Inter Milan vs AC Milan LIVE: Result and reaction as Martinez goal sends Inter into Champions League final
Inter 1-0 Milan (3-0 agg): Inter triumphed in the Milan derby to reach the European showpiece
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Your support makes all the difference.Inter Milan reached the Champions League final in competent fashion with a controlled and clinical display against city rivals AC Milan.
Carrying a two-goal advantage into the second leg the Nerazzurri didn’t need to overly exert themselves in attack and instead focused on winning the midfield battle to cut out the supply lines to Milan’s returning star Rafael Leao. The first half was a tight affair with both goalkeeper called into action, Andre Onana smothered Brahim Diaz’s early shot and Mike Maignan denied Edin Dzeko.
The half-time break came and went but Milan didn’t look like breaking through Inter’s solid backline. The introduction of Romelu Lukaku then ended Milan’s hopes of a comeback. A selfless centre-forward display ensured he set up Lautaro Martinez for the only goal of the game and as Inter extended their aggregate lead to three the Champions League final dream became reality.
Relive all the action as Inter and Milan clashed in the Champions League semi-final:
Kick off: Inter 0-0 Milan (2-0 agg)
Inter Milan get the match started. They pump the ball over to the right wing and win an early throw in deep inside Milan’s half.
Denzel Dumfries launches the ball into the box but Edin Dzeko fouls one of the centre-backs and Milan win a free kick.
Inter vs AC Milan
Here come the teams.
Inter hold a two goal advantage over their local rivals but AC Milan will not give up this tie. They have won the Champions League more times than any other club except Real Madrid and will be desperate to reach the final once again.
The odds are against Milan though but the return of Rafael Leao could provide the spark for a resurgence.
Inter vs AC Milan
Stefano Pioli believes that his Milan side can still reach the Champions League final even if everyone else thinks Inter are massive favourites.
“We know we are starting with a disadvantage, but we also have the quality to overturn it,” said Pioli. “Now, more than ever, nobody thinks Milan can reach the final.”
Inter vs AC Milan
AC Milan have won 50% of their matches with Rafael Leao on the pitch in the current season in all comps (22/44), scoring 1.5 goals on average - without him the Rossoneri have lost each of the other 4 games, scoring an average 0.5 goals.
Inter vs AC Milan
Inter Milan are hoping to reach their first Champions League final since they won the competition back in 2010.
As for fierce rivals AC Milan, they need to overcome a two-goal deficit if they want to reach their 12th final in Europe’s premier competition.
Glorious Milan derby proves football does not need Super League
After a night when Internazionale could excitedly imagine a stage that recently seemed unattainable, it is worth considering an alternative future.
This could easily have been a Super League game, since both Milan clubs signed up to the ill-fated project. If it was, would it have been anything like the stirring sensory overload that this was? That is something that is simply impossible to imagine.
The fans would have of course tried to enliven a relatively sterile round-robin match with the same choreography, but it just couldn’t have had the same emotion, the same force.
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Inter vs AC Milan
Milan have never lost an away fixture against Italian opposition in Uefa competition, winning two and drawing four of their previous six matches.
Will they suffer their first defeat this evening?
Inter vs AC Milan
Inter have scored 198 goals in the Champions League, group stage to final. Only 15 clubs have reached the 200 mark, including Milan (252).
Will they reach that landmark tonight?
Inter vs AC Milan
The Rossoneri are also taking part in a second successive all-Italian tie having knocked out recently crowned Serie A champions Napoli in the quarter-finals
Inter overcame Portuguese pair Porto and Benfica to set up this tie, also winning the first leg 2-0 away in the latter contest.
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