Sunday night's Milanese derby
has been sold out with gate receipts of over 4.5 million euros
and more than 180 countries will be hooked up on live TV, source
said Friday, saying the Inter-Milan game will set a new Serie A
record.
More than 220 journalists will be accredited, including 100
from outside Italy, they said.
In the latest team news, Portugal forward André Silva will
replace Croatia's injured Nikola Kalinic.
Milan striker Fabio Borini said Inter, second in Serie A
along with Juventus, two points behind leaders Napoli, were
favourites but the derby was always "a game in itself".
He said fifth-placed Milan would try their bets to spring a
surprise and admitted part of his job would be to curb the
forays of Inter's Croatian striker Ivan Perisic.
Inter's Spanish midfielder Borja Valero said "the derby won't
go to the Rossoneri", who spent heavily over the summer after
ex-premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi bowed out to the
club's new Chinese owners.
Luciano Spalletti's men are the favourites for the Italian
bookies at 2.2 compared to 3.3 for Vincenzo Montella's men.
Here are the likely teams:
Inter (4-2-3-1): 1 Handanovic; 33 D'Ambrosio, 27 Skriniar, 25
Miranda, 55 Nagatomo; 5 Gagliardini, 20 Borja Valero; 87
Candreva, 10 Joao Mario, 44 Perisic; 9 Icardi (27 Padelli, 46
Berni, 29 Dalbert, 21 Santon, 13 Ranocchia, 7 Cancelo, 11
Vecino, 17 Karamoh, 23 Eder, 99 Pinamonti). Coach: Spalletti
Injured: Brozovic
Banned: no one
On a yellow: no one
Milan (3-4-2-1): 99 G. Donnarumma; 22 Musacchio, 19 Bonucci,
13 Romagnoli; 11 Borini, 79 Kessie, 21 Biglia, 68 Rodriguez; 8
Suso, 5 Bonaventura; 9 Silva (30 Storari, 90 A. Donnarumma, 29
Paletta, 17 Zapata, 15 Gomez, 20 Abate, 18 Montolivo, 73
Locatelli, 4 Mauri, 2 Calabria, 63 Cutrone). Coach: Montella.
Injured: Antonelli, Conti, Kalinic.
Banned: Calhanoglu.
On a yellow: no one.
Referee: Tagliavento from Terni
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