The Grand Finale of the UEFA Champions League will be on June 10th at Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. With only one round to go, two spots are entirely up for grabs, but one seems less so than the other. On Tuesday May 16th (3:00 pm ET), Inter Milan will ‘host’ Game 2 of the UCL Semifinals in the same stadium both inner-city rival teams share: San Siro.
With a 2-0 aggregate score, Inter Milan are now deemed the heavy favorites to advance to the final. The good news for AC Milan is that, despite losing 0-2 as the home team in Game 1, UEFA has done away with its ‘away goal rule’ which would have benefitted the Nerazzuri even more.
The Italian UCL derby will take place on the day prior to the other semifinal (Manchester City vs Real Madrid), and will determine the first finalist of Europe’s marquee tournament.
How to watch Inter Milan vs AC Milan
- Date and time: Tuesday, May 16 | 3:00 pm ET
- Venue: San Siro Stadium. Milan, Italy
- TV: CBS
- Live Stream: Paramount+ and CBS.com
What went down in Game 1: AC Milan vs Inter Milan
Inter were given a boost just prior to kick-off in Game 1 with the news that Rafael Leao would not be involved, courtesy of a hamstring injury. It took just eight minutes of play for head coach Simone Inzaghi’s side to take the lead, stunning the stadium both teams share into silence. A corner was played into the penalty area and forward Edin Dzeko produced a sumptuous volley into the roof of the net to open the scoring (8′).
AC Milan then looked like collapsing with it being 2-0 within the blink of an eye. A totally untracked run from Henrikh Mkhitaryan (11′) split the AC Milan midfield, and the Armenian forward was able to burst into the penalty area and curl a side-footed shot beyond Mike Maignan.
Luckily for AC Milan, the bleed stopped there and they were about the hold the score for the remaining 79 minutes of regulation time.