Inter, with the Argentines Lautaro Martinezworld champion in Qatar 2022, and Joaquín Correa will face Milan in the so-called “Derby della Madonnina”, which in this edition will have the Champions League final as its prize for the winner. The classic is played from 16:00 at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, refereed by the Spaniard Jesús Gil Manzano and broadcast by ESPN and Fox Sports.
AC Milan prevailed in the semifinals after eliminating another Italian team, Napoli, the new Serie A champions.
Inter, for their part, eliminated Benfica from Portugal in the quarterfinals and in addition to starting Lautaro Martínez, they have Joaquín Correa del Tucumán on the bench, while the other Argentine in the squad, Valentín Carboni, will not be there because He is sold to the Under 20 team led by Javier Mascherano for the category World Cup.
The rematch between the two Milanese giants will be played on Tuesday 16 May on the same stage.
Milan, who have 7 Champions League trophies on their showcase, the last one in the 2006/07 season, have doubts about one of their numbers, the Portuguese striker Rafael Leao, who was injured at the weekend in the match against Lazio and is doubt .
Inter, for its part, have won the Champions League three times, most recently in the 2009/10 season with four Argentines as big numbers: Javier Zanetti, Walter Samuel, Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso.
As for the record, he favors Inter with 77 wins against Milan’s 63 and 61 draws after 201 games in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana.
In the Champions League they have met four times with two wins for Milan and two draws.
= Probable formations =
Milan: Mike Mainan; Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez; Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali, Junior Messias and Ismael Bennacer; Olivier Giroud and Alexis Saelemaekers or Rafael Leao. DT: Stefano Pioli.
Inter: Andre Onana; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi and Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolò Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Hakan Calhanoglu and Federico Dimarco; Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez. DT: Simone Inzaghi.
Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano.
Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza.
Hours: 16.00.
TV: ESPN and Fox Sports.
Source: Clarin
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