Sergio Conceicao's Milan staged an extraordinary comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in stoppages, with Rafael Leao inspiring all three goals, ending Inter's dominance in the Supercoppa Italiana.
Already in the last minute of the first half, Emerson Royal was surprised by a quick throw-in from Dimarco for Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Taremi held the ball from left to right for Lautaro Martinez, who hit back to Thiaw to pass through Theo Hernandez's legs to the near edge to drill. bottom corner. It was the Argentinian's fourth goal in the Supercoppa Italiana, equaling Paulo Dybala's record.
The Nerazzurri doubled their lead within 60 seconds of the restart, when Taremi showed great skill in controlling a long ball over the top, with the first touch setting him up perfectly to drive into the near bottom corner with the inside of the right boot wipe.
Rafael Leao was thrown in and made an immediate impact, brought down by Mkhitaryan for a free-kick from the edge of the area, which Theo Hernandez curled around the wall to surprise Yann Sommer at the near post.
Milan had a huge chance to equalize on 62 minutes when Leao sprinted past Yann Bisseck and pulled back from the byline ahead of Reijnders, but Bastoni threw himself in the way to charge face-first across the finish line from seven yards.
Milan completed the comeback for 2-2 when Rafael Leao sent Theo Hernandez down the left, he pulled the ball back for Pulisic to control and turned low into the far bottom corner from twelve yards.
Maignan rushed off his line to reduce Dumfries' angle after Thiaw's sliding tackle on Davide Frattesi, but Milan had another shock in the back pocket.
In the 93rd minute, Rafael Leao ran onto Pulisic's through ball down the right flank and pulled it over for substitute Tammy Abraham to tap in from a few yards. It was the comeback from 0-2 to 3-2 and took Milan to their first trophy under new coach Sergio Conceicao.
Competition events
46' GOAL! Inter 1-0 Milan (Lautaro Martínez)
47' GOAL! Inter 2-0 Milan (Mehdi Taremi)
52' GOAL! Inter 2-1 Milan (Theo)
80' GOAL! Inter 2-2 Milan (Christian Pulisic)
93' GOAL! Inter 2-3 Milan (Tammy Abraham)
Setups
Inter XI: Sommer, Mkhitaryan, De Vrij, Calhanoglu, M. Taremi, Dimarco, Barella, Dumfries, Lautaro, Bastoni, Yann Bisseck
Subs: Darmian, Arnautovic, Zielinski, Correa, Thuram, Frattesi, Josep Martínez, Carlos Augusto, Tajon Buchanan, Kristjan Asllani, Alessandro Calligaris, Tomás Palacios, Mike Aidoo, Christos Alexiou, Thomas Berenbruch
Milan XI: Morata, Maignan, Tomori, Theo, Pulisic, Aparecido, Tijjani Reijnders, Yunus Musah, Youssouf Fofana, Malick Thiaw, Álex Jiménez
Subs: Sportiello, Loftus-Cheek, Calabria, Jovic, Bennacer, Abraham, Gabbia, Leao, S. Pavlovic, Filippo Terracciano, Chaka Traorè, Silvano Vos, Davide Bartesaghi, Kevin Zeroli, Francesco Camarda
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