Inter Milan 1-0 AC Milan Highlights: Inter wins Milan derby to enter first Champions League final since 2013

Lautaro Martinez’s goal sees Inter complete an UCL double over AC Milan and make its way into the Champions League final for the first time since 2013.

Fatigue eventually setting in among the players as San Siro rings with cheers from Inter Milan fans. They have waited a decade for this day and it doesn’t get sweeter than getting to it with a double over rivals AC Milan.

AC Milan tries the set-piece approcach with an attack against the run of play. Origi crosses it for Giroud but Inter intercepts and clears the ball away.

Lukaku delivers a quick pass to Lautaro on his left and the Argentine makes no mistake to shoot it past Maignan. The lead is now 3-0 on aggregate. Inter is almost through to the UCL final.

A defensive error by Milan sees Lukaku make a darting run into the Milan final third but the Rossoneri catch up with him eventually and that attack fizzles down.

AC Milan goes ahead with a good run along the right flank. Calabria crosses the ball to the centre but the ball, after a soft header, is gobbled up by Onana.

Romelu Lukaku, who has looked in great form recently, takes the pitch to replace Edin Dzeko while Robin Gosens replaces Federino Dimarco.

In: Pierre Kalulu, Out: Malick Thiaw

Talking about the potential finalists from here. Inter last reached the UCL final in 2010 when it beat Bayern Munich to win the title. In the final, it will meet either Man City or Real Madrid. Real is the defending champion while City played in its only UCL final in 2021, when Chelsea beat it.

Diaz tries a cross for Leao in the box, with the Portuguese trying to earn a penalty going down easily after a touch by Dumfries. The referee is unmoved by the challenge and rules play-on.

Inter Mlan is looking to slow the game down, taking its time to take the throw-ins as Inzaghi and his boys eye the final in Istanbul.

Barella gets the ball to Lautaro but Milan looks determined to not let its rival score in this leg of the Champions League semifinal.

Inter Milan looks for na overlap, combines with one-touch passes along the left as it moves from mid-block to the higher block. AC Milan stops the attack finally in its tracks.

Inter Milan looks to attack early on in the second alf with Lautaro and Dimarco combining. The former’s pass is reeived well by Dimarco, whose shot is blocked by AC Milan and then caught by Maignan.

The last 45 minutes for AC Milan to make one final push as it hopes to turn the tables against Inter Milan in the Champions League semifinal.

Despite Leao threatening late, on return, Inter Milan has maintained its two-goal lead from the first half at the break.

Marcelo Brozovic replaces Mkhitaryan with Lautaro Martinez screaming for a forced change quickly.

Inter Milan’s free-kick is headed on target by Dzeko and Maignan makes a great reflex save to stop Inter from widening its lead.

Darmian loses the ball to Leao who makes a great run along the left flank and shoots with his left foot. The bal, however, goes just wide offf-target, past Onana.

Messisas gets the ball along the right flank and whips in a cross for Giroud. Acerbi does brilliantly to deny any chance for the France striker to get to the ball.

AC Milan looking to build up slow and Giroud threads in a through ball for Leao. However, a low block defence by Inter sees the Poetuguese denied space to run to the ball.

Inter Milan was looking to attack on the counter but AC Milan has its whole team coralled into its half to deny any half-chances to its arch-rival.

Theo Hernandez is looking to do his defensive duties well as he intercepts the cross off Dzeko to force an Inter corner.

Martinez tries to make a run, beats Theo and then Tonali. But Tonali keeps tracking him and pulls him down, resulting a quick free-kick.

This time in the first leg, Inter was already two goals up. But AC Milan has looked defensively more composed so far.

Onana starts the attack with a long kick from the back but Inter is looking in control to defend the two-goal lead so far.

Tonali’s outswinging corner is headed out by Dzeko. The Bosnian has been everywhere on the pitch so far tonight.

