Final score

14 April 2006 18:00

AC Milan
25' (2nd half) Kaladze
Inter
Referee: Massimo De Santis / Linesmen: Calcagno, Baglioni / Fourth official: Morganti
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Minute Text commentary
46' Half time. AC Milan 0-0 Inter.
46' Gilardino goes down in the box again after losing control of the ball in a duel with Materazzi. Seedorf fails to keep the loose ball in play.
45' 1 minute of added time.
45' The Meazza roars as Gilardino goes down on the edge of the Inter area. But ref De Santis isn't fooled and lets play continue. The Nerazzurri hit Milan on the break and Javier Zanetti has a shot easily saved by Dida.
43' Cordoba makes a headed clearance from Pirlo's cross from the left.
43' Free kick to Milan just inside our half for a Materazzi foul on Gilardino.
42' Gilardino's shot on the turn is blocked by the Nerazzurri defence.
42' Cafu's cross from Seedorf's ball wide is blocked by Burdisso.
41' Kaka's cross from the left is blocked by Cristiano Zanetti, who is marking the Brazilian tightly this evening.
40' Stankovic's first-time ball down the left for Adriano is intercepted by Nesta but the flag goes up for offside.
38' Pirlo's cross goes behind at the far post. Goal kick to Inter.
37' At the other end Milan win a free kick just outside the Inter area.
37' Four Milan players surround Adriano as the Inter number ten attacks back.
36' Materazzi blocks a Gattuso cross as Milan attack Inter down the right.
34' Gilardino handles in the Inter box. Free kick to the Nerazzurri.
30' Adriano's cross from the left is headed clear by Paolo Maldini, who is playing his 50th Milan derby today.
30' Adriano takes on two opponents but is dispossessed by a third after a central run.
27' Cafu is yellow-carded for a tactical foul on Burdisso.
27' Dida comes to the edge of his area and sweeps clear to deny Adriano a chance from Pirlo's back pass.
24' Stankovic beats Cafu to Pirlo's ball wide and heads out for a Milan corner.
23' Burdisso chests a Maldini cross back to Julio Cesar to end a Milan attack.
21' Adriano meets Stankovic's short pass on the left. Kaladze tackles the Brazilian and Inter win a corner.
21' The corner is cleared as far as Cristiano Zanetti, whose low shot from the loose ball is saved by Dida.
18' Cambiasso's back-post header from the corner kick is wide.
18' Nerazzurri close to an opener. Dida fails to hold Stankovic's fierce diagonal shot and Inter win a corner.
18' Adriano takes on three Rossoneri players during a mazy run in the Milan area then collides with Maldini.
16' Good chance for Milan. Cafu wins a duel with Burdisso on the right-wing by-line and crosses into the area. Gilardino heads over from close range but De Santis awards Inter a free kick for a foul by the Italian striker.
14' Figo's through ball for Adriano is blocked by Nesta.
13' Adriano's shot from the edge of the box is blocked. Inter remain in attack and Stankovic sends his follow-up over Dida's bar.
12' Overhead kick by Kaka from Cafu's cross. It's well wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post.
10' Sinisa Mihajlovic is unable to continue and is replaced by Marco Materazzi.
9' Kaladze overhits his long-range pass for the Rossoneri front men. Julio Cesar collects.
8' Free kick to Milan 25 yards out on the left wing, awarded for a Cristiano Zanetti.
8' Julio Cesar beats Nesta to Pirlo's inswinging free kick.
7' Sheva receives from Seedorf then muscles his way into the Inter area. Inter win a free kick for a foul by the Ukraine striker on Javier Zanetti.
5' Adriano runs on to a long ball down the left by Mihajlovic and wins an attacking throw-in for the Nerazzurri after a tackle by Nesta.
4' Free kick to Milan on the halfway line for a Stankovic foul on Cafu.
4' Maldini overhits his long-range pass for Gilardino. Julio Cesar collects.
3' Dida punches clear Mihajlovic's cross from the right-wing corner flag.
3' Figo takes on Maldini on the right then whips in a cross for Adriano. Nesta beats the Brazilian to the ball and concedes a corner.
2' Mihajlovic's outswinging free kick is cleared by the Milan defence.
1' Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for the 264th 'derby della Madonnina'.
1' Free kick to Inter midway inside the Milan half on the left wing for a Cafu foul on Stankovic.
1' AC Milan kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!!!
