Gerry Cardinalenumber one of RedBirdwas not present last night in Saudi Arabia for the Italian Super Cup final, but wanted to make his closeness felt to the players of the Milanespecially after the success against Inter, which further demonstrated the wisdom of the choice to entrust Sergio Conceicao with the Rossoneri bench.
As reported by Corriere della Serathrough his advisor Zlatan IbrahimovicCardinale wanted to send a message to the team: “Congratulations on this extraordinary result. Winning this cup and doing it in a derby was special and something you should be deeply proud of. The season so far has been challenging, but enjoy this moment and with this push you return to Italy to reclaim Milan’s rightful place at the top of Serie A. I embrace you all and I am with you at all times.”
The Inter-Milan 2-3 scoreboard
Inter (3-5-2): Sommer; Bisseck, De Vrij (39′ st Darmian), Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella (39′ st Frattesi), Calhanoglu (34′ Asllani), Mkhitaryan (20′ st Zielinski), Dimarco (20′ st C. Augusto); Lautaro, Taremi. Available: Martinez, Calligaris, Alexiou, Palacios, Aidoo, Frattesi, Buchanan, Berenbruch, Arnautovic, Thuram, Correa. All.: S. Inzaghi
Milan (4-3-3): Maignan; Emerson (42′ st Calabria), Tomori, Thiaw, Hernandez; Musah (32′ st Abraham), Fofana, Reijnders (32′ st Loftus-Cheek); Pulisic, Morata, Jimenez (5′ st Leao). Available: Sportiello, Pavlovic, Bartesaghi, Gabbia, Bennacer, Zeroli, Terracciano, Vos, Jovic, Traoré, Camarda. All.: S. Conceiçao
Referee: Dirty
Scorers: 46′ Martinez (I), 2′ st Taremi (I), 7′ st Hernandez (M), 35′ st Pulisic (M), 48′ st Abraham (M)
Booked: Mkhitaryan, Dumfries, Barella, Bastoni (I), Tomori (M)