To see the city rivals face off these days is akin to watching a concert headlined by superstars of music who no longer know how to hit the high notes
• Match report: 214th Derby della Madonnina
• Serie A table
Expectations were not high for the 214th Derby della Madonnina. Milan and Internazionale occupied ninth and 10th place respectively in the Serie A table. The editors at Corriere della Sera could think of no more optimistic angle for a preview than to list five occasions when the derby was even more dismal.
Among the fixtures recalled was a 0-0 draw from 27 March 1977, a season in which Milan flirted with relegation. So devoid of incident was that particular match that the state broadcaster, Rai, preferred to show archive footage of a decade-old encounter during their evening magazine show, Domenica Sportiva.
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