Inter have already taken over Milan. After being knocked out of the Champions League semifinals last season in addition to winning the Super Cup and two Serie A games, today the European runners-up dealt their arch-rivals a crushing blow in a historic 5 -1 and remains the sole leader of the Italian championship.
Both teams reached the fourth day with complete victories, but Inter undeniably imposed their effectiveness and punch on a surprisingly unique opponent, Henrikh Mkhitaryanauthor of the first two goals and assistant to the last.
The Armenian benefited from the departure of Marcelo Brozovic in Saudi Arabia because it enjoys greater freedom to join the attack through occupation Hakan Calhanoglu Croatian position as a midfielder.
Mkhitaryan scored early
Inter gave early first. It was almost five minutes into the game, after a cross from the baseline by Marcus Thuramthe kick of Federico Dimarco it is diverted to the network Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the mouth of the goal.
The Armenian made it 2-0, again assisted by Dimarco with a cross from the left, but crossed his header too far despite finishing completely alone against Mike Maignan.
In favor of the mark, Simone Inzaghi He withdrew his players and the strategy worked well because Milan’s dominance was barren and did not cause any problems since Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao For a while they appeared unbalanced to the left.
We had to wait halfway through for Theo Hernández to make one of his usual forays, after a good one-two with Olivier Giroud, but he missed his shot too far from a bad angle.
Thuram’s great goal
Despite not suffering, Inter were further behind Milan’s push but a counter-attack started by Lautaro Martínez and followed by Denzel Dumfries found Thuram, who clipped Malick Thiaw and slotted the ball into the top corner has a very good strike on the right. A great goal in the 38th minute that ended Milan’s first half of excellence.
After the break, Milan returned to the game, albeit briefly. He didn’t put Inter in trouble but Giroud received the ball from the back and again scored with great quality towards Rafael Leao, who got to the kitchen and beat Yann Sommer (57′).
Mkhitaryan struck again
Heavy rain poured down at the San Siro but the omnipresent Mkhitaryan received Lautaro in the area and his shot, after taking hold of a defender, skidded wide of the post (69′). The final blow to a Milan that had no response came from Hakan Çalhanoglu when he converted a penalty taken by Theo Hernández to a supporting Lautaro Martínez, decisive despite not scoring by participating in three goals.
Inter did not slow down and chased down their eternal rivals by completing the comeback in stoppage time after an assist on Mkhitaryan’s counter-attack was pointed out by Davide Frattesi. The 5-1 equaled Inter’s biggest win over Milan in Serie A since March 1974.
INTER
51
Milan
Inter: Summer; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni (De Vrij, m.74); Dimarco (Charles Augustus, d.64), Mkhitaryan, Çalhanoglu (Asllani, d.80), Barella (Frattesi, d.64), Dumfries; Lautaro and Thuram (Arnautovic, d.64).
Milan: Magnan; Calabria, Kjaer, Thiaw, Theo Hernández; Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Reijnders; Pulisic (Chukwueze, m.56), Leao and Giroud.
Goals: 1-0, m.5: Mkhitaryan; 2-0, m.37: Thuram; 2-1, m.57: Leo; 3-1, m.69: Mkhitaryan; 4-1, m.79: ¨Çalhanoglu; 5-1, m.93: Frattesi.
Referee: Simone Sozza. Çalhanoglu (m.72), Frattessi (m.94) were warned by Inter; and Thiaw (m.24), Theo (m.61) on behalf of Milan.
Incidents: Match on the fourth day of the Italian Serie A, played at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium (San Siro) in Milan.
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Source: La Verdad
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