Farewell to the "Gray Tigers"

Inter Milan are showing impressive form in all competitions. After a courageous 2-1 victory at the Allianz Arena in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Simone Inzaghi's team entered the second leg with an advantage and high excitement. The high-intensity pressing style combined with the ability to control the midfield of the trio Barella - Calhanoglu - Mkhitaryan, along with the sublimation of Lautaro Martínez in attack, makes Inter not afraid of any opponent. In particular, the Giuseppe Meazza home ground is a real fortress when Inter has won all 5 matches in the Champions League this year and only conceded 1 goal. With a great advantage and playing on their "holy land", Inter excellently "broke the fangs of the Gray Tiger" to advance to the semi-finals, where the Catalan "giant" - Barcelona is waiting for them.

For Bayern Munich, they entered this match under heavy pressure after losing at home in the first leg. In the Bundesliga, the "Gray Tigers" also did not play well, they were held to a 2-2 draw by Dortmund. The biggest problem for the "Gray Tigers" at the moment is the defense, where many key players are injured and absent such as Neuer, Davies, Upamecano, Hiroki Ito, making Bayer's backline more fragile than ever. The "Gray Tigers" hope is placed on factors that can make a difference such as Harry Kane, who has scored 10 goals in the Champions League this season. However, one "swallow" cannot make a spring. When the referee blew the final whistle, the "Gray Tigers" were forced to stop in the quarterfinals against a brave and equally excellent Inter.

Entering the match, with the desire to turn the tide, Bayern pushed up their formation, attacking from the very first minutes. For their part, Inter did not huddle together to defend. The counter-attacks and attacks of the away team were still potentially dangerous. The pace of the match was pushed up quite high. However, everything stopped at the level of opportunities, the solidity of the goalkeepers prevented both teams from scoring in the first half. Entering the second half, Harry Kean, the hope of the "Gray Tigers", spoke up. The English striker skillfully maneuvered in the penalty area then fired a tricky shot to open the score for Bayer. Kean called, Martinez answered. In the 58th minute, from a corner kick, the ball came to Lautaro Martinez's position and the Argentine striker quickly fired a shot past Jonas Urbig, bringing the match back to the starting line. Just 3 minutes later, Inter Milan took the lead 2-1 from another corner kick. Having to score 2 more goals to have a chance to continue, Bayern fought back strongly. However, the "Gray Tigers" only got 1 goal back thanks to Dier in the 76th minute. The score of 2-2 was maintained until the end of the match. Drawing 2-2 in Italy, losing 3-4 on aggregate, the "Gray Tigers" bitterly said goodbye to the 2024/2025 Champions League.

Thus, after Dortmund stopped by Barcelona 1 day, Bayer Munich "followed" to leave the 2024/2025 Champions League. This year's Champions League arena is now "clean" of German teams, leaving only English, Italian, French and Spanish teams to continue "fighting" for the throne.

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