AC Milan wins Derby della Madonnina 1-0 to cut Inter's lead in Serie A to 7 points

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan isn’t ready to yield to city rival Inter Milan in the Serie A title race.

Pervis Estupiñán scored the winner as Milan beat Inter 1-0 again in the Derby della Madonnina on Sunday.

The Rossoneri cut their city rival’s lead to seven points with 10 rounds of the season remaining, setting off joyous celebrations in the San Siro while Inter’s players questioned the referee for ruling out what would have been a very late equalizer.

Inter had the ball in the net in stoppage time after a quickly taken corner, but it was too quick for the referee, who hadn’t given the go-ahead for it to be taken and blew his whistle before the ball crossed the line.

Inter had won its last eight Serie A games since a 2-2 draw with Napoli on Jan. 11, and was 15 games unbeaten in the league since the last derby, also won 1-0 by Milan, in November.

Youssouf Fofana played Estupiñán through on the left and the Ecuador left back let fly with a powerful shot to the back of the net for what proved to be the winner in the 35th minute, just after Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a great chance for Inter at the other end.

Mkhitaryan was one of three Inter players against two Milan defenders, but he was unable to beat Mike Maignan in the Milan goal.

Inter defender Alessandro Bastoni earned the game’s first yellow card for a clear foul on Adrien Rabiot. Both players needed treatment and Bastoni was to rue the challenge as he was unable to continue.

The tireless Luka Modrić was booked for Milan late on.

Inter was without Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Lautaro Martínez, who watched from the substitutes' bench.

Inter stayed on 67 points and second-place Milan moved to 60. Defending champion Napoli is third with 56 points.

Portuguese forward Vitinha scored for Daniele De Rossi's Genoa in a 2-1 upset win over Roma, dealing the visitors another blow in their quest for Champions League qualification.

Roma’s loss comes after last week’s 3-3 draw with Juventus, which is just a point behind in the fight for fourth place.

Roma and Como are level on 51 points, and though Como has the better goal difference, Roma won their encounter earlier in the season and head-to-head will be the determining factor if they finish level. Roma visits Como next weekend. The top four qualify for Europe’s premier club competition.

Junior Messias fired Genoa ahead from the penalty spot early in the second half.

Evan Ndicka quickly responded for Roma before Vitinha scored in the 80th, five minutes after going on as a substitute, to give the team coached by former Roma great De Rossi its second straight win at home.

Genoa climbed to 13th.

Also Sunday, Fiorentina drew with Parma 0-0, leaving it just outside the relegation zone, and Verona came from behind to win 2-1 at Bologna.

Earlier, Lecce defeated Cremonese 2-1 at home to leapfrog the visitors and leave them in the relegation zone in their place.

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Inter Milan's Federico Dimarco, centre right, and AC Milan's Adrien Rabiot challenge for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's Federico Dimarco lies on the pitch in pain during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Inter Milan's Yann Bisseck, left, AC Milan's Pervis Estupinan, center, and Adrien Rabiot jump for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

AC Milan's Pervis Estupinan, centre, celebrates with Rafael Leao after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

AC Milan's Pervis Estupinan celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Genoa's Junior Messias celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Roma in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)

Roma's Evan Ndicka celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Roma in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)

Genoa's Patrizio Masini, center left, fights for the ball with Roma's Evan Ndicka during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Roma in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)

Genoa's Junior Messias, right, fights for the ball with Roma's Zeki Celik during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Roma in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)

Genoa's Caleb Ekuban, left, argues with Roma's Devyne Rensch during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa and Roma in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Tano Pecoraro/LaPresse via AP)

One U.S. service member was rescued and at least one was missing after two U.S. military planes went down in separate incidents including the first shoot-down since the war began nearly five weeks ago.

It was the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran.”

One fighter jet was shot down in Iran, officials said. A U.S. crew member from that plane was rescued, but a second was missing, and a U.S. military search-and-rescue operation was underway.

Separately, Iranian state media said a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf after being struck by Iranian defense forces. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military situation, said it was not clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down.

The war now entering its sixth week is destabilizing economies around the world as Iran responds to the U.S. and Israeli attacks by targeting the Gulf region's energy infrastructure and tightening its grip on oil and natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Here is the latest:

U.S. and Israeli warplanes continued to pound Iran Saturday, hitting several targets including a petrochemical facility, Iranian media reported.

Iran's official English-language newspaper Tehran Times reported that an airstrike hit a facility belonging to Iran’s Agriculture Ministry in the western city of Mehran.

The newspaper said another air raid struck Mahshahr Special Petrochemical Zone in the southwestern Khuzestan province.

The semiofficial Fars news agency reported several explosions heard late Saturday morning in the facility.

Mehr, another semiofficial news agency, reported that the strikes hit four companies within the zone.

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the veiled threat in a social media post late Friday, asking about how busy oil tanker and container ship traffic is through the strait.

The 20-mile (32-kilometer) strait links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean and is one of the busiest chokepoints in global trade, with more than a tenth of seaborne global oil and a quarter of container ships passing through it.

Iran has already greatly disrupted the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, sending fuel prices skyrocketing and jolting the world economy.

Disrupting transit through the Bab el-Madeb would force shipping firms to route their vessels around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, further hitting prices.

Israel’s rescue services said Saturday the man sustained glass shrapnel wounds after an Iranian missile hit the central city of Bnei Brak.

It wasn't clear if the glass shrapnel was caused by a direct strike or falling debris from an intercepted missile.

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue services said it was taking the man to the hospital.

The Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency said Saturday that the two men who were hanged belonged to the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq.

The agency said Abul-Hassan Montazer and Vahid Bani-Amirian were convicted of “being members of a terrorist group.”

This brings to six the total number of MEK members executed since the start of the war.

Activists and rights groups say Iran routinely holds closed-door trials in which defendants are unable to challenge the accusations they face.

The Israeli military said on Saturday that its air force struck ballistic and and anti-aircraft missile storage sites in Tehran.

It said the strikes a day earlier included weapons manufacture sites as well as military research and development facilities in the Iranian capital.

It said the strikes are part of an ongoing phase to increase damage to Iran's “core systems and foundations.”

Authorities in Dubai said the facades of two buildings were damaged by debris from intercepted drones, including one belonging to U.S. tech firm Oracle. No injuries were reported.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to attack Oracle and 17 other U.S. companies after accusing them of being involved in “terrorist espionage” operations in Iran.

Previous Iranian drone strikes caused damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

As of Friday, 247 of the wounded were Army soldiers, 63 were Navy sailors, 19 were Marines and 36 were Air Force airmen, according to Pentagon data available online.

It is unclear if the data includes any of the service members involved in the downing of two combat aircraft reported Friday.

Most of the wounded — 200 — were also mid to senior enlisted troops, 85 were officers and 80 were junior enlisted service members.

The current death toll remains at 13 service members killed in combat.

Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City due to restrictions linked to the Iran war, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Tamara and her sister Amal color pictures on the floor as their parents, Sara and Ahmed, who fled their village of Khiyam in southern Lebanon due to Israeli bombardment, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Mohammad Qubaisi, 53, with burn wounds from an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon undergoes surgery by Dr. Mohammed Ziara, left, and his team, at the Sidon Government Hospital in Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

FILE - An F-15E Strike Eagle turns toward the Panamint range over Death Valley National Park, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)