Birthday boy Inzaghi beaming after Coppa derby joy

Ahead of his 41st birthday on Wednesday, the coach celebrated his side's Coppa Italia semi-final progress at the expense of their city rivals

Simone Inzaghi is looking forward to "the best birthday of his life" on Wednesday after Lazio reached the Coppa Italia final with a 4-3 aggregate win over rivals Roma.

Lazio led 2-0 from the semi-final first leg and twice led in the return fixture, again through Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Ciro Immobile, to give Roma a huge deficit to overturn.

The Giallorossi did hit back through Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah's brace, but could not prevent Lazio progressing to the final despite a 3-2 victory.

And Inzaghi was delighted with the result, praising…