Gazzetta dello Sport today points out that the Coppa Italia is a significant and important aim for Inter and on the bench there is Luciano Spalletti who knows how to win this tournament.

Luciano Spalletti has won two Coppa Italia titles in 2007 and 2008 as manager of Roma and on both occasions he beat Inter. He has managed in three finals including a loss in 2006 against Inter and above all he has managed more games than anyone else in the competition, among the coaches of Serie A with 58 appearances in the competition for him, 56 for Ancelotti, 46 for Prandelli, with Allegri (6th) still at 36, despite the record of four victories.

In short, Spalletti knows the territory enough to say that in games such as these against a lower league team “technical distances are cancelled out.”

Spalletti is determined to learn from last years close call against Pordenone after the Serie C team took Inter to Penalties.