30 goals towards the Treble: all of Milito’s goals in 2009/10
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— May 8th 2020Facts, statistics and a video on a formidable season for our Argentinian attacker
MILAN - You can use numbers, statistics or video replays to look back on Diego Milito’s 2009/10 season. But none of that will be enough to capture a series of sensational performances, which, combined with an extraordinary team, contributed to success in the league, the Coppa Italia and the Champions League.
Ten years on from that amazing Nerazzurri Treble, and along with the launch of our #Timeless2010 campaign powered by Pirelli, we relive Diego Milito’s goal-filled adventure that year with a video at the end of the article, our centre-forward’s first year in Nerazzurri colours.
30 goalsDiego Milito played52 games in the 2009/10 season, scoring30 goals: 22 (just like his shirt number) in Serie A, four of which were penalties, which placed him second in the race for the Golden Boot behind Di Natale; six in the Champions League and two in the Coppa Italia. His first goal of the season (as well as Milito’s first-ever goal in Nerazzurri colours) came from the penalty spot in a Derby win over AC Milan (4-0 “away”). His last? Obviously that historic second goal against Bayern Munich on 22 May 2010.
On the scoresheet in 28 different gamesOne of the most Diego Milito’s most impressive statistics from the 2009/10 season is our Argentinian attacker’s incredible distribution of his goals. His 30 goals came in 28 different games: only two braces for Milito, one on 20 September in a 2-1 win in Cagliari, and the other on 22 May (22 again!) in that Champions League final brace against Bayern Munich. An exceptional record.
A Milito goal almost always means a winOut of the 28 games in which Diego Milito scored, Inter won on 22 occasions, with the remaining results split across four draws and just two defeats: a 3-1 loss in Catania and a 2-1 defeat against the Giallorossi in Rome. Milito scored the match-winning goal on eleven occasions.
13 goals out of 30 at San SiroMilito scored 13 goals at San Siro in 2009/10, 14 on the road and three at “neutral grounds”: one at the Olimpico in Rome in the Coppa Italia final and two at the Bernabeu in the Champions League final.
Where all 30 of Milito’s goals came fromIn that extraordinary year, Milito scored 27 of his goals from inside the area (four from the spot) and just three from outside the box. Those three goals from further than 18 yards out came against CSKA Moscow, Atalanta and Chievo, all at San Siro. Of his 30 goals, 23 were off his right foot, five were off his left and two were headers (against Udinese and Barcelona).
DateMatch and resultScorers29/08/2009Milan-Inter29' Motta, 36' Milito (Pen.), 46' Maicon, 70' Stankovic13/09/2009Inter-Parma73' Eto'o, 91' Milito20/09/2009Cagliari-Inter16' Jeda (Pen.), 52' Milito, 57' Milito23/09/2009Inter-Napoli3' Eto'o, 5' Milito, 32' Lucio, 38' Lavezzi29/10/2009Inter-Palermo7' Eto'o (Pen.), 34' Balotelli, 42' Balotelli, 43' Eto'o , 49' Miccoli, 61' Hernandez, 67' Miccoli, 84' Milito01/11/2009Livorno-Inter52' Milito, 83' Maicon04/11/2009Dinamo Kiev-Inter21' Shevchenko, 88' Milito, 91' Sneijder21/11/2009Bologna-Inter22' Milito, 23' Zalayeta, 42' Balotelli, 75' Cambiasso29/11/2009Inter-Fiorentina86' Milito (Pen.)13/12/2009Atalanta-Inter15' Milito, 82' Tiribocchi09/01/2010Inter-Siena18' Maccarone, 24' Milito, 36' Sneijder, 37' Ekdal, 68' Maccarone, 91' Sneijder, 96' Samuel16/01/2010Bari-Inter62' Barreto (Pen.), 66' Barreto (Pen.), 72' Pandev, 77' Milito (Pen.)24/01/2010Inter-Milan10' Milito, 67' Pandev03/02/2010Inter-Fiorentina34' Milito07/02/2010Inter-Cagliari49' Milito, 6' Pandev, 20' Samuel24/02/2010Inter-Chelsea3' Milito, 52' Kalou, 56' Cambiasso28/02/2010Udinese-Inter2' Pepe S., 6' Balotelli, 54' Di Natale A. (Pen.), 21' Maicon, 46' Milito12/03/2010Catania-Inter55' Milito, 75' Maxi Lopez, 83' Mascara, 91' Martinez20/03/2010Palermo-Inter11' Milito, (Pen.) 24' Cavani27/03/2010Roma-Inter17' De Rossi, 67' Milito, 74' Toni31/03/2010Inter-CSKA Moscow67' Milito10/04/2010Fiorentina-Inter11' Keirrison, 76' Milito, 82' Eto'o , 83' Kroldrup20/04/2010Inter-Barcelona19' Pedro, 30' Sneijder, 49' Maicon, 62' Milito24/04/2010Inter-Atalanta5' Tiribocchi, 24' Milito, 35' Mariga, 82' Chivu05/05/2010Inter-Roma40' Milito09/05/2010Inter-ChievoVerona11' Motta (O.G.), 13' Mantovani (Aut), 34' Cambiasso, 39' Milito, 54' Balotelli, 62' Granoche, 76' Pellissier16/05/2010Siena-Inter60' Milito22/05/2010Bayern Munich-Inter35' Milito, 71' Milito