Fired up in the stands, fiery on the pitch. Here is the Milan derby, beautiful and hard-fought. The Milanwho after ten minutes finds the goal of the advantage with Pulisic. He gets up againInterdisoriented by Fonseca’s 4-4-2 and then capable of reaching the equaliser with Dimarco. In the final, it takes the best Maignan to say no to Marcus Thuram, from two steps away. 1-1 at half-time, in the sound festival of the incessant chants of the two sets of fans.
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Pulisic lights up the derby. It’s hard to imagine that there really is a surprise behind it, given how much certain matches are prepared for in today’s football. However, the start is almost all Milan’s. Morata immediately calls Sommer into action, from two steps away: corner. In the tenth minute of play the Rossoneri are already ahead: Pulisic steals the ball from Mkhitaryan, perhaps with the help of an arm, and flies to beat the Swiss goalkeeper who is coming out low. Protests from the Nerazzurri – the replays leave some doubts, but do not clarify – for the referee team the goal is regular and sets the result at 1-0. Tempers flare: two minutes later the same American and Bastoni come into contact, with the defender pushing Pulisic to the ground. Mariani avoids the yellow card, but in the 18th minute the first of the evening arrives, recipient Mkhitaryan. This will be followed by a yellow card for Calhanoglu, the only other yellow card of the match so far.
Dimarco responds. In the first quarter of an hour, of pure Milanese style, there is no counterbalance to a dominant reaction from Inter, who struggle to get back into their usual rhythms. It is a moment, however, that the Italian champions emerge from the psychological tunnel of a start perhaps not imagined to be so tiring. Just before the half hour, Barella passes to the left with Dimarco, who controls and asks for a one-two from Lautaro. The Argentine guesses the corridor, kindly opened by a difficult-to-explain movement from Emerson Royal, and Inzaghi’s oxygenated left foot can cross behind Maignan. 1-1 and everything to do again. A flash from Thuram, assisted by the generous Lautaro, is the only other great opportunity of the first half: Maignan goes down like a cat and safeguards the parity on which the two teams will sip an iced tea in the locker room. It is a hot evening in Milan, from many points of view.