Inzaghi’s men control Benfica and leave the tie almost sentenced after a great second half in which Barella and Lukaku scored from a penalty
The Champions League, so many times a hold for the desperate, so many times an ordeal for the confident. The immaculate Benfica, which was facing a historic opportunity to reconcile with its glorious past, was ruined by a depressed Inter, which is now smiling fully at a horizon to dream of. In Da Luz, the many times decisive Italian football competitiveness returned to star in a lesson. [0-2: Narracin y estadsticas]
Inter found themselves with a goal at the beginning of the second half that was like a whiplash to the entire local domain. Like a crouching feline, those of Inzaghi unleashed with a deadly claw, a stupendous center of Sticks and a crosshead no less precise than Stretcher to surprise the opposite Drunk. Until then, the Italians had resisted Benfica with fewer problems than expected. From then on, they felt really comfortable in Da Luz. Until the sentence of Lukaku. A story so many times told.
Who could have said it. The solid leader in Portugal, the team that until last weekend, against Porto, did not know what it was like to lose at home, also unbeaten in Europe… Benfica, the revelation of Roger Schmidt dismounted by the interist strength, quite the opposite in his career this course.
Because Inzaghi’s men are advancing poorly in Calcio, where they accumulate a month without winning, outside the top four places. None of these precedents appeared in Da Luz. After a first half of little football and a lot of tactics, just the notice of Rafa Silva, the visitor arrived that changed everything. Especially the mentality of each other.
The local desire came, too hasty the Portuguese, without aim or precision. And also the spaces for Inter, sheltered in front of Onana, with the contras as a threat. A couple of shots from Barella, the star of the night, were about to put the second, also a couple of shots from Dumfries, to another great center of Bastoni. It was Lukaku, from a VAR penalty by the hands of Joao Mariothe one that almost sentenced a tie between two illustrious that, for the moment, does not comply with the planned script: 12 years after MourinhoInter is very close to playing the semifinals again.
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