1' Inter coach Roberto Mancini replies with this 4-5-1 line-up: 12 Julio Cesar; 4 J. Zanetti, 2 Cordoba, 11 Mihajlovic, 3 Burdisso; 7 Figo, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Pizarro, 6 C.Zanetti, 5 Stankovic; 10 Adriano.
1' AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti has opted for a 4-3-3 formation: 1 Dida; 2 Cafu, 13 Nesta, 4 Kaladze, 3 Maldini; 8 Gattuso, 21 Pirlo, 20 Seedorf; 7 Shevchenko, 22 Kaka, 11 Gilardino.
Minute Text commentary
49' Full time. AC Milan beat Inter 1-0.
49' Cordoba is yellow-carded.
49' Another high ball in by Figo. This time it goes behind for a Milan goal kick.
48' Dida rises to catch Figo's high ball in from the right channel.
47' Stankovic forces Dida into a save with a sweetly-struck shot from 20 yards which takes a slight deflection.
46' Dida fails to hold a Figo cross from the left-wing corner flag but the Milan defence clears.
45' 4 minutes of added time.
45' Seedorf is booked for a foul on Javier Zanetti. That's the seventh booking of the evening.
43' De Santis books Nicolas Burdisso.
43' Good chance for Inter. Dida comes off his line to deny Adriano a chance from a J.Zanetti cross. The ball falls to Cambiasso who heads wide of an open goal.
38' Inter replace Pizarro with Solari.
37' Milan bring on Rui Costa for Shevchenko. The Rossoneri switch from a 4-3-3 to a Christmas tree formation.
36' Stankovic's ball in from the left is cleared by Maldini.
34' Milan replace Pirlo with Vogel.
34' Kaladze blocks a Figo ball into the Milan area. Cambiasso's volley from the loose ball is over the crossbar.
31' Gilardino is booked by De Santis for pushing Stankovic.
31' Roberto Mancini brings on Obafemi Martins for Cristiano Zanetti and the Nerazzurri switch from a 4-5-1 to a 4-4-2.
30' Dejan Stankovic's cross-shot from the edge of the Rossoneri area goes behind the far post.
30' FORZA RAGAZZI!!!!
30' Kaladze makes a headed clearance from Stankovic's cross from the right.
29' Adriano tries to take the ball past four opponents but is dispossessed in the Milan area.
28' Milan bring on Billy Costacurta for Cafu.
26' Stankovic's right-foot shot from the left edge of the Milan area is saved at the near post by Dida.
25' Unmarked in the Nerazzurri area, Kaladze controls a high ball from Seedorf before crashing home his shot to give AC Milan the lead.
24' Pirlo's free kick is cleared by the Inter defence.
24' Free kick to Milan 35 yards out on the right.
21' Two good chances for Milan. Shevchenko's header is cleared by Cordoba as far as Kaka, whose follow-up shot is miraculously saved by Julio Cesar.
20' It takes two Milan players to dispossess Cristiano Zanetti on the right-wing by-line.
19' Pirlo is yellow-carded for fouling Cambiasso. Free kick to Inter in a central position 40 yards out.
16' Cristiano Zanetti is booked for a foul on Seedorf.
15' Pizarro's cross from the right is caught by Dida.
15' Oooohhhhhh. Stankovic keeps a Cambiasso pass in play on the left then whips in a cross. Luis Figo's header is narrowly wide of the left post.
14' Kaladze blocks a Javier Zanetti cross from the right.
11' Good chance for Milan. Seedorf's diagonal shot is saved by Julio Cesar's legs.
9' Julio Cesar comes off his line to beat Gilardino to Seedorf's pass.
9' Adriano battles for the ball with Maldini on the right and goes down after contact with Milan captain but the free kick is given the other way.
7' Materazzi is booked for tripping Cafu on the halfway line.
6' Figo's cross from the left goes out of play at the back post.
5' Adriano storms forward after receiving from Figo but commits a foul on Kaladze in the Milan area.
4' Ivan Cordoba ends a Milan attack with a well-timed tackle on his ex-team-mate Clarence Seedorf.
2' Play is momentarily halted as Gattuso receives medical attention to a knock to the head sustained in a duel with Cambiasso.
1' Inter kick off the second half. FORZA RAGAZZI!!!!!!!!!
1' Great defending by Nicolas Burdisso, who elegantly dispossesses Kaka on the right wing.
Zanetti
6.35
6.35
Zanetti
6.23
6.23
Cordoba
5.49
5.49
Materazzi
6.28
6.28
Adriano
5.9
5.9
Martins
4.74
4.74
Stankovic
6.02
6.02
Cambiasso
5.82
5.82
Burdisso
5.02
5.02
Mihajlovic
4.83
4.83
Solari
5.49
5.49
Julio Cesar
5.53
5.53
Pizarro
4.68
4.68
Figo
6.43
6.43
Average rating 5.63
3 shots on target 5
4 shots off target 8
24 fouls committed 19
4 corners 5
3 offsides 4
25:00 ball possession 26:56
Disciplinary situation

