MARTINS HAT-TRICK SENDS INTER THROUGH

Wednesday, 12 January 2005 19:33:35

BOLOGNA - Inter beat Bologna 3-1 at the Dall'Ara to advance to the last eight of the Coppa Italia TIM by an aggregate score of 6-2. Obafemi Martins picked up where he left off at the San Siro last Sunday with all three of the Nerazzurri's goals in a devastating second-half performance.Binotto scored on the stroke of half time to reduce Inter's two-goal lead from the first leg, but Martins gave a quick reply, equalising nine minutes after the break with a close-range shot after Recoba's 20-yard strike came back off the post. The Nigerian put Inter in front on 82 minutes, steering past Ferron after receiving Stankovic's ball over the Bologna defence, then saved the best till last with an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box which screamed into the top right-hand corner.Inter face the winners of Atalanta v Juventus in the quarter-finals.

BOLOGNA 1-3 INTER (HT: 1-0), (AGG 2-6)

Scorers: Binotto 45, Martins 56, 82, 86

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