Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Monday 22 February 2021.
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 22 February 2021.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Monday 22 February 2021
👉 Milan crushed 3-0 Derby and Scudetto breakaway: Nerazzurri at +4 Inter Superpower
👉Juve, chase mission Pirlo can make the most of the calendar
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Monday 22 February 2021.
Front Page Corriere dello Sport, 22 February
👉Nerazzurri dominate the derby (3-0), create a gap and are candidates for the title Sprint for the Scudetto Double Lautaro, Lukaku seals it: Inter crush Milan and fly to +4
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 big day for what might be the biggest Milan Derby in this decade. Inter win the Serie A Week 23 game crushing AC Milan on Sunday 21 February 2021 at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. This is the 174th Milan Derby and Inter claim the bragging rights to rule in Milan and secure the first position of the Serie A. Inter reaching 53 points and AC Milan remaining with 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.
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).
The hero for Inter is forward Lautaro Martínez reaching 13 goals in Serie A this season, at least two more than any other second-highest scorer per team in the current tournament. Lautaro scored two goals in the Derby.
Inter opening the score in the 5th minute. Forward Lautaro Martínez defeating AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from very close range in the top right corner. The assist is by Romelu Lukaku.
Inter putting the cherry on top of the ice cream in the 66th minute melting AC Milan’s ice cream with the third goal. It is forward Romelu Lukaku to claim the goal and the glory.
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 vs INTER official starting lineups – formations for 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.
AC MILAN (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjær, Romagnoli, Hernández; Kessie, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Çalhanoğlu, Rebić; Ibrahimović.
Referee Daniele Doveri from the section of Roma 1 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.
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.
By Anna Italia
