Thanks to his performances and his goals, Milito immediately won the hearts of the Inter fans who in 2020 elected him among the “greats”
Diego Milito, 75 goals in 171 official matches with the Inter shirt, turns 45 today. His runs with his arms wide open to gather all the applause from the Nerazzurri public are photographs that will remain forever, like the glorious ride of the 2009/10 season: goals, plays and matches that are engraved in history. Thanks to his performances and his goals, Milito immediately won the hearts of the Inter fans who in 2020 elected him among the “greats”, entering him into the Nerazzurri Hall of Fame after two sacred monsters in the Club’s history: Ronaldo and Giuseppe Meazza.
In the collective imagination of Nerazzurri fans he will always remain the Prince who created an extraordinary fairy tale on the night in Madrid. Thirty goals were scored in the triumphal ride of 2009/2010, four of which crowned the historic achievement of the Treble: the perfect touch in the Scudetto match against Siena, the right-footed cross in the Italian Cup final against Roma and the historic and unforgettable double against Bayern Munich on the night in Madrid for the most awaited goal, the Champions League.
Born in Bernal on 12 June 1979, Diego Milito grew up with the ball at his feet and the desire to challenge the world, to conquer it. His passion has guided him since he was a child, from when he joined the Racing de Avellaneda youth team at the age of nine, to the journey to Europe in 2004, first at Genoa, then at Zaragoza and then back at the Ligurian club where after an incredible season fate led him to wear the Nerazzurri shirt. Italy was part of his history even before his arrival: the country of origin of his paternal grandparents was in fact Terranova da Sibari, in Calabria.
“For the second goal of the Champions League final we need to rewind the tape and go back to 2001 Racing-Lanus 2-0, the penultimate day of the Apertura”, Milito said in the format Letters to Inter. “I had been thinking about that action for 9 years: at the Cilindro de Avellaneda I point at the defender, feint with a hook, return but with the ball remaining on my right. Shot almost from the outside, crossbar, Chatruc scores on the rebound. In Madrid my The fake on Van Buyten was identical to the one on that day: I was just better at being able to keep the ball at the right distance to open the ball at the far post. In that moment I ideally embraced the Nerazzurri fans from all over the world.” In the sign of destiny: on 1 November 2015, with the Racing shirt, Milito scored a brace against Crucero and left the pitch 10 minutes from the end. In his place, the current Nerazzurri captain makes his debut in professional football: Lautaro Martinez.
