ROME — Lazio beat Juventus 2-1 after a dramatic finish to a pulsating Italian Cup semifinal second leg Tuesday to seal its place in the final against either Inter Milan or city rival AS Roma. With the tie level at 1-1 after last week's first leg in Turin, Lazio took the lead on the night at the Stadio Olimpico when Alvaro Gonzalez headed in a measured Cristian Ledesma cross. It looked as if that goal would be enough to take Vladimir Petkovic's side through to its first national Cup final since 2009, but then Juve hit back a minute into injury time when Arturo Vidal reacted quickest inside the penalty box to stab the ball home. For a brief moment extra time loomed, but only until Sergio Floccari got his head to a corner inside a crowded box to put the host back in front. That ensured that it would be Lazio going through to the final, and not Juve, the reigning Italian champion and current Serie A leader. Lazio will have to wait until April 17 to find out who its opponents in the final will be. Roma beat Inter 2-1 in the first leg of the second semifinal last week, but will now have to wait almost three months before the return at the San Siro. Real in trouble Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas' girlfriend, television sports journalist Sara Carbonero, said Tuesday there was a split between the team's players and coach Jose Mourinho. “It is the popular opinion that the players don't get on with their coach at all,” 28-year-old Carbonero told Mexican television station Televisa. “Right now, there is a split in the changing room and we will have to wait until the end of the season to see if Mourinho ends up going because he has many fronts open here at Real Madrid,” she said. Spain's biggest selling sports daily Marca last week said Casillas and fellow captain Sergio Ramos had urged club chairman to fire Mourinho before next season. — Agencies
