and the weather wreaks havoc on stage five of the giro d ltalia in fact it was raining cats and dogs, with the world champion given a ruff ride. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in italy where inter milan have taken a huge step towards reaching their first champions league final in 13 years. they beat city rivals ac milan 2 0 at the san siro to grab the advantage heading into next week s second leg. earlier i spoke to our european football reporterjohn bennett for his take on an eventful night. an astonishing start, a brilliant side foot volley onjust eight minutes. then three minutes later, henrikh mkhitaryan. a parting of the ways of the ac milan defense, he runs through, makes it 2 0 and it could easily have been 3 0. the referee gave a penalty. martinez going down in the box, a challenge by simon keogh. it was then overturned. the var told the referee to go to the screen. he changed his mind, and ac milan didn t have a shot on target until the 81st minute inte
given a ruff ride. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in italy where inter milan have taken a huge step towards reaching their first champions league final in 13 years. they beat city rivals ac milan 2 0 at the san siro to grab the advantage heading into next week s second leg. earlier i spoke to our european football reporterjohn bennett for his take on an eventful night. an astonishing start, a brilliant side foot volley onjust eight minutes. then three minutes later, henrikh mkhitaryan. a parting of the ways of the ac milan defense, he runs through, makes it 2 0 and it could easily have been 3 0. the referee gave a penalty. martinez going down in the box, a challenge by simon keogh. it was then overturned. the var told the referee to go to the screen. he changed his mind, and ac milan didn t have a shot on target until the 81st minute. inter hit the post. milan did hit the woodwork as well, tonali, but they were completely outplayed. advantage inter, they ve got on
milan did hit the woodwork as well, tonali, but they were completely outplayed. advantage inter, they ve got one foot in the final. inter milan will be the hosts, if you will, in that second leg with both inter and ac playing their home games at the san siro. what sort of home advantage will that provide? well, obviously inter fans will have the majority. they will have most of their fans at the stadium and the ac milan fans. there won t be many of them there, but they will have to go somewhere, the inter fans, to make it as good an atmosphere as it was on wednesday night. it exceeded expectations, to be honest. it broke records in terms of the amount of people who wanted tickets, the amount of money this game has made in terms of ticket revenue. incredible atmosphere. so you d think inter will have the advantage with their fans in the stadium. but i think for milan, it s all about trying to figure out a way to test this into defense because they had nothing going forward. they were mi
milan did hit the woodwork as well, tonali, but they were completely outplayed. advantage inter, they ve got one foot in the final. inter milan will be the hosts, if you will, in that second leg with both inter and ac playing their home games at the san siro. what sort of home advantage will that provide? well, obviously inter fans will have the majority. they will have most of their fans at the stadium and the ac milan fans. there won t be many of them there, but they will have to go somewhere, the inter fans, to make it as good an atmosphere as it was on wednesday night. it exceeded expectations, to be honest. it broke records in terms of the amount of people who wanted tickets, the amount of money this game has made in terms of ticket revenue. incredible atmosphere. so you d think inter will have the advantage with their fans in the stadium. but i think for milan, it s all about trying to figure out a way to test this into defense because they had
Inter on top, Bayern, Atletico and PSG all stumble: Talking points from around Europe
AFP Sport rounds up some of the main talking points from across the continent:
– Advantage Inter in Serie A –
Inter took a potentially huge step towards a first Scudetto since 2010 by crushing AC Milan 3-0 in the “Derby della Madonnina”. Romelu Lukaku came out on top in his personal battle with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Belgian setting up one of two goals scored by Lautaro Martinez and then scoring a superb final goal, his 17th of the season in Serie A.
Antonio Conte’s Inter are four points clear of second-placed Milan, for whom this was a second straight loss. It is now another five points back to Roma in third, while reigning champions Juventus are currently sixth.