Protests, instructions and Allegri’s Odogu infatuation: DAZN reveal unseen derby details

On Sunday evening, Milan won their second derby of the season thanks to a fantastic goal from Pervis Estupinan, and more unseen details have emerged.

As usual, DAZN have published their behind-the-scenes insights with its episode of Bordocam. The title is ‘Inside the Derby: the celebrations, the protests, and all the behind-the-scenes details’, and MilanNews have relayed all of the details.

Stars at San Siro

The Milan derby is a magnet like few other matches in the world. San Siro was packed, charged, vibrant, ready for one of those evenings that feel like a great occasion. Allegri, as the DAZN cameras show, wants to enjoy it all and enters the pitch with a big smile plastered on his face. He greeted someone on the sidelines.

Francesco Magnanelli, from Allegri’s staff, goes to Estupinan during the warm-up: “Focus on what you have to do, Pervis!” A brief exchange before kick-off: upon returning to the pitch, Allegri thinks Chivu still hasn’t returned, but in fact he’s already on the bench. The two greet each other smiling, and Max says: “Congratulations, mate.”

Pre-match jolt

On the pitch, the players continue to get pumped up. Modric goes to Pulisic: “Come on, Chris, come on. Show me, let’s play!” Then comes the captain’s speech: the team gather in their usual huddle, and Maignan fired the team up.

The goalkeeper said: “Together, boys, together. No emotions. Stay tight. Cold-blooded. Stay in the game. On the field, we knew what to do. Let’s go, together!”

Allegri’s instructions

Allegri immediately begins discussing with his staff the move that will decide the match. He goes to Corradi and, pointing to Luis Henrique, says: “Estupinan has to get in front of him because he’s not tracking him.”

Sergio Ramos, sitting nearby, tries to understand the Rossoneri coach’s instructions. Max then speaks directly to the number 2: “Pervis, on crosses, get in front of him, up front!”

The Rossoneri coach, midway through the first half, is unhappy with the ball handling. He goes to Modric and says: “We need to move it more.” Then he also asks Rabiot for help: “Adri, let’s play two: you and Luka in the middle.”

A man on the goalkeeper

Another incident worth noting: a corner for Inter, Bastoni goes to harass Maignan in the goal area. Mike pushes his opponent away, and then Doveri warns him: “Hands on from you and I’ll call a foul.”

Maignan pushes him again, and this time the referee goes to catch Bastoni, who is surprised: “Me?!?” Following the corner, Maignan comes out to meet a cross aimed at Bastoni. Allegri says to the bench: “Oh, Mike was good, huh?”

Shortly after the half-hour mark, Mkhitaryan makes a darting run down the middle resulting in probably Inter’s biggest chance of the entire match. Rabiot is out of position, in pain, after being knocked down by Zielinski earlier and unable to get back into defence.

The Armenian runs the length of the pitch with the ball at his feet, enters the box, and fires it straight at Maignan, who does well to stay on his feet. Darmian, on the bench, can’t believe it and asks, “On the chest?”, and immediately goes to rewatch the shot with Kolarov.

The winning moment

After Leao’s pass to Fofana on the right side of the pitch, Estupinan races forward, running behind Luis Henrique. When the Brazilian turns around, Milan’s No.2 has already run away. Chivu, clearly worried, whispers something in Romanian.

Estupinan controls the ball in the box and shoots. The ball goes in, and Allegri laughs heartily. It’s clear it was a move he’d rehearsed during the week. Rabiot takes advantage of the break in play to go to the bench and get treatment, as he was still sore from the knock he suffered a few minutes earlier.

Estupinan, celebrating, dances with Leao. Then he repeats the same gesture Magnanelli made to him during the warm-up.

Allegri se siente feliz por el gol Estupiñán.
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— TERADEPORTES (@Teradeportes) March 9, 2026

Saelemaekers and Fofana chances

Immediately after Estupinan’s goal, Milan had a huge chance to double their lead. Pulisic ran down the byline, crossed, and Saelemaekers fired incredibly high. Allegri spoke to the coaching staff: “I told him this morning too: he has to put his foot in this way and the ball goes in.”

