SAN SIRO

 

There are plenty of iconic football stadia in the world...........

this is the spectacular San Siro, Milan, one of the great stadiums in football. San Siro is the place in Milan where the stadium is sited. The first game played here was in September 19th 1926, when AC Milan played rivals Inter Milan(Internazionale) and lost 3-6. 

In 1947 Inter moved in to share the stadium, which was renamed Stadio Giuseppi Meazza, after a player who had played for both clubs. He played during the 1920-1940s and was later Inter manager. 

Here is Sanchez in the new kit zig-zaggy kit Inter kit.

AC Milan, founded in 1899, stands for Associazione Calcio (calcio-is the Italian name for football in its historic form). AC Milan are known as the Rossoneri-red and blacks.

Here is Kaka in the kit.

The stadium, of course, is generally known as the San Siro and holds 80,000. It hosted the World Cup in 1934 and 1990 and many Euro Finals including those of 1965 won by Inter, 1970 won by Feyenoord, 2001 won by Bayern M and 2016 won by Real Madrid.

The San Siro has also hosted boxing, rugby union (Italy v New Zealand in 2009) and concerts including Ed Sheeren in June 2019

Inter, founded in 1908, has never been relegated for the top Italian division.

The derby between the two Milan clubs, is known as the "Della Madonnina", named after the statue of the Virgin Mary on the Duomo, the Little Madonna. 

The derby was first played on January 10th 1909. Their first meeting was on January 10th 1909 which AC Milan won 3-2

In all 225 derby games:

Inter have won 82 games scoring 309 goals winning 39 trophies in various competitions

AC have won 76 games scoring 301 goals winning 48 trophies....

the rest of the derby games have been drawn!

Most recently on February 9th 2020, Inter beat AC Milan 4-2

There have also been 71 unofficial meetings of the two clubs.

The largest gap between the two was a 0-6 victory for Milan on May 11th 2001 in Serie A.