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Marko Arnautovic also scored in Inter's win against Udinese in the Coppa Italia last 16 Inter Milan beat Lazio in the Coppa Italia last eight to set up a semi-final against city rivals AC Milan. Marko Arnautovic's sublime first-half volley gave Inter the breakthrough before substitute Hakan Calhanoglu secured the victory from the penalty spot late on. Serie A leaders Inter have a top-of-the-table match against Napoli on Saturday, so captain Lautaro Martinez and centre-back Alessandro Bastoni were only on the bench in the cup. Inter boss Simone Inzaghi has had to deal with injuries to Yann Sommer, Marcus Thuram and Joaquin Correa in recent weeks and his problems mounted further when Matteo Darmian was forced off with a knock after 24 minutes. Josep Martinez, Sommer's replacement in goal, was forced into two saves by Lazio winger Gustav Isaksen early on, but it was Inter who opened the scoring through Arnautovic six minutes before half-time. Federico Dimarco's corner was headed out by Lazio captain Mattia Zaccagni but only as far as the Austrian, who struck a sweet volley past Christos Mandas from 25 yards out. Isaksen tested Martinez again early in the second half before Zaccagni fired straight at the goalkeeper from inside the box - and those misses would cost Marco Baroni's side dearly. Joaquin Correa drew a foul from Lazio defender Samuel Gigot inside the box and Calhanoglu sent Mandas the wrong way from 12 yards to seal the win for Inter, who will face AC Milan in the two-legged semis in April. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Simone Inzaghi Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Marco Baroni Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Simone Inzaghi Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Marco Baroni Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Try our advanced match stats, including in-depth attacking and defensive stats Coppa Italia All competitions All competitions All competitions Match ends, Inter Milan 2, Lazio 0. Second Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Lazio 0. Attempt missed. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries. Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mario Gila. Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Pedro (Lazio). Attempt blocked. Nuno Tavares (Lazio) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattéo Guendouzi. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan). Nuno Tavares (Lazio) wins a free kick on the left wing. Substitution, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella replaces Davide Frattesi. Corner, Lazio. Conceded by Yann Bisseck. Attempt blocked. Pedro (Lazio) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattéo Guendouzi. Arijon Ibrahimovic (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Arijon Ibrahimovic (Lazio). Substitution, Lazio. Arijon Ibrahimovic replaces Gustav Isaksen. Goal! Inter Milan 2, Lazio 0. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio) is shown the yellow card. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.