Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Sunday 21 February 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 21 February 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday 21 February
👉Milan-Inter is worth the Scudetto Derby Love Overtake, break away, or… It’s the mother of all derbies What duels, now the super powers are needed
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 2nd position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +20
Inter, 1st position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +30
Here is the preview for the 174th Milan Derby in Serie A. AC Milan and Inter dueling to win the Serie A Week 23 game on Sunday 21 February 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 15:00.
Surely, it will be a thriller round because not only the bragging rights to rule in Milan is the motivation, but also because the victory will be for the first position in the Serie A. Inter having 50 points and AC Milan 49 points. AC Milan lost the leadership last week after losing the game against Spezia. Inter took the leadership after defeating Lazio. Stats showing Inter with 66 wins (including four in the last five matches), AC Milan with 52 wins, and 55 draws.
Milan can win both games in a single Serie A season against Inter for the second time in the last 15 years: previously they succeeded in 2010/11, 1-0 in the first leg and 3-0 in the return.
The previous occasion in which Milan and Inter met in Serie A and found themselves in the first two places in the standings was on 2 April 2011 (3-0 win for AC Milan season in which they won their last Scudetto).
Inter and AC Milan have collected a total of 99 points together in this league, 16 more than last season after 22 matches – at the same point in the tournament, the two teams only did better in 1950/51 (102 , considering three points per win from all time).
Milan have lost more Serie A matches in 2021 (three), compared to all of 2020 (two): the Rossoneri have recorded three knockouts in their last seven league games, as many as in the previous 41.
Inter have kept a clean sheet in their last two league away games: the last time they have not conceded a goal for three consecutive away games in a single Serie A season was in October 2012 (four in that case).
Inter are the fourth team in the last 60 seasons capable of scoring at least 54 goals after 22 Serie A matches this season, after Juventus 2013/14 (54), Lazio 2017/18 (57) and Atalanta 2019/20 (59).
AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma can become the youngest player to cross the finish line of 200 Serie A appearances in the era of three points to win: with 21 years and 361 days he would shatter the previous record set by Gianluigi Buffon (24 years, 83 days).
The big ex is forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic playing for Inter and Milan. Ibrahimovic has scored 10 goals in the Milan Derby in all competitions – 8 of these have come with AC Milan: since his debut with this shirt in 2010/11 it is the Rossoneri who have scored the most goals against a single opponent.
Inter striker Romelu Lukaku may become the first player in the era of three points to win to score in four Milan derbies in a row in Serie A; in general, the last one to succeed was Romeo Benetti, between 1972 and 1973.
Inter forward Lautaro Martínez has scored 11 goals in Serie A this season, at least two more than any other second-highest scorer per team in the current tournament.
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 2nd position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +20
Inter, 1st position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +30
Here are AC MILAN official called up players by Coach Stefano Pioli for the Serie A Week 23 game AC Milan vs Inter on Sunday 21 February 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 15:00.
Goalkeepers: A. Donnarumma, G. Donnarumma, Tătărușanu.
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Saturday 20 February 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 20 February 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 20 February
👉Kessie, the president "In Milan, we believe in the Scudetto, if we win the derby, we return to the top. The nickname? Once I parked the car in Gazidis' place"
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Saturday 20 February 2021.
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Saturday 20 February
👉Inter, a few hours from the Derby, the patron confirms his will to give up
Zhang, farewell words
“Suning focused on core business, we will cut the rest”
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AC Milan, 2nd position with 49 points and a positive goal difference of +20
Inter, 1st position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +30
The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated Referee Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1 to direct the Serie A Week 23 AC Milan vs Inter on Sunday 21 February 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy at 15:00.
Referee Doveri will be assisted by Ciro Carbone from the section of Napoli and Giorgio Peretti from the section of Verona. The fourth official will be Marco Guida from the section of Torre Annunziata. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia and the AVAR will be Daniele Bindoni from the section of Venezia.
By Anna Italia
