Serie A | Milan 1-2 Inter: Scudetto derby double delight

It really should’ve been 2-0 soon after, as Dimarco pulled back from the by-line only for Lautaro Martinez to incredibly balloon over the bar from close range.

Rafael Leao in his new False 9 role was sent through by a Yunus Musah counter-attack, only to fire the finish straight at Yann Sommer.

Marcus Thuram completed a give and go with Nicolò Barella only to then steer the finish inches wide with the inside of the right boot.

There was an end-to-end move just before half-time, as first Davide Calabria forced a great save from Sommer on a Musah assist, then Inter countered and the Fikayo Tomori error was a gift to Henrikh Mkhitaryan, putting Mike Maignan in a tricky position.

It remained wide open, first Dimarco furious the Tomori foul was not called when he was trying to go clear, then Pavard with a decisive last-ditch tackle on Leao in the same move.

Inter doubled their lead at the dawn of the second half, as Thuram gathered a long Alessandro Bastoni ball over the top, cut inside Tomori and drilled low into the near bottom corner with a disguised finish from the edge of the area.

Theo Hernandez’s snapshot was parried by Sommer with Pulisic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek unable to get on the rebound, while Pulisic blasted over from a promising position, but the Rossoneri got back into it to set up a tense finale.

It was a worked corner, Samuel Chukwueze’s cross nodded down by Rafael Leao into the six-yard box, where Matteo Gabbia’s header was palmed onto the upright by Sommer, but Tomori was quickest to react on the rebound.

The game was transformed, as moments later Sommer fumbled the Pulisic cross and Noah Okafor’s scuffed rebound was cleared practically off the line.

However, it ended with a brawl between Denzel Dumfries and Theo Hernandez, who were both sent off after their teammates struggled to drag them apart.

Another brawl erupted after a corner, resulting in Davide Calabria’s red card for lashing out a fist on Davide Frattesi.

Milan 1-2 Inter

Acerbi 18 (I), Thuram 49 (I), Tomori 80 (M)

Sent off: Dumfries 93 (I), Theo Hernandez 93 (M), Calabria 95 (M)

22-04-2024 19:45 MatchDay 33 San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Milan

Inter 1 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

		18'		Francesco Acerbi (Assist: Benjamin Pavard)
		22'		Nicolò Barella
		32'		Lautaro Martínez
Theo Hernández		36'

2nd half

		49'		Marcus Thuram
Fikayo Tomori

80'     Matteo Gabbia 90'     Fikayo Tomori

90+2'     Theo Hernández 90+3'     Davide Calabria 90+7'         90+3'

Denzel Dumfries

Match statistic

52 Possession % 48 15 Total shots 11 6 Shots on target 3 6 Shots off target 6 3 Blocked shots 2 5 Corners 3 1 Offsides 5 19 Fouls 10 Milan Inter

Starting lineups

16

Mike Maignan Goalkeeper 2

Davide Calabria Defender 23

Fikayo Tomori Defender 46

Matteo Gabbia Defender 19

Theo Hernández Defender 4

Ismaël Bennacer Midfielder 8

Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 68' 14

Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 52' 11

Christian Pulisic Attacker 9

Olivier Giroud Attacker 10

Rafael Leão Attacker 1

Yann Sommer Goalkeeper 95

Alessandro Bastoni Defender 88' 28

Benjamin Pavard Defender 32

Federico Dimarco Defender 78' 15

Francesco Acerbi Defender 36

Matteo Darmian Defender 84' 20

Hakan Calhanoglu Midfielder 84' 22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder 23

Nicolò Barella Midfielder

77' 10

Lautaro Martínez Attacker 9

Marcus Thuram Attacker

Substitutes

42

Alessandro Florenzi Defender 69 Lapo Nava Goalkeeper 32 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 57

Marco Sportiello Goalkeeper 38 Filippo Terracciano Midfielder

Mattia Caldara Defender 15

Luka Jovic Attacker 82 Jan-Carlo Simic Defender 21

Samuel Chukwueze Attacker 68' 7

Yacine Adli Midfielder 17

Noah Okafor Attacker 77' 80

Yunus Musah Midfielder 77

Emil Audero Goalkeeper 5

Stefano Sensi Midfielder 7

Juan Cuadrado Defender 70

Alexis Sánchez Attacker 8

Marko Arnautovic Attacker 14

Davy Klaassen Midfielder 17

Tajon Buchanan Attacker 12 Raffaele Di Gennaro Goalkeeper 31 Yann Bisseck Defender 16 Davide Frattesi Midfielder 77' 30

Carlos Augusto Midfielder 78' 21

Kristjan Asllani Midfielder 84' 2

Denzel Dumfries Defender 84' 6

Stefan de Vrij Defender

88'