MILAN: Inter drew 3-3 with Benfica on Wednesday (Apr 19) to win their Champions League quarter-final 5-3 on aggregate and will face city rivals AC Milan for the right to be the first Italian team to reach the final for six years. It will be Inter's first semi-final appearance since they won the European Cu
MILAN: Inter drew 3-3 with Benfica on Wednesday to win their Champions League quarter-final 5-3 on aggregate and will face city rivals AC Milan for the right to be the first Italian team to reach the final for six years.
"It will be a special derby," Inter striker Lautaro Martinez, who ended his 10-game scoring drought by scoring his team's second goal against Benfica, told Amazon Prime Video."Happiness is the word, I'm so proud to represent this crest and this great club which is back to where it belongs."Leading 2-0 from the first leg in Portugal, Inter were happy to sit back and wait for a counter-attack against a desperate Benfica side.
Nicolo Barella, who also scored Inter’s opener in the first leg, was quick to react and after a nice one-two combination with Lautaro he unleashed a thunderous left-foot strike into the top corner of the net. Inter opened up a two-goal lead after the break as Martinez and substitute Joaquin Correa scored with close-range strikes.
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