2023-05-09 16:51:40
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – 8:49 PM
ABU DHABI, 9th May, 2020 (WAM) — 20 years following the confrontation between them in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, the struggle between Milan and Inter Milan is renewed over the ticket to qualify for the final of the same tournament when they meet tomorrow at the “San Siro” stadium in Milan.
Despite the decline in the results of the two teams in the Italian League championship this season, the two poles of Milan successfully made their way to the semi-finals of the Champions League, to guarantee Italian football a seat in the final of the tournament for the first time in years.
Since Inter Milan won the championship title in the 2009-2010 season by defeating Bayern Munich in the final, no Italian team has won the Champions League title, and the last appearance of Italian clubs in the final was through Juventus when they lost the final to Real Madrid in the 2016-2017 season. .
However, the derby of the Italian capital in the semi-finals this season will bring Italian football back to the final through the qualification of either of the two teams, which will meet in the final with the winner of the other semi-final confrontation, and bring together the defending champion, Real Madrid, and Manchester City, England.
Both Italian teams finished second in their group in the first round of the current edition of the Champions League.
On the way to the semi-finals, Inter Milan scored 5 wins, 3 draws, lost two matches, and its players scored 16 goals once morest 10 goals conceded.
On the other hand, Milan scored 5 wins, 3 draws, and lost two matches, and its players scored 15 goals compared to 8 goals conceded.
Through their two semi-final matches, the two poles of Milan will achieve a new record for the Milan derby, as it will be the first time in history that the two teams meet 5 times in one season.
The two teams exchanged victories in their two matches in the Italian League, so Milan won at home 3-2 in September 2022 and Inter won at home 1-0 last February, and the two teams also met at the “King Fahd” International Stadium in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in the Italian Super Cup match in January. Last, Inter Milan won 3-0.
The two teams met in the 2002-2003 season in the European semi-finals as well, and tied goallessly in the first leg, and it was the Milan match, then they tied 1-1 back in the Inter Milan match because the two teams used the same stadium, and Milan qualified for the final thanks to the goal rule. legal.
With the abolition of this rule, both teams will need to win on aggregate as a draw is no longer sufficient.
The two teams also met in the quarter-finals of the same tournament in the 2004-2005 season, and Milan won the first leg 2-0, and the team advanced with a clean goal in the return match before the referee canceled the match regarding a third of an hour before its end, so that the result was counted in favor of Milan 3-0 and qualified for the final by winning 5-0 in the match. aggregate.
Mustafa Badr Al-Din / Ahmed Zahran
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