerazzurri coming off fine form in Serie A and the Champions League, but with Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Denzel Dumfries still out injured, they rotated bringing in Matteo Cocchi and Issiaka Kamate for their full senior debuts.
Toro eliminated Roma in a 3-2 thriller at the Stadio Olimpico, but missed Cesare Casadei, Giovanni Simeone, Ardian Ismajli, Gvidas Gineitis, Ivan Ilic, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Niels Nkounkou, Perr Schuurs, Cristiano Biraghi and Zanos Savva, so started four January signings. They lost 5-0 to Inter in the opening Serie A weekend, managing one draw from their last 13 competitive meetings.
It was played on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, as San Siro was being prepared for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
Clinton Njie’s sprint down the left saw his pull-back from the by-line blocked by Francesco Acerbi’s body, but the Nerazzurri almost took the lead on 20 minutes when a Carlos Augusto left-foot screamer from outside the box clipped the top of the crossbar.
Matteo Prati fired over, but Inter broke the deadlock when 21-year-old debutant Kamate floated in a cross from the right with his weaker right foot for Ange-Yoan Bonny’s glancing header from six yards.
Ange-Yoan Bonny heads Inter in front! 🔵⚫
A great delivery from Issiaka Kamate on his debut too 👏 pic.twitter.com/jzSngE04Ea
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 4, 2026
Kulenovic couldn’t keep his header down after getting away from Carlos Augusto on a Nikola Vlasic cross, but the hosts doubled their lead straight after the restart.
Davide Frattesi won the ball back and sent Marcus Thuram down the right, who pulled back for Andy Diouf to prod home at full stretch from eight yards.
Toro tried to respond, as Clinton Njie was off balance when scuffing into the arms of Josep Martinez, who then smothered an Adrien Tameze effort.
The pressure paid off, as Kulenovic nodded in a deflected Marcus Pedersen cross from the right, with Stefan de Vrij still struggling after an earlier collision.
Alberto Paleari parried a Frattesi curler, while Matteo Prati had the ball in the net after a deflected Torino free kick, but his header was flagged offside.
Prati also curled just wide of the far top corner following a Luis Henrique defensive error.
Bonny 35 (I), Diouf 47 (I), Kulenovic 57 (T)
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