When the curtain fell on the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh last Sunday, football fans will not stop turning their sports passion to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia when it hosts a major Italian Super Cup championship with a purely Italian flavor. a title that will bring together two neighbors AC Milan and Inter Milan next Wednesday, January 18, at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, an ancient and historic derby that has been called the “Derby of Wrath” due to the weight it represents at the level of the Italian football in particular, and European football in general, will attract the attention of fans on Wednesday evening when the Kingdom will host the tournament organized by the Ministry of Sports for the third time as part of the events of the Diria 2022 season. , in its second edition.
Given the two teams and how they confirmed their presence in Riyadh, coincidentally the two teams wrote the number (11) before signing their presence in the Kingdom as Milan won the Italian league title after being absent (11). ) years, and the same applies to Inter Milan who were crowned in the Coppa Italia after an absence of the same period of time.
The participant of the first meeting, AC Milan, managed to win the Italian league title in its latest version and return the cup to the club’s coffers thanks to the contribution of an all-star battalion led by coach Violi, combining experience led by Swede Ibrahimovic and Frenchman Giro, and the spirit of youth in brilliant names led by the Algerian Ismail Ben Nasser, and the Portuguese Liao, as well as the Frenchman Theo Hernandez, and others, and his neighbor and historical rival Inter Milan, he visits after he won the Italian title, after defeating his rival Juventus in the final match to complete a successful career of the last two years, including reaching the Italian league title. the Supercup title he won a year ago in Milan, where he aims, under the guidance of his young coach Simeone Inzaghi, to continue to record success with a group of outstanding elements, including Italian Barella and Argentinean Lautaro Martinez, and led by elements of experience, including Slovenian Samir Handanovic and Dutchman Steffen de Vree.
The upcoming match at the King Fahd Stadium, which is expected to attract a large audience, will be the goal of the two clubs. Who will jump for joy in the stands of the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, hugging the Super Bowl?