AC Milan won the Derby della Madonnina. In the derby against Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A competition at the San Siro Stadium, Monday, March 9, 2026 WIB, Milan won 1-0. The victory made Milan cut the points gap with Inter who are perched at the top of the standings.
The rivalry between the Milan duo is heating up again. Previously, Inter had left Milan, who was his closest competitor, and was alone at the top of the standings. In fact, Inter was 13 points ahead and predicted to soon end the Serie A.
Only Milan refused to surrender. Moreover, the two teams still meet in the Derby in Milan. As a result, Milan managed to get three points so that they could reduce the gap with Inter. Now, Milan who ranks second has 60 points. Seven points behind I Nerazzurri. With 10 more matches left in the domestic competition, Milan is mathematically still able to chase Inter.
Especially if Inter experience a decline or loss of consistency in crucial weeks. Inter itself is unbeaten since November 23, 2025 in the Italian League.
They managed to win 14 victories and only once draw. However, Milan was finally able to break the brilliant record of the one-city rival. If Milan is able to consistently get points in the remaining matches, then the opportunity to catch up with Inter is still open.
In the derby, Inter actually did not appear with the best squad. Coach Cristian Chivu lost the duo of mainstay striker Marcus Thuram who was hit by flu and Lautaro Martinez who was injured. This made young striker Francesco Pio Esposito duet with Ange Bonny.
From Milan, coach Massimiliano Allegri who is rumored to be the target of Real Madrid will again bring down Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic. Both of them play on the wings which are moved to the front line duo to replace Matteo Gabbia and Santiago Gimenez. Meanwhile, Davide Bartesaghi is also not fit to play in the derby.
However, Milan, who acted as the host, was able to take the initiative to attack. The match only lasted three minutes, veteran midfielder Luka Modric already threatened Yann Sommer's goal.
However, the game is open because Inter also performs offensively. They were able to create good opportunities when midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan was one-on-one with goalkeeper Mike Maignan. However, he failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
After alternating attacks, Milan was finally able to take advantage of the opportunity to convert into a goal. Starting from
Youssouf Fofana who built the attack by giving the ball to Rafael Leao. The Portuguese national team player then passed the ball to Pervis Estupinan who managed to leave Luis Henrique who was guarding him.
From a narrow angle, the Ecuadorian national team player unleashed a shot that defeated Sommer, giving Milan a 1-0 lead.
The goal created in the 35th minute was also the first for Estupinan for the Rossoneri. After taking the lead, Milan became more aggressive in putting pressure.
Even they almost added a goal when Alexis Saelemaekers received a pass from Pulisic. It's just that Saelemaekers' chances could be thwarted by Federico Dimarco. The score remained until the first half ended.
Entering the second half, Milan was the first to attack. However, Inter did not let them be under pressure. In fact, Inter threatened through Piotr Zielinski who was then thwarted by Maignan.
Milan was not without chances. Rafael Leao got a good chance, but his shot was still wide. Then Fofana's shot could also be stopped by Sommer.
The match remained tied and Inter got another chance. Only they failed to convert all the chances so they couldn't equalize the score. Palung not Dimarco should have been able to equalize the score in the 54th minute. But his kick soared.
Even Inter asked for a penalty when Denzel Dumfries' kick hit Samuele Ricci's arm. Only Ricci's position was considered natural so there was no penalty.
Inter's last chance came from defender Manuel Akanji. But the former Manchester City player's header did not reach the target so the score remained 1-0 for Milan until the end of the match.
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