Inter could struggle to name a recognisable starting XI for tomorrow night’s Coppa Italia semi-final meeting with Roma after Walter Gargano and Yuto Nagatamo joined a crippling injury list at San Siro.

Uruguayan midfielder Gargano and Japan defender Nagatomo were both withdrawn in the second half of Sunday’s 2-0 Serie A defeat at Cagliari, with medical examinations confirming leg injuries for the duo.

Inter must overturn Roma’s 2-1 first-leg advantage in Milan to reach May’s final against Lazio, but head coach Andrea Stramaccioni will be without Joel Obi, Gaby Mudingayi, Diego Milito, Luca Castellazzi, Cristian Chivu, Dejan Stankovic, Rodrigo Palacio, Antonio Cassano, Ibrahim M’Baye, Gargano and Nagatomo.

A club statement said: “Medical examinations carried out after yesterday’s match against Cagliari have confirmed damage to Yuto Nagatomo’s left meniscus.

“For Walter Gargano, who left the field after eight minutes of the second half, there is second-to-third degree damage to the rectus femoris muscle of his left thigh.”

No prognosis for recovery was issued but the injuries should rule the pair out of tomorrow’s game and forthcoming league ties against Palermo, Napoli and Lazio.

The absence of Palacio, Milito and Cassano has been particularly damaging to Inter’s league form, with 35-year-old Tommaso Rocchi currently operating as the club’s only fit senior striker alongside attacking midfielder Ricky Alvarez.

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