This Saturday, Inter celebrated their fifth consecutive win in 2023 against their eternal rivals (5-1). a comfortable and humiliating win against a Milan who were putting up a fight at the hands of Portugal’s Rafael Leao but he could not face the high level of interests that They showed superiority and effectiveness throughout the crash.
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 match, in a blue and black colored Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro), It was presented as the perfect option for this new Milan to end Interista dominancethe ideal scenario to once again rule the city and send the message that Milan is once again ready to compete for everything. But Inter were simply a more capable and superior team who had fun at the expense of their great opponents.
And he showed that at the first opportunity, after a frenetic start that led to the first goal of the game after just five minutes.. 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.
Inter were not satisfied with the first minute and were rewarded shortly before the break after a very comfortable first half, in which all the parts worked together like a single cog to completely disarm a Milan that didn’t know how to react. He tried minimally as the minutes wore on, but Thuram appeared to dash his hopes with a right-footed shot from the top of the box that skidded into Maignan’s left corner. The goal of the night, in the most painful moment. Thiaw was once again outclassed by the new Inter striker, who became increasingly accustomed to his role and played with the Argentine Lautaro Martínez, the owner and master of the forward line, who, although he did not score, was key to the game.
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.
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 was overwhelmed, truly touched, watching the evening and Lautaro took advantage to provide a luxurious assist to Mkhitaryan, who sealed his brace and the win, which was rounded off in stoppage time by Italian Davide Fratessi.
Inter humiliated Milan, their eternal rival, and He extended his mandate in the city of Milan and took first place in the table with complete victories, just before traveling to Spain to face Real Sociedad in the Champions League. Milan, on the other hand, needs to restart in order to prepare well for the duel against the English team Newcastle, also in the Champions League.