Real Madrid and Manchester City drew 1-1 in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals and now it’s time to see the Madonnina derby between Milan and Inter Milan in the second series that will define which Italian team will be in the final in Istanbul on June 10.
Whoever expects a round trip game may be disappointed, and it is that the two teams of the City of Fashion do not exactly practice the most dynamic and explosive football among the four teams that have reached this stage.
Today’s match in the Champions League
Here we will tell you the most important and enjoyable thing about the Madonnina derby in the Champions League.
Second time
- Minute 46: Actions resume at San Siro
- Minute 47: Milan came out after the second 45 minutes with another chip and although aim and creativity are lacking, more have arrived than in the first half
- Minute 48: Brahim Díaz tests from medium distance
- Minute 50: Milan already had more arrivals than in the first half, but they lack aim. Junior Messias misses an important opportunity
First time
- Minute 1: The game starts from the San Siro, AC Milan is the nominal local, but let’s not forget that these two clubs share a stadium
- Minute 4: The city of Milan is the only one in all of Europe that has two Champions League champions
- Minute 7: Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool from Inter, goal from Edin Dzeko
- Minute 7: Davide Calabria made a serious mistake in the Bosnian’s mark, which won him all the movement and after a corner kick, he scored from the left
- 10th minute: AC Milan were recovering from the first and impressive play from Inter gives them the second
- Minute 10: Henrikh Mkhitaryan received by himself against the poor mark of Sandro Tonali and reached 0-2 in the first leg of the Champions League semis
- Minute 15: Milan no longer sees the hard, but the dense. Mike Maignan saves the Rossoneri of the third and he did it with an impressive save
- Minute 17: Bad and bad, because in addition to losing 0-2, Milan have to make their first change due to injury. Bennacer leaves the field and Junior Messias enters
- The image to remember: In 2006, these teams met in the Champions League and it is remembered for the flares that fell and how Marco Materazzi and Rui Costa saw the light show in the distance
- Minute 21: Inter generates a major concern for Milan on the left wing, that’s where the second goal was played and the corner kick in the first score
- Minute 26: Inter are not only playing well offensively, but defensively they are playing at a better level. He does not let Brahim Díaz and Alexis Saelemaekers do anything on the wings
- Minute 29: The first dangerous arrival of AC Milan arrives almost half an hour into the game. Messias and Calabria got together, but without doing much damage to Onana’s goal
- Minute 30: Penalty for Inter, mistakes made by Simon Kjaer and Gil Manzano did not even hesitate to score the maximum penalty
- Minute 31: Gil Manzano goes to VAR to review the penalty play
- Minute 31: The referee after seeing the play in the VAR decides not to give the penalty and takes the yellow card from Simon Kjaer
- Minute 34: They didn’t get the penalty, but Inter are a walking danger for AC Milan and not just on the left wing, but on all fronts
- Minute 37: One of the keys to the partial victory is the null activity of Theo Hernández for Milan. One of the players accustomed to being dangerous in the Rossoneriis completely canceled in this first leg semifinal of the Champions League
- Minute 42: Milan cannot find a way to connect offensively, in addition to the Master Class that Simone Inzagui is giving on the Inter bench
- Minute 45: Four minutes are added in this first half
- Minute 45+1: The foul is for Milan, but the admonished is Rade Krunic for complaints against Gil Manzano, but also Mkhitaryan
- Minute 45+4: The first half ends with an advantage for Inter, but they should not be trusted because the footballer says it well: “2-0 is the most deceptive score”
Background between Milan and Inter Milan
This is the third time that the teams from Milan have faced each other in a direct elimination series within the Champions League and the rossonero team has emerged victorious in all of them, which administratively it had been local in the first leg… as it happens in this edition.
It must be remembered that Milan and Inter not only share a city, but also play in the same stadium, San Siro, so this venue will be the one that has hosted the most matches this season in the Champions League with 12 meetings in total.
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