Serie A: on the pitch on Sunday at 8.45pm Inter-Juventus
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Once the winter transfer market session is over, the championship returns and presents the tastiest dish, the Italian derby between Inter and Juventus which offers a nice share of the championship at stake.
Memories go to the Ronaldo-Iuliano case, to the comparisons between Rummenigge and Platini, to that 9-1 for Juve in which Inter sent the Primavera team onto the field in protest, and to people like Boninsegna and Anastasi who wore both those shirts .
In short, it is a challenge that couldn't be more heartfelt than this.
Simone Inzaghi wants to play it at his best, and fate has given him a hand in the sense that he will have all the best available.
He will therefore field the standard formation, thanks to the recovery of Calhanoglu and Barella and the returns of Acerbi and Dimarco, who he had spared from the commitment with Fiorentina to give them a breather.
All also available at the Vecchia Signora's home, where Max Allegri ponders whether to launch Yildiz on this occasion too, or whether to rely on the tandem of Vlahovic and Chiesa.
Cambiaso should act as a winger, with Kostic on the other side, following a 3-5-2 that the coach does not intend to give up.
In any case, the fact is not lost on us that in the event of a victory for the Nerazzurri, the league leaders would be at +4 on the Bianconeri and with one game less: as if to say that it would be a dress rehearsal of escape, if not exactly a decisive extension like wish the Inter supporters who dream of the second star.
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Probable lineups
Inter (3-5-2):
1 Sommer;
28 Pavard, 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni;
36 Darmian, 23 Barella, 20 Calhanoglu, 22 Mkhitaryan, 32 Dimarco;
9 Thuram, 10 Lautaro (12 Di Gennaro, 77 Audero, 2 Dumfries, 5 Sensi, 6 De Vrij, 8 Arnautovic, 16 Frattesi, 14 Klaassen, 17 Buchanan, 21 Asllani, 30 Carlos Augusto, 31 Bisseck, 70 Sanchez).
All.: S.Inzaghi.
Disqualified: none.
Be wary: Sticks.
Unavailable: Cuadrado.
Juventus (3-5-2):
1 Szczesny;
4 Gatti, 3 Bremer, 6 Danilo, 27 Cambiaso, 16 McKennie, 5 Locatelli, 25 Rabiot, 11 Kostic;
9 Vlahovic, 15 Yildiz (23 Pinsoglio, 36 Perin, 7 Chiesa, 12 Alex Sandro, 20 Miretti, 17 Iling-Junior, 22 Weah, 24 Rugani, 33 Djalò, 41 Nicolussi, 47 Nonge).
All.: Allegri.
Disqualified: Milik, Fagioli, Pogba.
Beware: Danilo.
Unavailable: De Sciglio, Kean.
Referee: Maresca from Naples.
The Italian derby is worth a piece of the championship
A sold out Meazza will host the big match between the top two in the league, Inter and Juventus, on Sunday evening, with the Nerazzurri dreaming of giving a decisive push to their rivals and Allegri's boys will try the blitz.
According to Sisal experts, however, Inter are favored at 1.85 against Juventus' 4.50 while they drop to 3.40 for a draw.
In the last 11 years, moreover, Inter have beaten Juventus only on three occasions and in a match where the smallest detail will make the difference the Under, at 1.65 and out in 5 of the last six matches in the championship, takes the lead prefer to the Over, at 2.10.
The team that has received the most penalties, the Nerazzurri with 9 penalties, compete against the team that has never suffered one, Allegri's boys: a penalty kick for Inter is played at 4.40, the one for Inter Juventus at 7.25.
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