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in the early morning of september 23rd, beijing time, the first round of the "milan derby" of this season's serie a was held at the meazza stadium. ac milan defeated inter milan 2-1 with a goal in the 89th minute of the game. this victory allowed milan to end its embarrassing six-game losing streak in the "derby" and gave its city rivals their first defeat of the season.

before this "derby", both teams were not in their best form. inter milan drew two games in a row in the league and the champions league; ac milan lost 1-3 to liverpool in the champions league and suffered its first defeat in the second round of the league. coach fonseca was questioned by many fans.

in the "derby" match, milan got into the game earlier. in the 10th minute, pulisic made a steal and drove straight into the penalty area, and scored with a low shot. inter milan returned the favor in the 27th minute, with lautaro assisting dimarco to tie the score.

after that, the two teams played very closely. in the last minute of regular time, reinders took a free kick in the frontcourt, and central defender gabia scored with a header, and milan defeated the opponent 2-1.

after the game, ac milan fans celebrated wildly. they had waited for two years for this victory. on september 4, 2022, ac milan defeated inter milan 3-2 at home in the fifth round of the 2022-2023 serie a season. since then, the two teams have played against each other six times, and inter milan has won all the games. during this period, ac milan has only scored 2 goals. it is worth mentioning that a total of 75,366 fans flocked to the meazza stadium to watch the game, and the total box office revenue reached 7.62 million euros, setting a record for serie a ticket revenue.

winning such a crucial victory made fonseca, who was previously under great pressure, feel proud. "i am very happy. this is a derby. milan lost the previous 6 derby games." fonseca said that the team had been putting pressure on inter milan throughout the game. "honestly speaking, we should have won more and scored one or two more goals. the game was always under our control."

inter milan believes that the team did not perform at their best in the "derby". veteran damian said: "we expected the opponent to play aggressively, but we did not perform at our usual level. we started badly, lost the ball, and the attack afterwards was not good... we will not be happy if we lose the "derby", but we need to look forward." coach inzaghi also said at the press conference that inter milan in this game was "not the usual one". when asked how to adjust next, he said: "work hard and double focus. we will start training tomorrow and then focus on the next game against udinese."

source: beijing sports

reporter: zhao xiaosong