article_snippet.sent: Inter owner Erick Thohir had warned both sets of players before the game that the 'eyes of the world' would be fixed on the 214th Derby della Madonnina.
article_snippet.sent: While a rivalry like this one can capture the imagination of a city - and there is no doubting by the build up that Milan had been hit by derby fever - it takes a concoction of quality, intensity and passion to hold the attention of the average neutral.
article_snippet.sent: The painstaking effort put into pre-match choreographies of both Inter's Curva Nord and Milan's Curva Sud emphasised that this was no ordinary derby.
article_snippet.sent: There was much riding on this was no ordinary derby.
article_snippet.sent: An Inter flag is waved  as fans geared up for a derby that may mean less this year in terms of league position, but still matters to the locals .