Inter finish Benfica and there will be a derby in the semifinals!

There will be a ‘Madonnina derby’ in the Champions League! The San Siro will experience an exciting semifinal tie after Inter ended Benfica today despite 3-3 and will meet Milan in contention for a place in the grand final in Istanbul against Real Madrid or Manchester City.

This will be the third time the eternal rivals will meet in the Champions League in their entire history. Milan, seven-time European champions, beat Inter, three-time winners, both in the semifinals in 2003 and in the quarterfinals in 2005.

A lot has happened since then and the present dictates now that Inter follow logic and, after stepping a foot and a half into their first semifinals since they won the Champions League in 2010 with their 0-2 defeat in Lisbon, finished they did the job by re-offering a solid image in contrast to his crisis in Serie A, where he added just one in the last 15 points at stake.

Benfica became a caricature of itself throughout the tie and at the San Siro confirmed the slump he had experienced in the last two weeks with three consecutive losses, two in the Primeira Liga that compromised their lead and one in Da Luz against a clearly superior Inter in a doubleheader.

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Barella’s remarks after a quarter of an hour

Only a quarter of an hour was needed for Inter, very plugged in from the start despite their huge advantage, to condemn Benfica. As in the first leg, Nicolò Barella scored. But if he then specified by wondering his head, this time he showed his great class with a great shot with his left foot directly into the top corner after a double wall with Lautaro Martinez.

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As in front of their fans, Benfica have never been able to develop their attacking game, holding the ball or washing when appropriate, which has amazed Europe until these quarterfinals. Inter also knew how to disarm him at the San Siro but it was only his fault that he allowed it Fredrik Aursnes equalized with a header from a Rafa Silva cross after taking the lead from Denzel Dumfries (38′).

David Neres came on but was targeted by Inter

In the break Roger Schmidt gambled by retiring full-back Gilberto, delaying Aursnes’ position and bringing on winger David Neres. The Brazilian gave more energy to a Benfica that started by pressing Inter in the second half.

But the defense of the ‘Nerazzurri’ did not make a concession and in the attack the team of simone inzaghi He found spaces to support Benfica. After a good combination with Henrikh Mkhitaryan on the left, Federico Dimarco place an accurate center under it Lauthor martinez He finished the goal out of position (66′).

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‘Torong’ left his place to Joaquin Correa a quarter of an hour from the end and ‘Tucu’ scored a great goal in his first appearance: after receiving from behind, he left two defenders with a high-quality touch and defined with a good bagel

Relaxation of Inter and Benfiquista pride

With the tie already sentenced, Inter rested and allowed Benfica to go down with pride. After a serious error in Marcelo Brozovic’s pass, David Neres He had already scored with a shot on the post and the young centre-back finished moments later Antonio Silva he did beat André Onana with a fine header back from a free kick taken by Alejandro Grimaldo. It’s on discount Peter Muse He established a 3-3 with the turn on a rebound.

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Inter: Onana; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni (D’Ambrosio, 80′); Dumfries, Barella (Çalhanoglu, 76′), Brozovic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco (Gosens, 80′); Lautaro Martínez (Lukaku, 76′), Dzeko (Joaquín Correa, 76′)
The
Benfica: Vlachodimos; Gilberto (David Neres, 46′), Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Grimaldo; Florentino, Chiquinho (João Neves, 80′); João Mário (Schjelderup, 89′), Rafa Silva (Musa, 80′), Aursnes; Gonçalo Ramos (Guedes, 74′)
The
Goals: 1-0 Barella (14′), 1-1 Aursnes (38′), 2-1 Lautaro Martínez (65′), 3-1 Joaquín Correa (78′), 3-2 Antonio Silva (86′) , , 3-3 Muse (95′)

Referee: Del Cerro Grande (Spain). Yellow cards for Rafa Silva (49′), Musa (81′), David Neres (95′)

Spectators: 75,380 at San Siro

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