AC Milan beat their local rivals 1-0 at San Siro on Sunday evening. It appeared as the most one-sided 1-0 victory you’re likely to see for a long time. Current European champions Internazionale were second best at just about everything in a match which was much more than a local derby. It marked AC Milan back on top of the Italian Serie A. It might even hint towards a return to former European glory for them as well.
The only goal came from a penalty, awarded to and executed by Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 5th minute. Ibrahimovic was just as emphatic against his former club Inter, as he previously has been towards former club Ajax. If he felt any pressure when he stepped up to the penalty spot, he certainly didn’t show it. Even with a laser light from the stands flickering over his face, Ibrahimovic resolutely slammed the ball into the bottom-left corner.
The clash of the Milan giants was not by any means pretty. It was never a beautiful game of football but AC Milan had come out to deal with their rivals, whatever was thrown at them. They even played the last half an hour with ten men, when Abate completely unnecessary earned his second yellow of the match. AC Milan still continued to control the game. Internazionale were disappointing but it is to AC Milan’s credit how they were in charge from start to finish. They are now favourites to win the title which they last won in the 2003-04 season.

The San Siro stadium is located in western Milan and is the home of both AC Milan and Internazionale Milano. The stadium opened in 1926 with a capacity of 26 000. Today the capacity is 80 074 and the stadium sometimes hosts the Italian national team and Italian national rugby team. In 2009 Italy played the New Zealand All Blacks in front of a sold out crowd, a record for Italian rugby.
The official name of the stadium is Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, named in honour of the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for both Internazionale and AC Milan.

Massimo Oddo is a 34 year old right-back who plays for AC Milan. He signed a new one year contract in July 2010. Oddo has also played 34 times for Italy and was part of the squad winning the 2006 FIFA World Championship.

Marco Borriello is a striker who plays for Italian side AS Roma, on loan from AC Milan.
He has also won 5 caps for Italy.