[Sport] Inter strike first

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The 'Nerazzurri' team won the first leg of the Champions League semifinals with goals from Dzeko and Mkhitaryan (0-2)
Milan improved in the second half and shot at the post, but missed Leao's loss in the last third of the field
Inter hit Milan first and forcefully in the Champions League semifinals (0-2). In a sweeping start, Dzeko and Mkhitaryan scored twice in three minutes. And they were no more because Çalhanoglu ran into the post and the VAR denied a penalty on Lautaro. The 'rossonero' team went further after the break, they even shot at the woodwork, but they lacked balance and the 'nerazzurri' managed the income without excessive shocks.

 

San Siro recovered for one night the capital of European football. Between the nostalgia for the golden age of 'calcio' and the hope of stepping on the penultimate ladder of the Champions League more than a decade later, Milan and Inter were measured in the first round of the 'Derby della Madonnina'. The atmosphere gave goosebumps. Absolutely full, noise and color in the stands, painted as the flames of hell and a huge 'rossonero' devil dominating the north end.

Paradoxically, green was hell for Milan in the first half. Faced with the loss of his most unbalanced striker, Leao, Pioli reinforced the midfield and relied on the defense, his credential until the semifinals. But it was his theoretical virtue that condemned Milan. At the first substitution, Dzeko gained position in the box from a corner to Calabria and stretched out his leg to nail Çalhanoglu's twisted cross into the corner.

Inter did not give time to reply. The 0-2 fell in a play of tiralineas. Dimarco traced the left bank and crossed to the front, where Lautaro let the ball pass to open the goal for Mkhitaryan. The Armenian stood alone against Maignan and beat him with a centered shot.

 

The Milan was a flan. The ball burned him and each 'Nerazzurri' arrival threatened to be final. Çalhanoglu smashed a shell into the post and Maignan, in the subsequent action, kicked out Mkhitaryan's shot from point-blank range. Such was the fragility that Lautaro, in a throw-in, forced a penalty slipping between Tomori and Kjaer. Milan, now without the injured Bennacer, was lucky this time and the VAR denied the punishment.The 'rossonera' reaction, hinted at the edge of the recess, is established after the holiday. Brahim and Messias opened it with two excessive cross shots. Inter crouched. And those of Pioli, without Leao, lacked resources. With more heart than head, they can close the gap on a shot from Tonali to the post. Although, if it hadn't been for Maignan's quick exit against Dzeko, he could have also received the finishing touch. The marker did not move. Inter struck first.

 

Link: https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/champions/inter-golpea-87175353