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MILITO! THE DERBY RELAUNCHES INTER

The Prince beats down Milan.  The Nerazzurri are now at -6 from Juve.

The Argentinian signs for the victory after Thiago Motta's goal was wrongly denied at the start.

Milan were unrecognizable, Ibrahimovic did not bite.

Milan - Inter are back.  They have come out the darkness like those helicopters in Apocalypse Now and it is the team to be fearful about.  They have beaten Milan who hadn't lost since October 2nd.  They have brought themselves to 6 points from league leaders Juventus, 5 from the Rossoneri, 3 from Udinese or from a Champions League spot.  Lazio are a point ahead and they will be at the San Siro next.  This is the first merit of Claudio Ranieri, the true architect that has reversed the fate of this season while he has been able to applied hunger to those heroes of the treble.  Milito, scores again, decided the match.  Lucio and Samuel, insurmountable, shut down the Milan attack which is the best in the league at 37 goals, a feast that has only happened two times before against Juventus and Fiorentina.

Ibrahimovic rested Milan, in contrary, were unrecognizable as Ibrahimovic and Boateng were not themselves.  The overall reaction to Milito's goal was at a minimum scale.  Perhaps the negotiations and disputes recently limited Allegri and with that, he unloaded a team that appeared unusually distracted.  From here, the coach had to start again in order to give soul to the Rossoneri.  And then resolve the tactical questions.  Yesterday Massimiliano Allegri discovered how life can be very hard when there was no Ibrahimovic.  He was a streak of 7 goals in 6 games so perhaps "resting" a week was natural.  But he has to wake up very quickly.

Inter prudent Ranieri was able to resist the temptation to start Sneijder and confirm the 4-4-2 which is not like any other 4-4-2.  The two lines (defensive and midfield) were low and compact.  Even Thiago Motta, who usually goes on the attack, stayed in line with Cambiasso.  Despite the need to win, the order was clear: to minimize the risks, not to concede the field for counterattacks, while waiting for good opportunities.  Staying low and behind were the strategy that Inter brought to the table for this game: not beautiful, lots of substance, much humility.  The comeback by Inter is more ethical than technical.  And the strategy also did pay off at the fourth minute into the game: Motta headed home from Maicon's freekick.  Inter would have had the lead but because of a mistake by the linesman, it was ruled out due to a non-existent offside.  That was early on in the game but at the end of the first half, Abbiati's foot saved a close shot by Alvarez.  A denied goal and a wasted golden opportunity, it makes you think that perhaps they could do much more than just sit back and wait.  Because a lively Maicon, with the help of Zanetti, could just plunder Zambratta and because everytime that Alvarez cut back inside, he did very well.

Lackluster Milan In front of the prudence of Inter, Milan took the field and played their game for 45 minutes.  Apart from the 7 corners, there were some great chances for Milan as well like the when Van Bommel hit the crossbar at the 45th minute and a right-footed shot by Pato, who was in an excellent position, that went wide.  It was a Milan team that just could not squeeze more out of the possession that they had.  The role of Aquilani has often been underestimated.  Without him, there was only the tender Emanuelson to sort ideas.  The Dutch did create but not enough.  Seedorf could give a good hand in such context but there is usually Ibrahimovic just like the game against Atalanta in Bergamo but as mentioned above, he was resting for the week.

Indiana Jones Allegri did not change anything as he was waiting for Ibra to wake up.  Even Ranieri did not make any changes as he was content to stand and wait for good opportunities.  And they did come.  At the 9th minute in the second half: Zanetti delivered a pass to Milito who then surgically made a diagonal shot just like those times during the treble season.  Robinho, Seedorf and El Shaarawy started one by one to come in but it was too late.  And for Inter, it was Sneider and Forlan in the last couple of minutes.  We will remember how this derby was won by Claudio Ranieri, the Indiana Jones of Testaccio has found his lost Inter.

Source: Gazzetta dello Sport