Benfica attempts this Wednesday in Milan the complicated mission of turning the tie around in their favor, after having lost the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Inter by 2-0.
The reds, in the midst of a crisis of results, confidence and football quality, seem doomed in the Champions League and need a series of unprecedented records to reach the ‘socks’ for the first time in the ‘Champions era’ (since 1992/93), after the compromising domestic debacle.
The ‘eagles’ have never turned around a tie that started with a two-goal defeat at home, they don’t count any victory in Italy by more than one goal and the best they did to face the ‘nerazzurri’ was a draw. at a time when he is still facing his worst moment of the season.
In the last three games, Roger Schmidt’s eleven suffered as many defeats, the first two at home, against FC Porto, 2-1, even after winning, and against Inter Milan, having, at the end of the week, lost in Chaves (1-0).
The match between Inter Milan and Benfica, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, begins at 9:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. in Lisbon), at the Estadio San Siro, in Milan.
The winner of the tie will face AC Milan in the semifinals, which on Tuesday confirmed its place in the next phase with a 1-1 draw in Naples, after winning 1-0 in the first leg last week.
In the other semifinal, the holder of the trophy, Real Madrid, who eliminated Chelsea in the “quarters”, with two 2-0 wins, will face Manchester City or Bayern Munich, who will play the second leg today , with the The ‘citizens’ arrive in Munich with a 3-0 advantage achieved in the first match.
Source: TSF
