AC Milan vs Internazionale: Milan 1-1 Inter: Nkunku's late penalty rescues the derby

Once again, Inter made a substitution, this time with Dimarco leaving and Yvan Maye entering. Inter managed to maintain possession in the final minutes, but went through a period where they created little in attack, just like Milan.

Gonçalo Ramos received a pass from Modric and shot powerfully, but it was blocked by the defense, resulting in a corner kick that was then taken into the box for an attacking foul. Inter then made another substitution, this time with Pavard leaving the field and Bovio entering.

Then it was Inter's turn to make their changes, with Zielinski, Martínez, Pio Esposito, Bastoni, Barella and Diouf leaving and Luis Henrique, Frattesi, Carlos Augusto, Bonny, Provedel and Çalhanoglu entering. Shortly before the changes, Mkhitaryan managed a shot, but it went wide.

Pio Esposito received the cross in the box, deflected the ball, and sent it wide. Dimarco then got a powerful shot, but it went wide. And in the next play, Diouf received the pass and found Mkhitaryan in the box, who shot powerfully, but wide!

Soon after the goal, Milan made many changes, leaving Pavlovic, Fofana, Gabbia, Tomori, Musah, Chukwueze, Camarda and Loftus-Cheek for Rafael Leão, Gonçalo Ramos, De Winter, Saelemaekers, Terracciano, Jashari, Modric and Vladimirov.

Both teams made substitutions at halftime of this game. For Milan, Cissé and Bartesaghi were replaced by Estupiñán and Nkunku. For Inter, Idrissou and Stankovic were replaced by Lavelli and Mkhitaryan.

Bastoni received the pass up front and crossed the ball into the area for Pio Esposito to get a shot off, but Torriani parried it away, the ball falling to Bastoni, who crossed again, this time for Zielinski to shoot, but Torriani made another save!

We continued in a balanced Derby, where Inter maintained possession, controlling the action and dictating the pace, but Milan was the team that consistently created dangerous opportunities, generating the best chances.

Inter, pressing high, won another corner, again delivered into the box, but the defense cleared. On the rebound, Zielinski shot from distance, but sent the ball wide, another missed chance for Inter in this Derby.

On the right, Inter won a corner, which was taken into the box and cleared by the defense. Barella picked up the rebound and shot hard, but wide. In the following play, Chukwueze found Fofana at the edge of the area, who shot hard, forcing Martínez to palm the ball away!

The game continued at a faster pace than at the beginning. Inter managed to maintain possession and even control the game, but saw Milan forcing a large part of the plays into the attacking field, thus creating more chances in that early stage.

Loftus-Cheek received the pass up front and found Yunus Musah in the box, who managed a shot that hit the crossbar! Milan began to maintain possession, controlling the game and trying to create danger in the attacking third in the final minutes!

Loftus-Cheek, on the counter-attack, found the pass between the defenders to shoot across goal, sending the ball wide to the right. Inter then won a corner, taken by Dimarco, which Pio Esposito headed, but sent over the bar.

We had a slow start to the Derby, where literally nothing happened. Both teams, when in possession, tried to exchange passes, but without accelerating, while when not in possession, they closed up defensively, preventing any dangerous attacks.

The players took to the pitch and the ball rolled for the duel between both sides, in the first 45 minutes of the friendly match in preparation for the 2026-27 season, with all the action and excitement of the clash here on VAVEL!

And this wasn't the first game on neutral ground between the two rivals. The first and only time this had happened was in an Italian Super Cup, where Inter won in 2023. The game took place in Saudi Arabia, with Inter beating their biggest rival with goals from Dimarco, Dzeko, and Lautaro Martínez.

There have been 230 matches in history between the two teams, with Milan winning 76, Inter winning 85, and 69 draws. Interestingly, this was the first ever pre-season friendly between the two rivals.

On the other side, Inter saw the arrivals of Stankovic, Akanji, Massolin, Provedel, and Stones, in addition to Akinsanmiro and Pavard returning from loan spells. Departures included Dumfries, Carboni, De Vrij, De Pieri, Alexiou, Spinacce, Sommer, and Akinsanmiro.

For the season, Milan had the arrivals of Gonçalo Ramos, Mario Gila, Kostic and Diawara, in addition to Chukwueze, Camarda, Comotto, Musah, Terracciano and Cissé returning from loan spells. As for departures, the following players left the club: Jiménez, Morata, Colombo, Pobega and Maximilian Ibrahimovic.

Inter, for their part, would only have one more friendly after the derby, another Italian classic in the preseason, facing Juventus on the 8th. The official return to the season would be on the 22nd, when they host Monza in Serie A.

After the game, Milan had two more friendlies scheduled, playing against Chelsea on the 8th and against Manchester United on the 15th. Milan's official return to the season would be on the 23rd, when they visit Torino in the first round of Serie A.

For the game, Chivu had the following names available during the match against Milan: Provedel, Faronato, Di Gennaro, Marello, Bovio, Maye, Carlos Augusto, Frattesi, Mkhitaryan, Topalovic, Çalhanoglu, Sucic, Luis Henrique, Mosconi, Lavelli and Ange-Yoan Bonny.

For the game, Ruben Amorim had the following names available during the match against Inter: Terracciano, Paul Bouyer, Pittarella, Mario Gila, David Odogu, Zachary Athekame, Ivanov Vladimirov, Christian Comotto, Lorenzo Ossola, Silvano Vos, Samuele Ricci, Andrej Kostic, Aurelien Guernier and Emanuele Borsani.

With a 3-5-2 formation, Inter's starting lineup for the friendly match against Milan was: Martínez, Pavard, Bisseck and Bastoni; Diouf, Barella, Zielinski, Stankovic and Dimarco; Idrissou and Pio Esposito.