Inter Milan emerged victorious from AC Milan in the first leg of the Champions League (2-0). The Interists scored very quickly before containing the few opposing inclinations. The Nerazzurri take a good option for the final.
Those who were a little disappointed with the lack of spectacle on Tuesday during the first semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City (1-1) had to savor this Milan derby. At least the first period. Surely the first 20 minutes where the rage, the intensity, the appetite of Inter Milan spread on the lawn of Giuseppe Meazza with crazy energy, anesthetizing the 80,000 spectators and supporters of AC Milan. Twenty furious minutes during which Inter proved to be sovereign, putting stifling pressure on their neighbor who could not hold the ball, bring it out well or be dangerous offensively.
It is logical that the Nerazzurri open the scoring thanks to Edin Dzeko with a recovery in the top corner on a corner from the 8th minute. Milan did not have time to react as Mkhitaryan doubled the lead by adjusting Mike Maignan in the area (11th). The Rossoneri are knocked out standing and miss the correctional on a powerful strike from Hakan Çalhanoglu which ends up on the post (16th).
Milan non-existent
A goal from a Bosnian, another from an Armenian, a post for a Turk, Internazionale has never lived up to its name so well as during those first 20 high-flying minutes that made the Milanese dizzy. ‘opposite. Add to that an Argentinian captain (Lautaro Martinez) to lead the troops and a Cameroonian goalkeeper (André Onana) to secure the defense, and you have the recipe for the interist cocktail. A clever mix of technique, aggression and tactics, naturally Italian, to bend the neighbor for the third time in four matches this season.
AC Milan will have shown very little in this shock, undoubtedly handicapped by the absence through injury of their Portuguese striker Rafael Leao, decisive passer in the quarter-finals against Naples in the first leg (1-0) as on the return (1-1).
Inter Milan has not yet validated its ticket for the final in Istanbul on June 10, but the content of its meeting on Wednesday is enough to reassure its tifosi who can calmly wait for the return match in a week. Next Tuesday, in the same stadium, on the same lawn, but not with the same supporters, Inter will have the opportunity to confirm this victory at home and eliminate for the first time in three confrontations their Milan neighbor in the League of champions. A whole city (half) has been waiting for this since 2005.