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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Richard Jolly

Inter Milan’s outclassed old men left to mourn the death of a Champions League dream

Francesco Acerbi, 37, is left dejected by a Champions League thrashing - (Getty Images)

Reach a certain age and it isn’t uncommon to develop a greater interest in history. Inter Milan’s old-timers made it: the heaviest defeat ever in a European Cup or Champions League final, a rout still greater than the spectacular scorelines in 1960, 1974, 1989 and 1994, a thrashing that removed two of AC Milan’s routs from the record books.

This was a performance that will echo through the ages. Not by them, however, but to them. Inter conceded three goals to teenagers, Desire Doue’s double followed by the historic fifth from Senny Mayulu.

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