Ex-Sion player dreams of Champions League final

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Lights on in football for the Euroderby. Milan vs Inter in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Like twenty years ago. At that time, Serie A was considered the best league in the world and attracted the best players. Today, thanks to billions from the desert and from America, the Premier League has surpassed it.

But one thing is still the same as then. Milan is the only city in Europe with two clubs that have already won the Champions League. Inter three times, Milan seven times. After dark years, they want to conquer Europe again this year. “Calcio is back”, reads a commercial in Serie A. In addition to Milan and Inter, Juventus, Roma (Europa League) and Fiorentina (Conference League) also fly the Italian flag in Europe.

“Incredible Emotions”

Logically, the biggest headlines belong in advance to the Euroderby. The government has even decided that this game should be shown on TV for free. Inter enters this «Derby della Madonnina» with a slight advantage. At least that’s what the encounters so far this season say, including the 3-0 victory in the Supercup. But Inter player Federico Dimarco warns: “There is no favourite. Every derby is different.”

In 2003, Dimarco was in the stadium as a 6-year-old. Milan went into the final 1-1 on away goals. “I don’t have the best memories as an Inter fan. But when I think that I was a spectator 20 years ago and I’m playing now, it evokes incredible emotions.”

For Dimarco, the Euroderby is the most important match of his career so far. In 2017 he still played in Sion. “The boy could become world class one day and soon a national player,” announced Sion chairman Christian Constantin. He should be right. Today Dimarco is one of the best in his position in Italy and has been in the Squadra Azzurra for a year. Now he wants his personal revenge for the 2003 derby.

Source : Blick