By SCM Correspondent at the San Siro
FOR a few dizzying minutes at a rain-soaked San Siro, it looked like the shock of the century. Relegation-threatened Pisa had the mighty Inter Milan leaning over and ready to topple. But you can’t keep a giant down for long.
The Serie A leaders didn’t just find their footing; they stomped all over the minnows in a brutal 6-2 comeback that cemented their spot at the top of the table.
The drama started when Inter keeper Yann Sommer decided to play Father Christmas in January.
His nightmare pass out from the back was intercepted by Pisa’s veteran poacher Stefano Moreo, who didn’t need a second invitation.
From 35 yards out, Moreo spotted Sommer in “no man’s land” and executed a sublime lob that sailed into the empty net.
The 5,000 traveling fans went wild, and they were in dreamland just 12 minutes later when Moreo rose highest at a corner to thump home a header.
At 2-0 down after 23 minutes, the San Siro was silent.
The “leaning tower” of Pisa was standing tall, and Inter looked like they’d forgotten how to play. Inter boss Cristian Chivu didn’t wait for the break to act.
He hooked Luis Henrique for Federico Dimarco after just 34 minutes—and the sub changed everything.
The revival started from the spot. Piotr Zielinski was tripped in the box and dust himself off to smash the penalty into the roof of the net. Two minutes later, it was level.
Dimarco, proving why he’s the best crosser in the league, whipped in a beauty for captain Lautaro Martinez to nod home.
On the stroke of half-time, the turnaround was complete.
Francesco Pio Esposito powered in a header from a Bastoni cross to make it 3-2. From staring at a disaster, Inter were suddenly in the driving seat.
The second half was a relentless blue-and-black wave. While Pisa tried to cling on, the quality told in a frantic final ten minutes:
82 mins: Federico Dimarco got the goal his performance deserved, smashing a left-footed volley into the bottom corner.
86 mins: Substitute Ange-Yoan Bonny turned the Pisa defense inside out with a solo run before sliding home the fifth.
93 mins: Veteran Henrikh Mkhitaryan rounded off the rout, nodding in from close range to make it six.
Inter move six points clear at the summit, leaving Pisa rooted to the bottom and wondering how a dream start turned into a six-goal nightmare.
