The loser of Sunday’s Derby d’Italia between Inter and Juventus will not be ruled out of the race to win the 2020-21 Serie A title, at least according to Christian Vieri, who played for both clubs during his career.
Inter are sitting in second place right now while Juventus are four points behind them in fourth place with a game in hand on their arch rivals, who they narrowly pipped to the Serie A title last season.
Antonio Conte’s side were soundly beaten in both matches during the 2019-20 season and will be hoping for a much more competitive display at San Siro this weekend.
“On Sunday, there are only three points at stake, and the team who loses will not be cut out of the title race,” Vieri insisted in an interview with Italian news agency ANSA.
“They will both fight until the end, there are many teams that have the ambition to beat Juve, who have won the title for nine years in a row.
“It will be a good match at San Siro, I expect goals from Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Ronaldo who are great champions.”
He then explained that there are similarities between both himself and Lukaku, who has scored an impressive 16 goals in 21 appearances this term.
“Lukaku and I are quite similar, we are both big and left-footed.”
In conclusion, Vieri, who scored 235 goals in 475 games during his career, admitted that another of his former clubs AC Milan are deservedly leading the way at the top of the Serie A standings.
“They are deservedly first, they are having a great season.
“Now Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return and he will give a great boost.
“AC Milan will surely fight until at the end.”