Dzeko sets up an attack on the counter and as Lautaro Martinez shoots on target, forcing a save by Maignan, the linesman raises the off-side flag. Dzeko was off-side initially.

Theo Fernandez tries to get the ball off Barella but the latter goes doown appealing for a foul. AC Milan continues its attack and after Onana saves Diaz’s shot on target, Inter player appeal for a foul on Barella. The referee, however, is not interested at all.

AC Milan attacks on the counter with Messias crossing for Giroud in the centre but Inter tracks back to intercept and forces a corner. The corner kick is eventually headed away by Milan.

Calabria tries to beat the Inter defence, but the ball ultimately falls for Leao who is dispossessed of the ball eventually.

Dimarco and Dzeko loks to pair up again but it is Barela who is left unmarked. The Italian tries a shot from distance but shoots it off target.

Theo Hernandez looks for the phenomenal from distance with a left-footed hit. The ball was travelling as he misses the target by very little of margins.

Dzeko forces a save by Maignan but the former Man City fan was already off-side as Inter Milan looks to replicate its early attack in the second leg, too!

The Champions League semifinal second leg is underway in Milan as AC Milan looks for a remarkable comeback in the Milan derby.

According to Opta, in the UEFA Champions League history, only one team has won the first leg of the semifinal by two or more goals and then failed to progress, with Barcelona failing to go through against Liverpool in 2018-19.

The second leg promises to be an exiting affair!

Inter Milan made no changes from the team that started in the first leg while AC Milan has Leao back in the starting XI. The Portuguese had missed the first leg with injury.

When Inter Milan kicked off its Champions League campaign with a loss at home to Bayern Munich, few would have imagined that eight months later the Nerazzurri would be on the brink of their first final in more than a decade.

But that is the situation Inter is in as it takes a 2-0 lead into the second leg of its semifinal series against AC Milan on Tuesday, having vastly outplayed its city rival in the first match at San Siro last week.

Back in September, it seemed unlikely that Inter would even advance past the group stage.

Simone Inzaghi’s team had just lost 2-0 at home to Bayern, which was favorite to qualify from the group along with Barcelona. But Inter managed to beat Barcelona at home and draw 3-3 in Spain.

And it was those matches that gave the Inter team the belief it could fight for its first European title since it won the league, Italian Cup and Champions League under José Mourinho in 2010.

Inter heads into Tuesday’s match on a run of seven victories in all competition. That has left it on the brink of another treble after beating Milan in the Italian Super Cup back in January and also qualifying for the Italian Cup final.

Moreover, Inter’s attack is firing. Veteran forward Edin Džeko has scored three times during that run, Lautaro Martínez has netted six times and Romelu Lukaku has weighed in with five goals as the Belgium international finally seems back to his best.

Inter is also on course to qualify for next season’s Champions League competition as it is third in Serie A, a point above Lazio and five above fifth-place Milan with three rounds remaining.

Indeed winning the Champions League could be Milan’s only route into next season’s competition following Saturday’s 2-0 loss at relegation-threatened Spezia. Winning the Champions League title guarantees a place in next season’s tournament if a team doesn’t qualify through its domestic competition.

(From AP)

Inter Milan (3-5-2): Andre Onana; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Edin Dzeko, Lautaro Martinez (capt)

AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Mike Maignan; Davide Calabria (capt), Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali; Junior Messias, Brahim Diaz, Rafael Leao; Olivier Giroud

When and where will Inter Milan vs AC Milan be played?

The Champions League semifinal Inter Milan vs AC Milan will be played at the San Siro, Milan. It is scheduled for a 12:30 am IST kick-off on May 17.

Where can I watch Inter Milan vs AC Milan?

Inter Milan vs AC Milan can be watched on Sony Sports network.

When can I live stream Inter Milan vs AC Milan?

The Champions League semifinal fixture Inter Milan vs AC Milan can be live streamed on Sony LIV.

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