Inter face Juventus tonight in one of Italian football’s classic fixtures, a game which is known as the Derby d’Italia.
The name was coined in 1967 by legendary Italian journalist Gianni Brera, with the two teams repeatedly vying for the Scudetto.
The Bianconeri currently hold the edge, with 104 wins to Inter’s 71 in 232 official matches, and we’ve looked at five of the best.
Juventus 9-1 Inter, June 10 1961
Inter face Juventus tonight in one of Italian football’s classic fixtures, a game which is known as the Derby d’Italia.
The name was coined in 1967 by legendary Italian journalist Gianni Brera, with the two teams repeatedly vying for the Scudetto.
The Bianconeri currently hold the edge, with 104 wins to Inter’s 71 in 232 official matches, and we’ve looked at five of the best.
Juventus 9-1 Inter, June 10 1961
If any match could be said to have started the rivalry, it would be this controversial clash from the 1960-61 season.
The Nerazzurri had won 3-1 at San Siro in December, and were awarded a 2-0 win in Turin after Juve fans invaded the pitch.
The Bianconeri appealed, and the FIGC announced on June 3, just one day before the final match of the season, that the game would be replayed.
Both teams had been level on points at the top, but that effectively deducted two points from Inter and gave Juve the lead.
In Week 34 the Old Lady drew at home to Bari, but in the days of two points for a win, Inter’s loss at Catania handed Juve the title.
The replayed match took place the following week, with President Angelo Moratti ordering Helenio Herrera to field a youth team in protest.
Omar Sivori scored six times for Juventus in a 9-1 win, the biggest in the history of this fixture.
The one bright spot for Inter was their goalscorer – a young Sandro Mazzola, son of legendary Torino captain Valentino making his Serie A debut.
Mazzola scored a penalty in the match, and would spend his entire career with the Beneamata.
Juventus 1-0 Inter, August 29 1965
Four years later and Herrera’s ‘Grande Inter’ side were at the peak of their powers, having already wrapped up the 1964-65 Scudetto and retained the European Cup.
The Nerazzurri were therefore looking to become the first ever side to achieve the Treble, but they were denied by their bitter rivals.
Giampaolo Menichelli opened the scoring after 15 minutes, and Inter couldn’t find a way back.
It was a bad-tempered game, with Luis Del Sol and and Tarcisio Burgnich both sent off in the 75th-minute, but it was Juve’s Heriberto Herrera who guided his side to victory, rather than his namesake in the other dugout.
The Beneamata would have to wait until 2009-10 to achieve the Treble, with Celtic becoming the first team to manage that feat when they beat Inter in Lisbon in the 1966-67 European Cup final.
Juventus 1-0 Inter, April 26 1998
It may have happened 20 years ago, but the controversy from this fixture rages on to this day.
The Bianconeri were defending champions, but led Serie A by just one point from Luigi Simoni’s side when the two met with four games remaining.
Alessandro Del Piero opened the scoring, but it was what happened in the second half which caused this game to be remembered.
With 69 minutes played, Ronaldo got on the end of a loose ball, and there was a collision between him and Gianluca Pessotto in the area.
Piero Ceccarini waved play on, Juventus took the ball up the other end and Taribo West brought down Del Piero. Penalty.
Del Piero missed the spot kick, but Inter Coach Luigi Simoni was dismissed for his protests and the ‘Ronaldo penalty’ is still fiercely debated to this day.
Three days later, the Italian parliament had to be suspended after Domenico Gramazio of the far-right National Alliance had to be held back as he attempted to attack Massimo Mauro, a former Juve player and deputy for the ruling Democrats of the Left.
Gramazio is said to have shouted “they’re all thieves”, with Mauro also having to be held back by colleagues.
Juventus 1-3 Inter, November 3 2012
Juventus were on a 49-match unbeaten run in the league when they welcomed Andrea Stramaccioni’s Inter to Turin in November 2012.
The young Coach went with an attacking formation with three forwards, with Antonio Cassano, Diego Milito and Rodrigo Palacio tasked with pushing up and pressuring Antonio Conte’s back-three.
Arturo Vidal put Juve ahead inside 20 seconds, but Stramaccioni’s bold approach paid off in the second half as Diego Milito’s double and a Rodrigo Palacio goal ended the unbeaten run.
Inter 2-1 Juventus, September 18 2016
Last season’s meeting at San Siro may not have been the most consequential fixture of all time, but it could provide a blueprint for Luciano Spalletti this evening.
Stephan Lichtsteiner put Juventus ahead after 66 minutes, but what followed was the highlight of Frank de Boer’s brief spell as Inter Coach.
Mauro Icardi equalised just two minutes later, before Ivan Perisic put the hosts in front.
Ever Banega was sent off in injury time for a second booking, but the Nerazzurri saw out a 2-1 win.
De Boer’s side played with an intense, attacking style, taking 16 shots to Juve’s nine.