Derby d'Italia
| Other names | Derby of Italy |
|---|---|
| Locale | Northwest Italy |
| Teams | |
| First meeting |
Juventus 2–0 Inter Italian Football Championship (14 November 1909) |
| Latest meeting |
Inter 2–1 Juventus Serie A (18 September 2016) |
| Next meeting |
Juventus – Inter Serie A (5 February 2017) |
| Stadiums |
San Siro (Internazionale) Juventus Stadium (Juventus) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | Official matches: 230 Unofficial matches: 5 Total matches: 235 |
| Most wins | Official matches: Juventus (103) Unofficial matches: Juventus (3) Total matches: Juventus (106) |
| Top scorer |
Giuseppe Meazza Omar Sívori Roberto Boninsegna (12) |
| Largest victory |
Juventus 9–1 Internazionale Serie A (10 June 1961) |
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The Derby d'Italia (English: Derby of Italy) is the name given to football matches between Internazionale of Milan and Juventus of Turin. The term was coined back in 1967 by Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera.
The matchup between Juventus and Inter is perhaps the most intense match in Italy between two teams from different cities, because, the two teams are also ranked first and second in wins and goals in Serie A history.
As the teams are from the two biggest cities in Northwest Italy, the derby has also come to represent a regional rivalry. Incidents from this fixture have occasionally made its way into political debates as Turin and Milan are regional capitals and their respective regions of Piedmont and Lombardy have mostly been ruled by various opposing parties.
After a pitch invasion during a derby fixture in the 1960–61 season, Lega Calcio awarded the match to Inter but later overturned the decision and ordered a replay, much to the fury of Inter president Angelo Moratti and club supporters. Moratti accused the Italian football association of favouritism due to the Agnelli family's influence, as Umberto Agnelli was FIGC president at that time, although the competition was ruled by Lega Calcio since 1946. In protest, Inter fielded their youth players for the replay and were thrashed 9–1. Juventus striker Omar Sívori scored six goals in the match and went on to win the Ballon d'Or that year.
During the 1997–98 fixture at the Stadio delle Alpi, there was controversy over referee Piero Ceccarini's decision not to award a penalty for Mark Iuliano's foul on Inter forward Ronaldo. Juventus, up 1–0 at the time of the incident, were after few seconds awarded a penalty which was missed by Alessandro Del Piero; Juventus won the game 1–0 and they went on to win the Scudetto that season. The incident caused heated arguments in the Italian parliament during a publicly broadcast "question time" session in April 1998. Domenico Gramazio of the National Alliance reportedly shouted "They are all thieves!" at fellow politician and former Juventus player Massimo Mauro of the ruling Democratic Party, prompting Chamber of Deputies member and then-Deputy Prime Minister Walter Veltroni to comment, "We are not at a stadium. This is a spectacle that is unworthy, embarrassing and grotesque...". The session had to be suspended and several politicians were later penalised as a result.
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