Inter and Milan are eternal rivals and compete in the Champions League

Milan and Intereternal rivals of the Italian city, meet this Wednesday in San Siro stadium in the first game of the semi-finals Champions Leagueto which both teams return after a multi-year absence in search of a ticket to the final.

he’Derbi della Madonnina’ It’s a very special game in Europe because it’s the only one between two teams that share a city and are European champions. After so many years away from the limelight, Milan and Inter are back in the limelight in the semi-finals Champions League in which individual duels will be the key to achieving feats and reaching the finals.

There is only one city in all of Europe that can boast of having two winning teams European CupAnd Milan and Inter which add up to ten champions and that they will solve the first chapter of an exciting clash in which it will be seen not only who will enter the final of the highest European club competition, but also to see who will have the honor of ruling the city.

A unique confrontation that will twice host a historical scenario such as Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro), enveloped in a nostalgic scent reminiscent of the golden age of Italian football. They met only four times in the Champions League, and Inter never managed to win.

Although it is true that there is no obvious favorite, Inter comes into the match slightly better if the last games of both sides are taken into account. those of Simone Inzaghi They added four straight wins in the Serieswhile Stefan Pioli’s team drew twice.

In addition, Inter have won two of the last three meetings between them this season, including the final Italian Super Cup.

Interista arrives in the duel with the entire squad except for the Slovak Milan Skriniar, long-term injured; although with the doubts of the Italians Danilo D’Ambrosio and from German Robin Gosen, two players who in any case do not enter Inzaghi’s plans to start from scratch.

AND Inzaghi that they will have to choose between Croatian Marcelo Brozović or Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu in the axis of the medulla and between the Bosnian Edin Dzeko or Belgian Romelu Lukaku, that this last month he regained his form, to form an attacking duo with the undisputed Lautaro Martinez in attack.

For their part, the Milan team is still well aware of the Portuguese’s physical condition Rafael Leo, whose loss would more than touch Pioli’s team, which without its star loses the most important asset in the attack.

In case he does not arrive on time, the Belgian Alexis Saelemaekers starts with several options to start in the eleven identical to the one in the match against Napoli and in which the Spaniard Brahim Díaz and the French Theo Hernández would be the most dangerous players of the Rossoneri.

The data shows that Milan always progressed every time the three Italian teams were in the quarter-finals, as happened this season. But football has always shown that it is one step ahead of statistics and ‘big data’. Milan and Inter This Wednesday, they will settle the first match of the semi-finals with a nostalgic flavor. The most beautiful Italian derby will focus all the Italian spotlights, as in 2003, for a place in the entire final of the ‘Champions’.