Inter coach Antonio Conte and his Cagliari counterpart Rolando Maran have decided to field the following 22 players in tonight’s Coppa Italia clash at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano’s San Siro district, with kick-off scheduled for 20.45 CET.
Matteo Politano is not even on the bench with reports suggesting he is on his way to Rome to sign for Roma in exchange for Leonardo Spinazzola. Alexis Sanchez, Federico Dimarco and Nicolo Barella however all start.
Inter (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Diego Godin, Andrea Ranocchia, Milan Skriniar; Valentino Lazaro, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Borja Valero, Federico Dimarco; Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku.
Substitutes: Daniele Padelli, Tommaso Berni, Alessandro Bastoni, Lorenzo Pirola, Stefan de Vrij, Cristiano Biraghi, Antonio Candreva, Matias Vecino, Lucien Agoume, Stefano Sensi, Sebastiano Esposito, Lautaro Martinez.
Cagliari (4-3-2-1): Olsen; Faragò, Walukiewicz, Pisacane, Lykogiannis; Nandez, Oliva, Ionita; Castro, Nainggolan; Cerri.
Substitutes: Cragno, Rafael, Klavan, Pellegrini, Cigarini, Birsa, Rog, Joao Pedro, Simeone.
Referee: Chiffi.
Assistant referees: Paganessi and Imperiale.
Fourth Official: Marini.
VAR: Di Paolo and Lo Cicero.
