This Saturday, Inter celebrated its fifth consecutive victory in 2023 against its eternal rival (5-1), a comfortable and humiliating victory against a Milan that prevailed through the Portuguese Rafael Leao, but did not match the high level of the Interistas who showed superiority and effectiveness throughout the game.
New “Derby della Madonnina”, new victory for Inter, who have had Milan’s pulse so far this calendar year. He won the Italian Super Cup in January, Serie A in February and the two semi-finals of the Champions League in May.
The Frenchman Marcus Thuram has made the Belgian Romelu Lukaku forgotten for the time being and was the worst nightmare of the German Milan central defender Malick Thaiw. He surpassed him physically in the game for the first goal, he took a low cross to the far post that landed at the feet of the always opportunistic Dimarco, who took a shot that was deflected by the Armenian Henrik Mkhitaryan, the undisputed protagonist of the game Night to drive Meazza crazy with the 1-0.
THURAM AND LAUTARO WERE A GREAT PIECE!
Milan tried minimally as the minutes passed, but Thuram appeared to dash their hopes, sliding his right foot from the top of the box into Maignan’s left corner to score the second goal.
Inter’s problem in this game was that of every other team Milan faced. Stefano Pioli’s men have a card that always comes to the fore, embodied in the Portuguese Rafael Leao. The usual. The winger opened the derby with a solo play in the 57th minute with his first run into space, his first drive. He stood in the penalty area and beat the Swiss Yann Sommer. So easy to make it 2:1.
For a moment, Milan believed in a draw. But the uprising of the “Rossonera” lasted until the Frenchman Theo Hernández missed a clear penalty against Lautaro. The Argentine, Inter captain, gave the shot to Calhanoglu, a former Milan player, who made no mistake from the penalty spot.
But not content with conceding a goal, he gave away the fourth goal of the night just 10 minutes later. Milan were overwhelmed and truly touched by how the evening unfolded, and Lautaro took the opportunity to provide Mkhitaryan with a luxurious assist, securing his brace and the win, which was rounded off in stoppage time by Italian Davide Fratessi.
