Inter and Como resumed their Coppa Italia semifinal from a 0-0 first leg played one month earlier, with Lautaro Martinez unavailable to lead Inter’s attack and Marcus Thuram starting alongside Bonny. Thuram had spoken to InterTV before kickoff and said he expected a serious match against a side that plays very well.
“Mi aspetto una gara seria contro una squadra che gioca benissimo e non sarà facile,” Thuram said, adding that Como had “un grande mister” who adapts in every game and that the visitors had changed their plan. He also said he would do everything to help Inter reach their seasonal goals, with the 21° tricolore now the bigger prize in sight after the club were trailing Milan one month earlier and are now strongly positioned toward the title.
The timing gives the tie extra weight. One month ago, Inter and Como had already met in the first leg and finished level, and the return arrived after Inter had moved from chasing Milan to pushing hard for the league crown. Como, by contrast, had been traveling at Champions League pace one month earlier but had since slipped away from that position, turning this semifinal into a test of how far both teams have come since their last meeting.
That shift matters because the match is not just about reaching the next round. It is also about whether Inter can keep balancing the Coppa Italia with a title run while missing Lautaro, and whether Como can turn a changed game plan into a result against a side chasing the season’s biggest domestic prize. Inter Vs Como en San Siro: la vuelta de semifinales de Coppa Italia and Como Vs Inter: Serie A leaders return to league duty before Coppa Italia tie framed the buildup, but the real answer had to come on the pitch.
Thuram said he would do everything to help Inter get there. After a first leg that left the semifinal open, that sounded less like a promise than the job in front of him.
