AC Milan Vs Inter Milan Champions League Semifinals Preview: Better Rossoneri This Season
JAKARTA The match titled Derby della Madonnina, which brings together the two Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan, will be presented in the first leg of the 2022/2023 European Champions League.
The meeting of the two teams will take place at the San Siro Stadium, Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 02.00 WIB. The same place will return to the arena of this derby for the second leg which will take place next week.
Milan reached the semifinals after defeating fellow Italian representatives Napoli. Meanwhile, Inter were in this round after successfully repatriating Portugal's representative, Benfica.
This is the third time the clash between Milan and their city mate Inter on the European Champions League stage. At the previous two meetings, the Rossoneri were always recorded as winners.
One of their first two meetings previously took place in the semifinals of the 2002/2003 Champions League. At that time, the Rossoneri came out victorious thanks to the advantage of away goals.
Milan then again showed their dominance in this event in the 2004/2005 Champions League quarter-finals. At that time, they won 2-0 and 3-0 to qualify for the semifinals with a 5-0 aggregate advantage.
Despite the history of gatherings in European competitions favoring Milan, Inter are overall ahead head-to-head of 235 Derby della Madonnina earlier.
Of the previous clashes, the Nerazzurri won 87 times compared to Milan's 79. The total meeting included the three clashes that occurred this season.
Milan won their first derby meeting with a score of 3-2 in the September 2022 Serie A event before Inter won 3-0 in the Italian Super Cup last January and 1-0 at the second Serie A meeting the following month.
Predictions of the line-up:
AC Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Kjaer, Hernandez; Tonali, Krunic; Diaz, Bennacer, Saelemaekers; Giroud
Inter Milan (3-5-2): Onana; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Brozovic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Martinez, Lukaku