Milan, trailing by two goals, overthrew its great rival, Inter, who remained on three consecutive victories in the Italian Super Cup, to win 3-2 in the final this Monday in Riyadh. The Interists seemed to be heading towards easy success thanks to their Argentine captain Lautaro Martinez (45th + 2), who had scored only one goal in two months, and Mehdi Taremi, started in place of Marcus Thuram, left at rest (47th).
But as they had already done in the semi-final against Juventus Turin who led 1-0 before losing 2-1, AC Milan showed a completely different face after the break. Théo Hernandez gave the Rossoneri hope with a direct free kick (52nd). The team led for the second time by Sergio Conceiçao took the lead and logically equalized thanks to Christian Pulisic (80th).
Tammy Abraham offered victory in added time (90th + 3) to his team, crowned for the eighth time in its history in the Italian Super Cup – one step behind the record of Juventus Turin (9) -, for the first time since 2016 and tied with its neighbor in the prize list of this tournament created in 1988.
First pitting the Italian champion against the Cup winner in one match, the format changed in 2023 to four teams with the integration of the vice-champion and the Cup finalist. AC Milan, behind in the league (8th, seventeen points from the lead, with two games in hand) had not won a title since their championship coronation in 2022.
