(IN THE PHOTO: Milan's Allievi Nazionali)
MILAN - Milan and Inter went to penalties in Montepulciano to decide the Scudetto Final. The match ended in extra-time with no score but the Rossoneri lost 4-2 in the shoot-out.
De Santis had the first chance for Milan on 11 minutes but his header missed the target and a minute later Turano delivered a wonderful ball into the area but there was no team-mate to get on the end of it.
Milan almost made the breakthrough just before the half-hour mark but Cutrone was denied by goalkeeper Radu in a one-on-one situation. Crociata was then foiled by the goalkeeper as the Rossoneri coninuted to press but the first-half finished goalless.
The second half was a real battle in the midfield area with neither side gaining an advantage and as the match wore on Milan made a triple substitution, with Segre, Cutrone and Bonanni being replaced by Malberti, Bolis and Meleleo for the final quarter of the contest.
The match remained goalless and went into extra-time where Milan had a couple of half-chances but in the end the outcome had to be decided on penalties which turned out like this:INTER: Delgado, goal.MILAN: Gamarra, save Radu.INTER: Bonazzoli, goal.MILAN: Vassallo, save Radu.INTER: Brambilla, save Livieri.MILAN: Casiraghi, goal.INTER: Sgarbi, goal.MILAN: Cestagalli, goal.INTER: Opoku, goal.
MILAN: Livieri; Turano, Bonanni; De Santis, Gamarra, Mondonico; Segre, Crociata, Cutrone, Felicioli, Vassallo.Subs: Aiolfi, Cestagalli, Malberti, Masiero, Bolis, Miti, Maresi, Meleleo, Casiraghi. Coach. Omar Danesi.INTER: Radu; Colombini, Di Marco; Piacentini, Sgarbi, Tchaoule; Zonta, De Micheli, Bonazzoli, Delgado, Appiah.Subs: Di Gregorio, Bernardi, Cotali, Zebli, Brambilla, De la Fuente, Taufer, Panatti, Opoku. Coach. Gianmario Corti.Referee: Volpi (Arezzo) - Assistants: Selicato and Lupi - Fourth official: Camplone.
How the teams reached the final:
GROUP PHASE: Milan-Parma 2-1
Milan-Palermo 1-2
Roma-Milan 1-2
SEMI-FINAL: Milan-Juventus 3-2
GROUP PHASE: Inter-Genoa 3-1
Chievo-Inter 1-2
Inter-Juventus 6-0
SEMI-FINAL: Inter-Parma 9-8 after penalties (4-4 a.e.t.)