COPPA ITALIA 2004-2005
Inter’s fourth Coppa Italia triumph came in the first of four consecutive finals against Roma between 2005 and 2008. The Nerazzurri laid the foundations in the first leg at the Olimpico, where Adriano produced a stunning brace with a thunderous long-range strike and a dominant header within six minutes. Inter also won the return leg at San Siro thanks to a superb free-kick from Siniša Mihajlović. It was the first Coppa Italia under coach Roberto Mancini and the first as captain for Javier Zanetti. The trophy, however, was lifted by Iván Ramiro Córdoba, as the Argentine captain was away on international duty with his national team at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
FIST LEG, ROMA-INTER 0-2
Goals: 30’ e 36’ Adriano (I). INTER Toldo, Zanetti, Materazzi, Mihajlovic, Favalli, Zé Maria, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Kily Gonzalez (86’ van der Meyde), Adriano, Martins (76’ Cruz). ROMA: Curci, Panucci, Ferrari, Chivu, Cufrè (82’ Scurto), Virga (58’ Montella), Dacourt, Perrotta, Mancini (72’ Greco, Totti, Cassano.
SECOND LEG, INTER-ROMA 1-0
Goals: 53’ Mihajlovic. INTER: Toldo, Cordoba, Materazzi, Mihajlovic, Favalli (87’ Gamarra), Zé Maria (85’ Veron), C. Zanetti, Stankovic (90’ Biava), Kily Gonzalez, Martins, Cruz. ROMA: Curci, Panucci, Cufrè (espulso), Mexes, Chivu (81’ Ferrari), De Rossi, Dacourt (47’ Montella (73’ Corvia)), Mancini, Totti, Cassano.
SQUAD LIST
Adriano, Andreolli, Belaid, Belozoglu, Biava, Burdisso, Cambiasso, Carini, Coco, Cordoba, Cruz, Davids, Dellafiore, Favalli, Fontana, Gamarra, Gonzalez, Karagounis, Marino, Martins, Materazzi, Mihajlovic, Recoba, Stankovic, Toldo, van der Meyde, Veron, Vieri, J. Zanetti, C. Zanetti, Ze Maria