Is it a real Milan derby, without San Siro? While Rome prepares to experience its derby day, the Lombard capital watches the eve from afar. Inter And Milan I’m in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: tomorrow at 8pm the Italian Super Cup final will pit them against each other for the 241st time in official matches. So far: 91 victories for the Nerazzurri, 90 for the Rossoneri.
The third abroad. The Milan derby abroad is nothing new. Beyond para-friendly events, it will be the third time in which Inter and Milan will cross cleats away from the Italian borders. Both precedents are linked to the Super Cup and the balance is absolutely equal: Milan won in Beijing in 2011, Inter won in Riyadh in 2023. There Pretty it is soon served.
A derby to make a change. This is what Milan are looking for: the previous season – victory with Fonseca on the bench – was not enough, but giving continuity to the success against Juventus would represent a reasonable boot of trust for the Rossoneri. Furthermore, there is the roll of honour, which is not secondary: by winning, Milan would not only reach Inter with eight victories, but would prevent them from reaching Juventus in first place. Not a little.
A derby to erase the knockout. It’s what Inter wants. The 2-1 achieved by Gabbia and Pulisic at the end of September 2024 represents one of the few lows in this first part of the season for Simone Inzaghi. A defeat which, moreover, prevented him from extending Inter’s streak of consecutive victories to six: it would have been a record in Nerazzurri history. Since almost everything worked from then on, the desire to return to the glories of previous comparisons is high.