Moataz Al Shami (Dubai)
The Italian Milan won an exciting victory over its traditional rival Inter 2-1 in the “Derby of Anger”, in the “24th round” of the Italian League, in a match before which all indicators confirmed the technical and skill superiority of Inter, in addition to its points advantage, as “Calcio” leads with 53 points. , before Milan turns the table, snatches a deserved victory, and raises its score to 52 points in second place, one point behind Inter, and ignites the lead race, during the coming rounds.
Ivan Perisic opened the scoring for Inter in the 39th minute, before Frenchman Olivier Giroud turned the score in favor of the Rossoneri with two goals in the 75th and 79th minutes.
The match witnessed a superiority in numbers for Milan, according to the international network “Instat” for statistics and technical performance of clubs, and the victory was the first for Milan after it was late in the result during the “derby” against Inter since February 2004.
As for Olivier Giroud, who scored two goals in less than 5 minutes, who silenced the stands and settled the “derby of anger”, he wrote his name in the history of the giants’ confrontations in the Italian league, when he became the first French player ever to score two goals against Inter in the “calcio” matches.
The language of numbers revealed how Milan outperformed Inter, achieving 299 points compared to 263 points for Inter, and it is remarkable that Inter created 9 chances to score, and scored only one goal, while Milan created 3 chances, but scored two goals, which reveals the intense focus of the team’s attack compared to With the complete absence of the front lines of the opponent, who failed to take advantage of the nine opportunities, Milan applied the 4-2-3-1 method, while Inter used the 3-5-2 method, although the preference was in favor of the “Rossoneri” in the result and victory.
The match saw Inter get 6 corners compared to 4 for Milan, and Inter took 12 shots, including 6 on the goal, while Milan took 10 shots, including 4 on the goal, and Milan excelled in the accuracy of passes by 87% through 439 passes, and it is noteworthy that among them is one pass. Decisive, as for Inter, his passing accuracy reached only 85% of 388 passes, including 11 decisive passes, and Milan excelled in dribbles with 33 successful dribbling, compared to 17 dribbling Inter, and Milan won 91 offensive challenges compared to 78 offensive challenges that Inter won.
These numbers prove that the superiority was due to the physical strength and skill of the Milan players, in addition to the intense focus in ending the simple attacks that appeared, in contrast to the lack of focus and frivolity in performance for Inter.