The biggest match of the year in Italy takes place Saturday when first-place AC Milan faces second-place Inter Milan (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 2:30 pm ET). Inter has reduced its city rival’slead to two points with eight games to play.
All the attention centers on Inter’s Brazilian coach, Leonardo, who coached Milan last season and tookover at Inter in mid-season in place of Rafa Benitez.
Leonardo tried to downplay his role in the match, saying “this is not ‘my’ match. It isInter’s and the players’. I am not looking for revenge. He also tried to minimize the importance of the game in the Scudetto race,
“There is a lot riding on this derby psychologically,”he said, “but arithmetically speaking it cannot be decisive as there are seven games left and 21 points to pick up.”