AC Milan
Disqualified: -
Cautioned: Andrea Pirlo, Manuel Rui Costa
Inter
Disqualified: Julio Cruz (automatic one-match ban for sending-off against Ascoli)
Cautioned: Nicolas Burdisso, Luis Figo

The ref: Massimo De Santis

Place and date of birth: Tivoli (Roma), 08/04/1962
Refereeing section: Tivoli (Roma)
Serie A debut: 07/05/1995 Sampdoria-Brescia 2-1

Matches refereed by De Santis

AC Milan

Inter

Wins

10

8

Draws

12

6

Defeats

5

6

Milan derbies from 1929-30 to present day

1929/30 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-0 2-1
1930/31 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 4-1
1931/32 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 3-2
1932/33 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 5-4 3-1
1933/34 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-0 2-1
1934/35 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-0 2-2
1935/36 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 2-2
1936/37 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1937/38 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-1 0-1
1938/39 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-0 1-3
1939/40 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-3 3-1
1940/41 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 1-0
1941/42 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 1-2
1942/43 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-1 3-0
1945/46 Championship Inter-AC Milan 2-0 3-1
1945/46 Championship Inter-AC Milan 0-1 2-3
1946/47 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-2 1-3
1947/48 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-2 2-3
1948/49 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 4-4 2-0
1949/50 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 6-5 1-3
1950/51 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 3-2
1951/52 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 1-2
1952/53 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 1-0
1953/54 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-0 0-2
1954/55 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1955/56 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-1 2-1
1956/57 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1957/58 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-0 2-2
1958 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 1-1 2-3
1958/59 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-0 1-1
1959/60 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 3-5
1960/61 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-2 1-0
1961/62 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-3 2-0
1962/63 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1963/64 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-2 1-1
1964/65 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 5-2 0-3
1965/66 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 2-1
1966/67 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 4-0 1-0
1967/68 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1967/68 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 0-0 2-4
1968/69 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 0-1
1969/70 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 1-0
1970/71 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-0 0-3
1971/72 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-3 1-1
1971/72 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-1
1972/73 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-2 2-3
1973/74 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-1 5-1
1973/74 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 2-1 1-0
1974/75 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 0-3
1974/75 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-0
1975/76 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-2
1976/77 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 1-1
1976/77 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan ---- 0-2
1977/78 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-3 0-0
1978/79 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 0-1
1979/80 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-0 1-0
1980/81 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan ---- 1-0
1980/81 Mundial. Inter-AC Milan 3-1 ----
1981/82 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 2-2 ----
1981/82 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-1 1-0
1982/83 Mundialito Inter-AC Milan ---- 1-2
1983/84 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-0 0-0
1984/85 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 1-2
1984/85 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 1-2 1-1
1985/86 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-0 2-2
1986/87 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-2 0-0
1986/87 Mundialito Inter-AC Milan ---- 0-0
1987/88 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-2
1988/89 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-0 1-0
1989/90 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-3 3-1
1990/91 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 1-0
1991/92 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 0-1
1992/93 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-1
1992/93 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 0-3 0-0
1993/94 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-2 1-2
1994/95 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-1 1-1
1994/95 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 2-1 2-1
1995/96 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-1 1-0
1996/97 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-1 1-1
1997/98 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 3-0
1997/98 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 1-0 0-5
1998/99 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-2 2-2
1999/00 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-2 2-1
1999/00 Coppa Italia Inter-AC Milan 1-1 3-2
2000/01 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-6 2-2
2001/02 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 2-4 1-0
2002/03 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-1
2002/03 UCL Inter-AC Milan 1-1 0-0
2003/04 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 1-3 2-3
2004/05 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-0
2004/05 UCL Inter-AC Milan 0-3 (forfeit win) 0-2
2005/06 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-2 ----

