AC Milan and Inter will contest their fourth derby of the season and another will be played, because we are talking about the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) write this morning, the derbies so far this season have been an anomaly. Milan have everything to lose because the Coppa Italia is the last objective left for Sergio Conceiçao and his out-of-tune orchestra.
The Coppa is worth less than qualification for the Champions League, which has now vanished, there is at least the chance of getting in to the Europa League and adding a second trophy of the season, which would be at least something.
For Inter, the Coppa Italia is essential to duplicate the 2010 treble, given they are in the Scudetto race and the Champions League quarter-finals. Simone Inzaghi is a specialist in the Coppa Italia: at not even 50 years old he has won three, one with Lazio and two with Inter.
However, Conceiçao beat Inzaghi in January in Riyadh, in the final of the Supercoppa Italiana played out in Saudi Arabia, and this is where we need to start to understand where the two-legged derby in April will end up.
