Juventus retain their edge over bitter rivals Inter

Italians are cannier about their football than the Spanish, or maybe they’re just more cynical.

They would never label a game as El Clasico, knowing full well that needle matches are often anything but classics.

So their biggest match is known as Derby d’Italia, the Italian Derby, christened by their greatest football writer Gianni Brera in 1967. Half a century later Juventus against Inter continues to be worthy of that status, despite the claims of other famous clubs.