Mancini v Ancelotti

Roberto Mancini has won 3, drawn 3 and lost 6 of his 12 matches against current Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti. April is one of Mancini's two best calendar months (the other is December), with 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 19 matches and a points per match average of 2.10.

Details:

2000/01 Serie A Fiorentina-Juventus 1-3 ----
2002/03 Serie A Lazio-AC Milan 1-1 2-2
2003/04 Coppa Italia Lazio-AC Milan 4-0 2-1
2003/04 Serie A Lazio-AC Milan 0-1 0-1
2004/05 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 0-1 0-0
2004/05 UCL Inter-AC Milan 0-3 (forfeit win) 0-2
2005/06 Serie A Inter-AC Milan 3-2 ----

Rossoneri unbeaten at home since 8 May 2005

AC Milan 0-1 Juventus last 8 May was the Rossoneri's last home defeat. Since then the Rossoneri have collected 21 wins (7 from last 7 games) and 3 draws at the San Siro.

Milan's scoring form at home

AC Milan have scored in each of their last 18 home matches in all competitions, netting a total of 52 goals. The Rossoneri last failed to score at the Meazza on 19 October 2005 when they were held to a 0-0 Champions League draw by PSV Eindhoven. Ancelotti's side have scored in each their last 17 Serie A home matches (total 48 goals). Their last league match at the Meazza without a goal was AC Milan 0-1 Juventus on 8 May 2005.

Fair play Milan

With just 40 yellow cards in 33 Serie A matches, AC Milan are the division's most disciplined team. Furthermore, the Rossoneri are the only Serie A team not to have had a player sent off this season.

Shevchenko danger for Inter

Of Ukraine hitman Shevchenko's 173 goals in competitive matches for AC Milan, 14 have come in games against Inter: 1 in Inter-AC Milan (1999/00 Serie A), 2 in AC Milan-Inter (1999/00 Coppa Italia), 1 in Inter-AC Milan (1999/00 Coppa Italia), 1 in AC Milan-Inter (1999/00 Serie A), 2 in Inter-AC Milan (2000/01 Serie A), 2 in Inter-AC Milan (2001/02 Serie A), 1 in Inter-AC Milan (2002/03 Champions League), 1 in Inter-AC Milan (2003/04 Serie A), 1 in AC Milan-Inter (2004/05 Champions League), 1 in Inter-AC Milan (2004/05 Champions League) and 1 in Inter-AC Milan (2005/06 Serie A).

Inter: 11 goals from subs

Of Inter's 61 Serie A goals in 2005/06, 11 have been scored by substitutes: Cruz (5), Adriano (2), Cambiasso (1), Pizarro (1), Recoba (1) and Mihajlovic (1). No other team has scored as many goals with subs this season.

