Disappearance alert.
Where is the team of warriors capable of reversing any scenario and titled last year in Series A?
AC Milan experienced a terrible humiliation this Wednesday evening by collapsing against their internal rival.
The Nerazzurri have retained the Italian Super Cup by logically outclassing a neighbor without spring (3-0), in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
Federico Dimarco at the end of a nice collective movement (10th) then Edin Dzeko all in class (21st) concretized a perfect first half hour of the Interists against borrowed Milanese, like their last performances.
The Rossoneri certainly picked up some color in the second half but were again victims of their evening defensive lightness, punished by Lautaro Martinez (77th).
A true man of the finals, Simone Inzaghi won his fourth Italian Supercup at the age of 46.
He joins the record holders Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi.
Inzaghi had won it twice with Lazio Rome (2017 and 2019) before his first success with Inter last season.
Théo Hernandez at bay too
Milan for its part is still waiting to launch its year 2023, having arrived in Riyadh on a series of disappointments since the post-World Cup recovery: two frustrating draws against AS Roma (2-2) and Lecce (2-2) which allowed in Naples to escape at the top of Serie A, and a surprise elimination at San Siro in the eighth round of the Italian Cup against a Torino reduced to ten (1-0 ap).
Like Theo Hernandez, the shadow of the side he was at the World Cup with the Blues, Milan no longer finds the enthusiasm and the legs that carried him to the scudetto last season.
In the second half Milan however tried to react, in particular thanks to Rafael Leao.
The Portuguese, already the most dangerous in the first period on a shot deflected by André Onana (17th), shot just above (49th) and was not far from finding the head of Olivier Giroud, firmly watched (57th ).
But Milan will need to find a full team, and not just a talented winger, to stem their bad run.