All have to wait when Bayern Munich marched to San Siro to play the second leg of the Champions League quarter -finals against Inter Milan. This was a match that took place in the first leg in the first week in Munich.
Inter Milan won 2-1 with Lautaro Martinez and Davide Frattesi. Meanwhile, Thomas Muller scored the only goal for the home team.
Inter unbeaten in the last 14 home games in the Champions League (winning 12, draw 2). This is currently the longest series of matches in the tournament, after they ended the 22 -match series of Bayern at Allianz Arena in the first leg.
Nerazzurri won the right to continue 21 out of 23 previous knockout matches in the European/Champions League after winning the first leg. However, one of them took place last season, when they lost on the penalty shootout against Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 teams.
Meanwhile, Bayern only overcame one of the last 8 matches of the nearest Champions League after losing in the first leg. And playing under the strength as in the first leg is not new with "Gray Lobster" this season.
Only two players scored more goals than Lautaro Martinez for Inter in a Champions League campaign (7). It was Hernan Crespo season 2002-2003 (9) and Samuel Eto'o season 2010-2011 (8).
Meanwhile, striker Harry Kane now has 100 goals for Bayern in all competitions. The British striker scored 78 goals and had 22 assists for the Bundesliga giant.
Achievement of confrontation
Bayern has a reason to be optimistic. They won all 4 away matches against Inter in the European arena, including 3 matches in the Champions League without conceding any goals (2-0 in 2006, 1-0 in 2011 and 2-0 in 2022).
This is the longest series of Inter at home against an opponent in the European Cup.
The last 6 encounters between Inter and Bayern in the Champions League witnessed each party win 3 times. Notably, only one of those 6 victories belonged to the team playing at home (Bayern won 2-0 at home in November 2022).
The match between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich took place at 2:00 am on April 17 (Vietnam time).