He also told Corradi: “He just has to put his foot in and it scores.” Seconds later, Fofana had a huge chance, but the Frenchman stopped it right at the most crucial moment. Allegri commented: “Oh, if he puts it in the middle, he scores into an empty net.” Chivu, meanwhile, sighs.

Inter started better in the second half, but Milan were always dangerous on the counter. When Pulisic broke into open space, Allegri directed him: “Aim at him, aim at him, aim at him!” Chris passed to Leao, who shot wide. Max, disheartened, threw up his hands.

Protests begin

Around the sixtieth minute, Saelemaekers chested down a cross from the left in the penalty area. Chivu protested, and the Belgian went to the coach and said, “Mister, I swear,” pointing to his chest. The two then shook hands.

While Rabiot and Bastoni are treated for the Nerazzurri defender’s foul, Corradi talks to Leao about the need to stretch the opposition’s defence and find the space in behind.

He says: “Let’s stretch them out for a moment. We built four chances, and they always came at us. In the first move, they were a bit under you, eh?” Allegri then takes off Leao and brings on Fullkrug, switching to a 5-4-1.

Max’s suffering

During the final five minutes of the match, the coach begins to feel the tension but tries not to show it. Turning to the bench, smiling, he says: “It’s still a long way to go, eh?” Then, after a few seconds, he takes it out on Saelemaekers, shaking his fist, accusing him of wasting too much time protesting.

The Belgian doesn’t take it well. Meanwhile, Lautaro and Kolarov complain to the fourth official about the play, which they feel is too fragmented.

More dissent

Doveri sends off Folletti for telling the referee where to go. Allegri apologises and then enthusiastically charges the team for the final minutes.

The Nerazzurri’s protests begin: the first is for a contact with Esposito in the box. It’s nothing, just a corner. Allegri asks if Odogu should be brought on, but gets no answer. Then he asks if there are two minutes left and kneels to watch the second corner.

Dimarco takes the kick, a scramble in the box, ball in the net. But everyone stands still: Doveri had blown the whistle even before Carlos Augusto had made contact (with his hand).

The whistle goes silent from the sidelines, and the Inter bench erupts with joy, before the enormous disappointment sets in. Doveri remains unfazed and responds to the protests: “I blew the whistle an hour earlier.”

Allegri, meanwhile, is in a trance and keeps repeating: “Odogu, Odogu, Odogu.” Barella, meanwhile, still can’t believe what happened moments before: “It’s madness. What did he whistle for? What did he whistle?” Simple: too much ‘hands on’ contact between Saelemaekers and Carlos Augusto.

Doveri, in fact, speaks to the two of them after calm has been restored. But on the benches, they can’t seem to find peace: the Nerazzurri are still in disbelief over the disallowed goal, Allegri is still convinced he should have made the change: “I should have brought on Odogu!”

The Ricci incident

The incident that sparked the most protests came in the 94th minute: the ball hit Ricci’s arm in the penalty area, and Doveri didn’t blow the whistle. The referee then explained to Pio: “It’s attached [arm not outstretched].”

Maignan took the ball, Allegri picked it up, flicked it over his head, and went to the dressing room. Meanwhile, Leao was dancing on the bench, bouncing, waiting for the final whistle. It came a few seconds later.

The Rossoneri celebrated, and the entire Inter team went to Doveri to protest. The referee said: “Don’t come, three seconds and I’ll kick you out. One, two, I’ll send you away. Everyone, go away.” Then a gesture of anger from Lautaro threatened to escalate the situation.

Fullkrug ran past him, and the Inter captain pushed him away, all in front of Doveri. Tomori did a great job in dragging the German away before the game went any further. Meanwhile, Doveri continued to shout at the Inter players: “Go away, go away!”

Allegri’s assistant Landucci put his head on Estupinan’s and shouted in his face: “You deserve it!” A delighted Tare celebrates in the stands alongside Ibrahimovic and Cardinale. The derby ends with Milan heading to the Curva Sud end to celebrate. Alls well that ends well.

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