After thirteen years, Inter are back in the Champions League final.
At San Siro against Milan it ends 1-0 with a goal from Lautaro Martinez, 29' after the second half of the return semifinal. In the first leg, the Nerazzurri won 2-0.
Now the appointment is in Istanbul , on June 10th, where Barella's Inter will challenge the winner of Manchester City-Real Madrid and will go in search of their fourth cup.
THE MATCH – The Nerazzurri, fresh from seven wins in a row with 21 goals scored and only 3 conceded, managed the second leg without too much trouble. The comeback fails in Milan : the Rossoneri do find Rafa Leao, a great absentee in the first leg, but they don't overturn the result and the Portuguese, apart from a couple of flare-ups, doesn't affect that much.
No change in the starting eleven for Simone Inzaghi, who confirms the first leg formation with Calhanoglu as director and Dzeko next to Lautaro in attack. A lot of tension and competition in the first minutes. Milan are naturally more aggressive, they manage to keep Inter in their own half and in the 11th minute they go very close to taking the lead with Brahim Diaz who wastes a very good chance: Tonali recovers the ball by stealing it from Mkhitaryan in the left lane, takes the back and puts the ball in tow for the Spaniard, who weakly kicks a penalty on the move, having his shot blocked by Onana.
In the 23rd minute Barella jumps with a Krunic sombrero and crosses hard and low in the middle for Dzeko, who unloads to the limit for Mkhitaryan who, however, kicks high. In the 38th minute we see Leao, who wins a tackle with Darmian and breaks through in speed: his diagonal with his left is very little out.
The recovery opens in the name of Inter who manage the match. In the 29th minute the Nerazzurri's opening goal arrived: confused action in the area, where Lukaku kept the ball alive and opened it for Lautaro Martinez, a tense left foot aimed at the near post, Maignan unable to oppose.
Lautaro's goal extinguishes Milan's hopes. Pioli tries to shuffle the cards, but the result is compromised.
(Unioneonline/D)
