Milan wins hands down, Juve enjoys. Here it is the summary of the Saturday of the championship just ended, to which should be added the desperations of Lazio and Turin, forced to deal with two really heavy blows. But if the defeat of the grenade in the derby, all in all, was more than predictable, the same cannot be said of the biancocelesti, annihilated in all respects by the best Diavolo of the season. The 0-3 final is even close to Pioli's men, capable of even affording the luxury of devouring a couple of sensational occasions: otherwise the result would have been almost tennis-like, but it already makes quite an impression.
Inzaghi, on the other hand, barring twists and turns, must say goodbye to his dream of the Scudetto and not just because of Juventus' overwhelming power: what makes us lean towards a finished race, at least for his Lazio, are above all his squad limitations, which emerged throughout the their evidence on the night of the Olimpico. Without Immobile and Caicedo, the offensive weight is very light, also because Milinkovic and Luis Alberto, who have always been on the pitch so far, cannot handle it alone. To this then the great performance of Milan must be added, coincidentally coincided with the return of Ibrahimovic: the Swede, who later left due to a physical problem, always manages to get something more out of his teammates, whose performance has in any case been growing for some time.
Calhanoglu for example, who also came out with a contusion, is the distant relative of the lost player seen until a few months ago, not to mention Rebic, who went from mysterious object to essential bomber jacket. These are the signatures of the AC Milan 3-0, with the Turkish player opening the ball in the 23rd minute (shot from distance deflected by Parolo), the Swede doubling the lead from a penalty in the 34th minute (Radu's arm) and the Croatian tripled in the 59th minute ' (assist from Bonaventura), before Theo Hernandez missed two chances (especially the second one) to make the result even more sensational. “A deserved victory, we prepared it well and put in a great performance especially in midfield – exulted Pioli. – We have spent a lot physically and all the players have given me positive answers: now let's move on to Tuesday, we are already focused on the match against Juve".
“This defeat weighs heavily on the standings, but we had objective difficulties and we weren't lucky in the key episodes – the analysis of Inzaghi's opposite mood. – We conceded goals from a deflection and a penalty, then when we tried to reopen it, the third arrived. It's a heavy knockout, but we won't give up anything and we'll try to recover the injured players: playing four games like this in two weeks is difficult." Milan doesn't want it but the great winner of the day is Juve, capable of exulting both on the pitch and in front of the TV. Derby swept away for the Bianconeri, at least in terms of results. Because Toro had remained in the game until game time, only to collapse under the blows of Sarri's talents.
Not even 3' of the game and Dybala, in sensational conditions, gave Juventus the lead with the house specialty, namely fake on the opponent and left behind the goalkeeper. A blow that the grenades accused, also because Juve, not at all pityed, found the double even before the half hour: Ronaldo's counterattack, ball to Cuadrado, dry dribbling and 2-0 Juve (29 '). The sensation was of a derby that was already over, instead Toro, thanks to the ingenuity of De Ligt, was awarded a penalty in full stoppage time: Belotti, after the one on Tuesday with Lazio, transformed this too, closing the first half on 2 -1. At the start of the recovery, the only real thrill for the record holder Buffon (with yesterday's there are 648 appearances in Serie A, surpassed Maldini), forced to save on Berenguer and to thank Belotti's offside position, otherwise close to the sensational 2-2.
Wrong goal, conceded goal, just as per tradition. And so, in the 61st minute, Ronaldo's free-kick sealed the 3-1 Juve: for CR7 it was the 29th goal of the season, the first from a placed shot after 42 unsuccessful attempts. From then on, the derby went completely downhill, with the bianconeri touching the fourth goal several times until they found the most mocking way possible: a cross from Douglas Costa and an unfortunate own goal from Djidji (87'). The only negative note on Saturday were the yellow cards from De Ligt and Dybala, both cautioned and therefore unavailable against Milan. “We took the lead quickly and doubled up immediately – commented satisfied by Sarri. – Maybe we were a little deluded, then the rigor made us nervous but in the end our quality came out. I'm happy for Ronaldo, he was suffering a little for not having scored from a free-kick yet, and also for Dybala, who I'm slowly convincing to play where I say… ”.
Now a look at Inter, after that it will be time to think about Milan-Juventus and a week that can really direct the season. In fact, getting a full booty at San Siro and repeating yourself a few days later with Atalanta would put the definitive stamp on the Scudetto, vice versa the pursuers, assuming they win their matches, would come back to the battlefield. They will be hot days, with very high tension, even if the Lady, in the light of what happened yesterday, can face them in the best possible way.
