Former AC Milan boss Arrigo Sacchi has described the Champions League semi-final between the Rossoneri and Inter as a ‘Ferrari against a Fiat 500’.
It was always going to be tough for Milan to get themselves out of the hole that they dug in the first 11 minutes of the first leg, when goals from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave Inter supremacy that they never squandered.
The second leg was just as difficult for the Rossoneri as it allowed Simone Inzaghi’s side to manage the game and sit deep to frustrate, which they did successfully before killing to tie off at the other end in the second half with Lautaro Martinez’s strike.
Sacchi spoke in an interview with La Repubblica about a number of topics including the floods that have devastated parts of northern Italy, but he was also asked if he managed to see the Champions League tie.
“Eh, I took the tablet to the second floor, I made do, the signal came and went. Not that there was much to look at: a Ferrari against a Fiat 500!” he said (via Calciomercato.com).
“This is Milan now, a team of unknown guys who do what they can. But even so they won a Scudetto and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup: two years ago, nobody would have bet a penny on it.”
