MatchRewrite
Serie A · Matchday 1 · 22 August 2026

Inter Milan v MonzaThe champions return toSan Siro

01 — Pick a side

Pick the team you want to be. The rest is in your hands.

02 — How it works

At the 6 moments that decided the real match, you make the call. Everything else happens as it really did. About two minutes.

03 — Your 6 moments

Kick-off to full time. Each mark is a moment where the call is yours.

On a computer, live commentary plays with the sound on.

Inter Milan
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Monza
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First half
Key moments
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The real match: Inter Milan 4–1 Monza

Inter Milan beat Monza 4–1 at San Siro, Milan, on 22 August 2026 (Serie A, matchday 1). The champions open their title defence at San Siro against a side just promoted and with nothing to lose.

Goals

How the match unfolded

6' Diouf lays it back and Çalhanoğlu thunders it in from twenty-five yards. Six minutes into the title defence and San Siro has its moment. Diouf rolls it into the Turk's path and the strike is unstoppable, flying past Pizzignacco before he can move. The first goal of Inter’s title defence.

29' Varela finishes beautifully. Monza are level at San Siro. Inter have eased off and the promoted side punish them. Varela gets his shot away cleanly and it is 1-1. Chivu is out of his technical area, arms wide, asking what happened.

HT Half time. One apiece, and the champions have work to do. Forty-five minutes of a title defence, and it is level with a promoted side. Chivu has fifteen minutes to fix it.

48' Pizzignacco punches Dimarco's cross straight to Zieliński. Three minutes into the half and the lead is restored. The goalkeeper comes for a cross he should leave and punches it straight into the path of the Pole, who does not need a second invitation.

55' Esposito, with a backheel, and San Siro rises. One minute after the double change, the young striker produces the goal of the night. The backheel flick is delightful, unexpected, and beyond Pizzignacco before he has moved.

63' Bisseck drives forward from the back and hammers it in. The centre-back carries it into the box, shifts it onto his left foot and, via a slight deflection, beats Pizzignacco. Four-one, and the title defence is properly under way.

Starting line-ups

Inter Milan

  1. 1Josep Martínez GK
  2. 17Andy Diouf RWB
  3. 31Yann Bisseck CB
  4. 25Manuel Akanji CB
  5. 95Alessandro Bastoni CB
  6. 32Federico Dimarco LWB
  7. 23Nicolò Barella CM
  8. 20Hakan Çalhanoğlu CM
  9. 7Piotr Zieliński CM
  10. 94Francesco Pio Esposito ST
  11. 10Lautaro Martínez ST

Monza

  1. 13Semuel Pizzignacco GK
  2. 19Samuele Birindelli RWB
  3. 60Jonathan Kouadio CB
  4. 3Lorenzo Lucchesi CB
  5. 44Franco Carboni CB
  6. 24Adam Bakoune LWB
  7. 8Foe Ondoa CM
  8. 80Mathis Mout CM
  9. 28Andrea Colpani AM
  10. 7Domingos Mangas AM
  11. 9Gustavo Varela ST

Play it yourself

This page is a free football match simulator, or soccer match simulator, for Inter Milan v Monza. Choose Inter Milan or Monza, then make the call at each of the key moments that decided the match and see whether the 4–1 result still stands. What if one call had gone the other way? Make it yourself and change how it ended. It takes about two minutes and plays in the browser on phone and desktop, with no download and no sign-up.

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