2023-04-19 23:09:06
Building on their wide wins in their opening fixtures, England’s Manchester City and Italy’s Inter Milan produced results against Bayern and Benfica respectively that saw them progress to the ‘4’ of the top club competition.
Italy’s Milan and Spain’s Real Madrid complete the semifinals.
Thus, an early final (Real Madrid-Manchester City) and the second consecutive Italian “civil war” (Milan-Inter) will be held in the semi-final phase of the Champions League.
In particular, “Etihad’s” 3-0 was and proved to be a safety score for Manchester City in the Allianz Arena rematch. The loss of the penalty by Erling Haaland in the 37th minute did not change the facts of the match in any way, with the Norwegian “hitting” in the second half and “extinguishing” any hopes the Bavarians had until then.
With the final 1-1, Pep Guardiola’s team “sealed” its presence in the “4”, where it will find opposite the multi-winner of the institution and holder of the trophy, Real Madrid.
The Norwegian striker reached 35 goals in the CL, however, tonight held special significance for him. That took him to 12 in a season in the competition, equaling Van Nistelrooy’s 2002/03 feat with fellow Manchester United (United) as the best ever by a Premier League player in the top flight planet at club level.
For the third season in a row (2020 the last) Bayern failed to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. To a greater extent this is due to last week’s “heavy” defeat at the Etihad.
Thomas Tuchel’s group fought, missed chances, just like in the first match, despite everything, they could not make the miracle and, now, they will play their spare parts for the conquest of the “salad bowl” in the Bundesliga, the only goal they have there is also the elimination from the Cup by Freiburg.
In “Giuseppe Meazza” Inter “pressed” the 2-0 of “Da Luz” and may not have kept a clean sheet in its defense as it had done in 3 out of 4 matches it has played against the “Eagles” in Europe, however, she remained undefeated for the 5th consecutive match against them (3-2-0) and with the “satisfying” 3-3 she qualified for the top four, for the first time after the year of the treble (2009/2010).
The team that surprised everyone in the groups, Benfica, remained unbeaten for 8 consecutive away matches in the Champions League (4 wins – 4 draws), however, this run did not allow them to leave Milan smiling.
In summary, the results of the Champions League quarter-final second leg matches are as follows:
- Chelsea (England)-Real Madrid (Spain)… 0-2 (0-2)
- Napoli (Italy)-Milan (Italy)… 1-1 (0-1)
- Inter (Italy)-Benfica (Portugal)… 3-3 (2-0)
- Bayern (Germany)-Manchester City (England)… 1-1 (0-3)
*The scores of the first matches are in parentheses
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