It didn’t take long for Sunday’s Derby d’Italia to descend into chaos.
Just a minute in, Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martínez’s high kick caught the face of Juventus’s Manuel Locatelli, and he became the first of eight bookings. The rivalry matchup between the biggest clubs of Italy’s largest northern cities quickly turned into a contentious affair that was ultimately decided by a missed first-half penalty, which, after a VAR review, was retaken and buried by Inter’s Hakan Çalhanou011flu. It was a bizarre winner for Inter in a game that Juventus mostly dominated, mirroring the unpredictable nature of Italy’s top flight.