Milan was colored blue and black – Inter’s lightning start was enough to beat the neighbors by the neck

Inter won the first part of the Champions League semi-final derby 2–0.

Inter took a 2–0 advantage in the semi-finals of the Champions League. PDO

Milan is the only city with two Champions League winning clubs.

Sure, it’s been 13 years since the last race, but the townspeople’s love for the competition hasn’t faded at all.

It was already visible in the fact that more than two million admission ticket applications were made for the first part of this year’s semi-final derby.

Only 72,000 people could attend, but they too created an incredible atmosphere inside the old stadium.

– I have never experienced anything similar, I have won the Champions League myself Rio Ferdinand wondered on BT Sports.

The first semi-final at San Siro was marked as AC Milan’s home match. We just have to hope that as many Rossoneri fans as possible were still in the corridors of the concrete colossus when Inter struck for the first time after only seven minutes of play.

Edin Džeko dug the volley Milan skipper Davide Calabrian behind the back. At the same time, the 37-year-old Bosnian striker became the second-oldest scorer in the Champions League semi-finals.

An octopus-like finish sent the ball frozen in place with tremendous force Mike Maignan past the ceiling of the Milan goal.

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Edin Džeko finished the opening goal from behind the defender. PDO

Milan was dozing off

It’s hard to say what Inter coach Simone Inzaghi had passed to his team. There seemed to be only one team on the field.

In the 11th minute, the score was already 0–2. World Champion Lautaro Martínez allowed Federico Dimarcon passing the pass, which completely confused the Rossoneri defense. Henrikh Mkhitaryan caught the ball, walked along the alley of honor into the box and lifted the game tool in the middle.

Although the shock start left Milan wondering how hard life is, the situation after the opening period would be much worse. Hakan Çalhanoğlu fired a curling cannon onto the post in the 16th minute, and the VAR council denied Inter a foul on the half-hour mark.

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Milan skipper Davide Calabria (right) was confused by the neighboring club’s strong start. PDO

Spanish judge Jesus Gil had pointed the ball to the spot when Martínez dived gently to the surface of the grass by Simon Kjær after contact. From a blue-black point of view, the Danish pair got away like a dog from a leash.

The neighbors in striped shirts had met twice before in the Eurocups (2003 and 2005) and on both previous occasions it was the historically more successful Milan that had made it to the next round. During the break, you trained Stefano Pioli ensured that the home team would also wake up to join the fight.

At just under an hour, Pioli sent a player from Oulu by Malick Thiaw to balance the defense of the Reds. Just a few minutes later Sandro Tonali got his bet on the crossbar of the Inter goal.

However, the home team did not get any closer than the Cameroonian veskari André Onanan plot of land. When the best effect even from Inter’s draw shifted to securing their own lead, no more goals were seen.

Inter gets to next Tuesday’s deciding part with a two-goal lead.

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