Inter Milan will face Bayern Munich within the quarter-finals of the Champions League after seeing off Feyenoord 2-1 on Tuesday to finish a cushty 4-1 combination victory. A thumping early strike from Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty on the San Siro gave Inter comfy passage to the final eight, the place the Italian champions will face a blockbuster conflict with Bayern Munich. Inter lead Serie A and there may be discuss in Italy that Simone Inzaghi’s staff have an opportunity at repeating the league, Italian Cup and Champions League treble received by Jose Mourinho 15 years in the past.
“It’s not about believing or not believing (within the treble), if you’re at Inter you play each recreation to win. If you win each match you will do nice issues,” stated Thuram.
Standing in Inter’s approach subsequent month will probably be Bayern after they swept apart Bayer Leverkusen, who beat Inter throughout the league part.
Inzaghi is hoping that he can have his first XI accessible for what would be the largest matches of the season for Inter who’re eager to go one higher than 2023 after they misplaced the Champions League closing to Manchester City.
“It will probably be an advanced match. They’re stable and really properly coached however we’ll go for it simply as we now have in opposition to everybody, enjoying in opposition to different high groups,” stated Inzaghi.
“I hope we’ll have everybody accessible for the tie… We introduced on two gamers from the youth staff close to the tip and I instructed them that they will want to present us a hand as a result of we’re a bit brief in the mean time.”Â
Feyenoord’s deepest run in Europe’s high membership competitors in a long time ended with a whimper though the away facet did briefly appear like making a recreation of it when Jakub Moder rattled in a penalty three minutes earlier than the break.
Inter might have simply received by extra after lacking a clutch of excellent possibilities, with Thuram drilling a fantastic alternative in opposition to the bar moments earlier than being substituted to rapturous applause with 19 minutes remaining.
No surprises
The hosts have been already comfortably forward from their dominant first-leg show in Rotterdam however Thuram made certain there can be no nasty surprises within the eighth minute.
The France ahead acquired a ball from Carlos Augusto on the left flank after which charged in direction of objective, chopping inside onto his proper foot and unleashing a ferocious shot in opposition to which Timon Wellenreuther might do nothing to cease.
That objective made it close to not possible for Feyenoord, now led by former Netherlands striker Robin van Persie whose staff confirmed prepared even with 11 gamers out of motion by harm or suspension.
Up to Thuram’s opener, Simone Inzaghi’s 2 hundredth recreation as Inter coach had been performed in close to silence bar sporadic chanting from the 5,000 away supporters, as house followers stayed silent for the primary 20 minutes in protest on the rising value of tickets for house matches.
Inzaghi, himself hit with a collection of necessary absences together with Italy wing-back Federico Dimarco, additionally rested star striker Lautaro Martinez, Nicolo Barella, Francesco Acerbi and Alessandro Bastoni with an enormous match at Serie A title rivals Atalanta arising on the weekend.
It was considered one of Inzaghi’s regulars in Calhanoglu who gave Feyenoord a lifeline within the thirty eighth minute when he bundled into Moder at hand the Poland midfielder an opportunity to degree the scores on the evening.
However Calhanoglu redeemed himself and despatched Inter by to fulfill Bayern 5 minutes after the break by confidently stroking house from the spot after what seemed like a smooth foul on Mehdi Taremi by Thomas Beelen.
“It was a doubtful penalty for my part, perhaps given too simply. It appeared to me that there wasn’t a lot contact,” Van Persie instructed reporters.
“The gamers labored very arduous, they defended properly at instances. Maybe we might have carried out higher in some conditions however we have been up in opposition to a extremely good staff who play high quality soccer.
“The boys did all the pieces, I could not have requested any extra from them.”
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