A few days ago, the Polish midfielder entered the Inter Milan starting line-up for the first time. In addition, he performed very successfully against Manchester City in the Champions League. The Italian media admired his game, the coach praised him, so it is hoped that Zieliński will stay in the starting lineup for a long time.
However, that was not to be and on Sunday night he was back on the bench. He watched his first Milan derby from the stands for over 70 minutes. Henrikh Mkhitaryan ran laps around the pitch.
Milan Derby. Piotr Zieliński makes history
More than a quarter of an hour before the end of the match, Zieliński got the signal to come on, replacing Nicolo Barella and becoming the first Polish player to play in a Milan derby for Inter (Krzysztof Piątek had previously achieved this honour at Milan). But he didn’t have time to show much.
Inter then drew 1-1. Federico Dimarco replied to Christian Pulisic’s early goal with an individual rally. It looked like the points would be shared, but before the end of regular time, Milan took a free kick. Tijjani Reijnders crossed and Matteo Gabbia scored to make it 2-1.