Inter: 22 Serie A wins this season

With 22 victories in the 2005/06 season the Nerazzurri are 4 wins away from their previous best: 26 victories in the Scudetto-winning 1988/89 season.

Inter: 1 win in last 8 away matches

Last Saturday's 2-1 victory at Ascoli was Inter's first win in eight away matches (4 draws, 3 defeats in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League fixtures).

DA IMPLEMENTARE
wins(38) draws(28) defeats(34)
MILAN - Kakha Kaladze's second-half goal proved the difference as AC Milan beat Inter 1-0 in Serie A Week 34. The result sees the Nerazzurri slip to five points behind their cross-city rivals with four league matches remaining.

For the 264th Milan derby Roberto Mancini opted for a five-man midfield of Figo, Cambiasso, Pizarro, C.Zanetti and Stankovic deployed behind lone striker Adriano, with a defensive line of J.Zanetti, Cordoba, Mihajlovic and Burdisso in front of Julio Cesar, who was back between the posts after an injury to Toldo.

The Inter boss was forced to make an early change, with Materazzi on for Mihajlovic after the Serb suffered a muscle injury in the opening minutes.

The clearest chance of the opening forty-five fell to Dejan Stankovic on 18 minutes, with Dida failing to hold the Serb's fierce diagonal shot.

Milan went close 11 minutes after the restart when Julio Cesar parried a low shot by Seedorf with his legs, with the Nerazzurri going even closer minutes later when Figo headed narrowly wide from a Stankovic cross.

Julio Cesar was called into action again on 66 minutes with a crucial save from Kakà's poked shot after Cordoba's goalline clearance from a Shevchenko header.

But there was nothing Inter's Brazilian keeper could do to stop Milan taking the lead on 70 minutes when the unmarked Kaladze controlled a high ball from Seedorf before crashing home.

Esteban Cambiasso headed wide of an open goal in the final stages as the Rossoneri held on for their 56th derby victory since the Serie A championship became a one-division affair in 1929/30.

AC MILAN 1-0 INTER (HT: 0-0)

Scorer: Kaladze 70

AC MILAN: 1 Dida; 2 Cafu (5 Costacurta 73), 13 Nesta, 4 Kaladze, 3 Maldini; 8 Gattuso, 21 Pirlo (14 Vogel 79), 20 Seedorf; 7 Shevchenko (10 Rui Costa 82), 22 Kakà, 11 Gilardino
Subs not used: 16 Kalac, 17 Simic, 18 Jankulovski, 37 Amoroso
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

INTER: 12 Julio Cesar; 4 J.Zanetti, 2 Cordoba, 11 Mihajlovic (23 Materazzi 10), 3 Burdisso; 7 Figo, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Pizarro (21 Solari 83), 6 C.Zanetti (30 Martins 76), 5 Stankovic; 10 Adriano
Subs not used: 22 Orlandoni, 16 Favalli, 18 Kily Gonzalez, 25 Samuel
Coach: Roberto Mancini

Referee: Massimo De Santis (Tivoli)

Booked: Cafu 27, Materazzi 52, C.Zanetti 61, Pirlo 64, Gilardino 76, Burdisso 88, Seedorf 90, Cordoba 90+4

starting lineups

Dida 12 Julio Cesar
Cafu 4 Zanetti
Nesta 2 Cordoba
Kaladze 11 Mihajlovic
Maldini 3 Burdisso
Gattuso 7 Figo
Pirlo 8 Pizarro
Seedorf 6 Zanetti
Shevchenko 19 Cambiasso
Kakà 5 Stankovic
Gilardino 10 Adriano

substitutes

Kalac 22 Orlandoni
Costacurta 16 Favalli
Rui Costa 23 Materazzi
Vogel 25 Samuel
Simic 18 Kily Gonzalez
Jankulovski 21 Solari
Amoroso 30 Martins