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First meets third as Inter and AC Milan prepare for first derby of the season

The first Derby della Madonnina of the season will clarify whether AC Milan or Inter are ready to challenge for the Scudetto.
By Graham Ruthven

San Siro stands as a monument to everything Italian football was and still is. Once an engineering marvel, the historic stadium, set to be demolished and replaced by 2031, is now living on borrowed time. Some have drawn parallels between its crumbling condition and the state of Italian football as a whole, with the national team still struggling.

AC Milan and Inter are seeking to recapture past glories this season. The former haven’t been Italian champions since 2022 and have suffered something of an identity crisis in recent years, while the latter are trying to move on from the Simone Inzaghi era, which ended in the summer