Inter give Milan a massive wake up call

Inter recorded one of their best ever derby day wins against rivals Milan today, as they waltzed to a 4-0 victory. Most of the pre-match build up had been about how Milan could get something, after their good opening day of the season, and Inter’s disappointing opening day draw to Bari. But there was only one team in the game.

Motta opened the scoring with a sweet move involving new signings galore, before Rino Gattuso gave away a penalty which Milito duly converted. There was then a moment of strangeness, as Gattuso, who was carrying a knock, walked off, asking to be substituted, but before Seedorf was ready to replace him, Gattuso managed to get himself sent off. Inter made it 3-0 before half time and the match was well over.

Dejan Stanković scored a brilliant long range effort (above) in the second half to make it 4-0, and Inter played most of the second half in second gear.

After the sale of Ricky Kaká to Real Madrid over the summer, it was assumed that the oppurtunity would be made to rebuild a seriously aged Milan side, but that hasn’t been the case at all. They’ve bought in Huntalaar, who is a good signing, but one player does not a whole team make. And Milan have looked like a retirement home for a few years now, and you would have thought with that Kaká money, they would have used it to start putting together a new generation – alas club debts and choices by the ownership seem to have stopped that from happening.

There isn’t much room left to maneuver in the transfer window, but judging on this performance, this Milan team isn’t good enough to be where they would expect to be, not helped by the refusal of the big names to turn up. Ronaldinho whined his way through the first half before disappearing in the second, Pirlo looked completely absent.

So much for Inter’s slow start to the season huh?

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