Inter Milan won the Italian Cup final at the San Siro Stadium on Wednesday,June 15,2005. (Agencies)

Inter Milan won the Italian Cup final at the San Siro Stadium, beating Roma 1-0 in the second leg to wrap up a 3-0 aggregate victory and bring a positive end to a disappointing season.

Serbian dead-ball specialist Sinisa Mihajlovic, who spent two seasons at Roma, put the knife into his former club with a 52nd strike that killed the game off.

Despite playing without the injured Christian Vieri and Brazilian Adriano - on duty with his national squad in the Confederations Cup in Germany - Inter dominated a poor Roma side and never left victory in doubt.

Roberto Mancini's players ensured a territorial domination that allowed them an easy path to a fourth Cup win after successes in 1939, 1978 and 1982.

"We didn't do much during the match and the goal was a definitive KO for us, but I congratulate Inter," admitted Roma coach Bruno Conti.

Inter had two great chances to open the scoring, Nigerian Obafemi Martins just closed down by Roma's French defender Philippe Mexes in the 25th minute and delaying a fraction too long when he was in a great shooting position 10 minutes later.

Inter made their superiority count in the 52nd minute when Mihajlovic scored with a unstoppable strike.

The Milan side were then happy to play out the second half on the counter-attack, but not really going in search of a second goal.

In the first leg, Adriano scored twice in the space of six first half minutes to give Inter a crucial 2-0 win.

Both sides were looking to finish off disappointing seasons on a high.

Inter finished third in Serie A, 14 points behind champions Juventus, while Roma ended up a massive 41 points off the pace in eighth position.

In Europe, Inter were knocked out by AC Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and Roma failed to get beyond the first group stage.

(Agencies)