In what was a great curtain raiser for the upcoming Serie A season, I will take a look at how I think the respective players from each side of Milan performed. All scores are out of 10, with a perfect 10 denoting the best individual performance I have ever seen in a football match.






AC MILAN
Player Rating Goals + Cards Minutes Played
Christian Abbiati 6 0;0 90 minutes
Gianluca Zambrotta 6 0;1 yellow 90 minutes
Alessandro Nesta 6 0;0 90 minutes
Thiago Silva 6.5 0;0 90 minutes
Ignazio Abate 6 0;0 90 minutes
Clarence Seedorf 7 0;0 90 minutes
Mark van Bommel 6 0;0 90 minutes
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso 5 0;1 yellow 75 minutes
Kevin-Prince Boateng 7 1 goal;1 yellow 82 minutes
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 7.5 1 goal;0 90 minutes
Robinho 5.5 0;0 62 minutes
Urby Emanuelson >10min 0;0 8 minutes
Massimo Ambrosini >10min 0;1 yellow
 15 minutes
Alexandre Pato 7 0;0 28 minutes

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Very quiet in the first half, except for a header that ended up hitting the post. In the second half however, he was on fire. He played brilliant interchange passing with the likes of Robinho, Seedorf and Boateng. Ended up scoring the goal to equalise, eventually taking Milan to victory. Great start to the season for the Sweedish International


INTER MILAN
Player Rating Goals + Cards Minutes Played
Julio César 6.5 0;0 90 minutes
Cristian Chivu 5
 0;0 90 minutes
Walter Adrian Samuel 6
 0;0 90 minutes
Andrea Ranocchia 6 0;0 90 minutes
Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez 7 0;0 63 minutes
Thiago Motta 6
 0;0 90 minutes
Obi 7
 0;0 82 minutes
Dejan Stankovic 6
 0;0 74 minutes
Javier Adelmar Zanetti 5.5
 0;0 90 minutes
Eto'o 6
 0;0 90 minutes
Wesley Sneijder 7.5
 1 goal;1 yellow 90 minutes
Marco Faraoni 6 0;0 27 minutes
Giampaolo Pazzini 6 0;0 16 minutes
Luc Castaignos >10mins
 0;0 8 minutes

Wesley Sneijder: What a free kick! Sneijder looked to be having a phenomenal game in the first half. Seemingly untouchable as he guided Inter around the park. At times he had up to five Milan defenders on him. A little quieter in the second half, but still a force to be reckoned with. Don't be surprised to see Inter add an extra few million euros to his price tag after that goal.

Final Score: AC Milan 2:1 Inter Milan
Still much work to be done by both sides but positive signs on both ends.
What did you think of the ratings? Did you agree with them?