After a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of the semi-final, Inter Milan continued to experience 120 tense minutes when facing Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Giuseppe Meazza.
Both teams created a dramatic score chase with 13 goals scored after 2 matches and the Italian representative was the better team to win the final match.
Inter Milan won a thrilling victory over Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals (Photo: Getty).
"It was an unbelievable match, Barcelona are an extremely strong team at the moment. To overcome them, it must be a super Inter Milan. I want to send my compliments to my students for having two extraordinary matches in both legs. That is the only way to reach the final.
I am extremely proud to lead them, who fought with everything they had. Even the players who came off the bench showed great spirit and attitude. Inter Milan players deserved to get a ticket to the final," coach Inzaghi praised his students.
Inter Milan took a 2-0 lead in the first half through goals from Lautaro Martinez and a Hakan Calhanoglu penalty. But Barcelona stormed back in the second half to lead 3-2 thanks to Eric Garcia, Dani Olmo and Raphinha.
Francesco Acerbi equalized in the 93rd minute with his first Champions League goal at the age of 37, sending the match into extra time. Davide Frattesi scored the decisive goal, making it 4-3 for the Nerazzurri. Inter Milan won 7-6 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
This is the second time Inter Milan has entered the Champions League final in the last 3 years. Although they are the team that spent the least on transfers among the 8 teams that reached the quarter-finals, the Italian representative is still a quality team, having defeated one of the teams with the most "huge" squad value in Europe at the moment.
Coach Simone Inzaghi celebrates victory with Inter Milan players (Photo: Getty).
"Inter Milan are a perfect team and no one can replace them. I wouldn't trade anyone in the squad for any world football star. We are a perfect unit, always playing with all our might, with the weapons and qualities we have.
The players deserve to enjoy every moment with these passionate fans. We are really happy. I told them to believe that we can limit the power of Barcelona, although it was not easy. When Lautaro, Dumfries and Frattesi were not in the best shape, the whole team had to play with all their hearts to overcome all difficulties," coach Inzaghi shared.
In this match, the Italian strategist continued to praise the performance of Lamine Yamal when the 17-year-old star created many difficulties for the Inter defense in marking. Coach Inzaghi also particularly praised the talent of Frenkie De Jong, the player who contributed to Barcelona's ball recovery and deployment.
"De Jong surprised me as much as Yamal. He handled the ball neatly, passed the ball with great precision and played extremely intelligently. I have to admit that De Jong had two really excellent matches," said coach Inzaghi.
Coach Simone Inzaghi praised De Jong's performance after two semi-final matches (Photo: Getty).
Inter Milan are currently second in Serie A. With the Champions League final taking place in early June, coach Inzaghi and his team will now focus on the domestic league to achieve the goal of defending the title against the big threat from Napoli, the team currently leading the table.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/hlv-inzaghi-inter-milan-gianh-ve-vao-chung-ket-day-phi-thuong-20250507075739197.htm
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