Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer superstar, witnessed his sadness for the third time in this stadium, when he suffered a serious injury in the semi-final of the Coppa Italia in 1999, not long after his return to the field of play! Also in the final round of the 1998-1999 Serie A season, he lost the title here.
This time, Dallo and Inter Milan were left with grief and loss in Rome again. Inter Milan lost on the road and was overtaken by Juventus and Roma, dropping from the top of the table to third place in the Serie A table. Juventus, on the other hand, brought an unexpected surprise by beating Udinese on the road to win the Serie A title under Lippi's leadership. Meanwhile, Lazio team managed to advance to the sixth place in the table.
It was as if everything was destiny. In that season, Boboski scored only four Serie A goals, yet in this match he scored twice, shattering Inter's dreams of winning the title. Although Inter started well, leading twice, they were turned back twice. Thankfully, Danilo led the Brazilian men's soccer team to the World Cup title in less than two months, winning top scorer with eight goals.
I still remember that night, as a Milan fan, I was dragged to a BBQ restaurant to watch the game by a die-hard Inter Milan brother. He invited us to share a meal while excitedly celebrating the championship. However, the result of the match brought him to tears.
We AC Milan fans cheered when Vieri broke the deadlock. After all, Moratti had invested heavily over the years and it was a relief to finally win the Serie A title.
The game disheartened Big Lo, who chose to leave Inter Milan and return to La Liga to join Galacticos Real Madrid.
Reicoba, known as the "China Boy", was also in tears after the game.
Let's take a look back at this star-studded rivalry with a look at the rosters of both teams' starters and substitutes.
Lazio (4-4-1-1): Peruzzi/Stam, Nesta, Cotto, Favalli/Boboschi, Giannecedda, Simone (Dino Baggio, 77th minute), Stankovic (Cesar, 60th minute)/Fiore/Inzaghi Jr.
Inter Milan (4-4-2): Di Biagio, Zanetti (Emre, 72nd minute), Recoba/Vieri, Ronaldo (Caron, 77th minute), Toldo/Sanetti, Cordoba, Materazzi, Gresko/Conceição (Dalma, 59th minute).
