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
we have to show more, that we have more hunger than them to win this game. a 33 year wait for the serie a title could be over for napoli later. they ll crowned champions of italy if they manage to get at least a point against udinese. they ve been on the verge of winning the league for several days now. and could have done it on wednesday night, but lazio spoiled the party by winning their game. needing a win to keep their ultra slim hopes alive, lazio led early through felipe anderson, before toma basic sealed the points in stoppage time. it s likely though, they ve only postponed the inevitable as napoli just need one point from their final six matches to secure the title. laura wienroither is the latest women s player to have ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. she s the fourth arsenal player to sustain the injury, joining vivienne mediema, beth mead and leah williamson who injured hersjust over a week ago. wienroither was substituted in the 82nd minute of arsenal s
The blitz defence that England are implementing has, as expected, received a significant chunk of column inches this week – and it was the part of their performance most in the spotlight in the victory over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday.