2024-08-25 23:45:30
Inter put the icing on the cake to their 20th scudetto in their history with a dream win over eternal rivals Milan and playing the derby away (1-2). There are still five rounds left in Serie A but the superiority of the team from Simone Inzaghi has been incontestable.
Top scorer of the championship with 79 goals in 33 games being Lautaro Martinez the ‘capocannoniere’ with 23. Less beaten with 18 goals with Yann Sommer under the sticks. 17 points ahead of second-placed Milan. Only one defeat… Devastating data that reflect the merits of an Inter that regains hegemony in the ‘calcio’ after its previous ‘scudetto’, in 2021, thanks to Anthony Conte.
Simone Inzaghi’s ‘scudetto’ first
He relieved him Simone Inzaghi, who today won his first Serie A title as a coach and his sixth title with Inter after two Coppas and two Supercoppas, as well as finishing second in last season’s Champions League.
Acerbi opens the scoring
The ‘Madonna derby’ started at a monotonous pace, but Inter brought out one of their vast resources to open the scoring: strategy. It was from a set piece, from a corner that bounced Federico Dimarco, Benjamin Pavard He combed the ball into the near post and Francesco Acerbi, alone, he headed into the net with a shot just off the post (18′).
Inter were superior, as Milan’s possession was fruitless and their fragile form was exposed in transitions. Lautaro Martinez had the 0-2 on a cross from Dimarco but the Argentinean misplaced his foot and his shot went wide in the six-yard box.
Leao, false nine
Stefano Pioli, Milan coach, He surprised by leaving on the bench Olivier Giroud and lining up Rafael Leao as a false 9. The Portuguese was rarely involved in the game, although after half an hour he had a chance on a counterattack that ended with a shot that he saved. Yann Sommer, sure on the few occasions when it was required.