We were fortunate to see one of football’s fiercest rivalries during one of the largest European tournaments. Tonight at 12:30 IST, the second leg of the Milan derby will take place. It will be broadcast on Sony Sports and streamed live on the Sony Liv app.
This game will be particularly exciting because the Nerazzurri defeated the Rossoneri by a score of 2-0 last week in the first leg at the San Siro stadium, which serves as the home stadium for both clubs.
The stadium served as the home field for AC Milan in the first leg, which merely meant that they had more fans inside the stadium but still lost in disgrace. Since they also lost to Spezia, which was quite shocking for the supporters, and after losing to Inter, AC Milan’s recent form has been questioned by the fans.
However, Inter has won its previous five Serie A games, including a 4-2 victory over Sassuolo on Saturday. They have beaten their local rival three times this season in all competitions, and if they can get past them, they will be doing something that has only happened once before: defeating them four times in a season.
The only side to have overcome a two- or more-goal deficit from the first leg in Champions League history was Barcelona, who accomplished this feat against PSG in 2016–17; therefore, it is challenging for AC Milan to recover and win. Leao’s return to the starting X1 might change matters for Milan, though.
Probable X1 (Inter Milan): André Onana (GK); Bastoni, Acerbi, Darmian; Dimarco, Mkhitaryan, alhanolu, Barella, Dumfries; Deko, Martnez.
Probable X1 (AC Milan)-Maignan (GK); Hernández, Tomori, Kjaer, Calabria; Tonali, Pobega; Origi, Daz, Saelemaekers; Giroud
Match Prediction: To regain control of the game, AC Milan will want to score first. However, given their present record, Inter will triumph over Milan in the second leg and aggregate by scores of 2-1 and 4-1, respectively, to reach the Champions League final.
