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2-1! Fighting for Manchester City, Inter Milan pays the price, the Iron Guard kills in the 89th minute, AC Milan avenges its shame

After experiencing a disappointing last season, Serie A giant AC Milan decisively chose to change coaches. In addition to the team's poor performance, there is another very important reason for Pioli's sad dismissal, that is, the Milan derby, which was completely defeated by the city's rival Inter Milan. However, after Fonseca took office, AC Milan's performance remained sluggish, with only 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in the first four league rounds, which also made Fonseca fall into rumors of dismissal. After losing to Liverpool at home in the first round of the Champions League in the middle of the week, AC Milan returned to the league and challenged Inter Milan away. The latter has won six consecutive games in the Milan derby. Looking back at history, no one has ever been able to create a seven-game winning streak. Whether Fonseca can prevent the Rossoneri from becoming a laughing stock has become the biggest highlight of this game! In this game, Inter Milan was obviously affected by the bloody battle with Manchester City in the middle of the week. All the players were physically exhausted, so that they did not play the dominant power they should have on both offense and defense. AC Milan also seized the opportunity to avenge their previous shame. At the last moment, relying on Gabia's lore, they laughed 1-0 to the end!

AC Milan

In this campaign, Inzaghi continued to use his favorite 3-5-2 system at home. Sommer was the starting goalkeeper, Bastoni, Acerbi and Pavard were in the back, Dimarco, Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu, Barrera and Dumfries were lined up in the midfield, and the double strikers were Lautaro Martinez and Thuram.

Fonseca, who was in deep crisis of being fired, played a 4-2-3-1 formation, Maignan guarded the goal for the Rossoneri, Emerson, Gabia, Tomori and Theo formed a four-back defense system, Reinders and Fofana were double defensive midfielders, Pulisic, Morata and Theo were in the midfield, and the single striker was Abraham.

After the game started, Inter Milan took advantage of the home court and launched a tidal attack on the Rossoneri's goal, but it was AC Milan, who was slightly passive on the field, who scored the first goal. In the 10th minute, after completing the steal, Pulisic broke through the encirclement of Inter Milan players and forced his way into the penalty area. Then he shot low at the near corner and broke through Sommer's defense, helping AC Milan to take an early 1-0 lead.

However, the Nerazzurri's crazy attack also paid off in the 27th minute. After Dimarco handed the ball to Lautaro, he quickly moved forward on the left. After attracting the attack of three AC Milan defenders, the Bull returned the ball to Dimarco and shot into the far corner to score, rewriting the score to 1-1.

Unwilling to get only 1 point at home, Inzaghi made the first substitution in the 63rd minute, letting Damian, Fratesi and Asllani go into battle at once, wanting to launch a general attack, but there was no obvious effect. Two minutes later, AC Milan's attack caused Lautaro to touch the ball with his shoulder in the penalty area. The referee immediately whistled a penalty kick, but after reviewing VAR, the penalty kick was cancelled.

In the 75th minute, AC Milan created another killing opportunity. Abraham played the role of an offensive fulcrum, holding up Inter Milan's defense in the counterattack, and immediately passed the ball to Leo who was inserted on the left, but the latter's shot was too straight and was successfully resolved by Sommer. Two minutes later, AC Milan's attack once again broke through Inter Milan's defense line. Abraham shot from the right to the far corner, slightly off the post.

AC Milan, who continued to attack, finally opened Inter Milan's goal again in the 89th minute. After a free kick in the frontcourt, defender Gabbia scored with a header, helping AC Milan beat Inter Milan 2-1 away and ending their six-game losing streak in the Milan derby.