In the early morning of March 9, the second leg of the Champions League knockout round began, the Reds Liverpool sat at home to meet the visiting Serie A champions Inter Milan, Anfield's goalpost defected three times to reject Matip and Salah's shots, Lauta Romandinez completed the fatal blow, Sanchez was sent off with two yellows and one red, and finally Inter won 1-0 away to Liverpool, with an aggregate score of 1-2. But they saved their dignity by showing for Serie A.
In the first leg of the match between the two teams, Inter played a good attack with me as the mainstay, but eventually lost 2-0. In this game, Inzaghi Jr. obviously learned a lesson, Inter began to play steadily, tightening the fence in the backcourt, so that Salah's Liverpool Trident returned again and again. At one point, the home team could only rely on set-pieces to create a threat, and in the 31st minute of the game, Arnold drove a set-piece and Matip's header hit the crossbar, missing out on the best scoring opportunity of the first half.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, Thiago passed the ball to the goal, Hadanovic struck but saved the ball at Salah's feet, and Egypt's Messi pushed the empty goal but hit the upright and popped up. Liverpool, who missed consecutive opportunities, were punished in the 62nd minute, Matip's careless delivery of the ball was snatched by Inter, Sanchez sent a cross for the first time, Lauta Romadinez rushed to the far corner before Van Dijk forced it, inter milan led 1-0 away!
Tragically, just a minute later, Sanchez kicked Fabiano in the scramble and received his second yellow card for the match. Liverpool, who had one more man, then attacked heavily, and in the 76th minute, Salah received a pick from Mane and hit the goalpost again, and In injury time, Luis Díaz's push was also destroyed by Vidal's flying shovel. Although Inter also replaced Gagliardini, Damian, Joaquin Correa and Besino in succession to strengthen their attacks in the hope of equalizing the aggregate score, they could only leave Anfield with a 1-0 score due to the fact that they played one less and their overall strength was indeed slightly inferior.
In this campaign, Inter only had 38% of the ball, scoring 1 goal with 6 shots and 3 goals. Home team Liverpool had 12 shots on goal, 2 of which were on target, but 3 hit the upright were a bit of bad luck. However, this does not hide the success of Inter's tactics in this game. Whether it's the defensive areas of the midfield, or the technical central axis of Brozovic, Char khanoglu and Sanchez, it's eye-opening.
Even more noteworthy is the sudden Lauta Romantinez, who, with Dzeko on standby and Sanchez pulling back sharply to take the ball, the lonely Lautaro still seized the opportunity to knock on the goal guarded by Alisson, thus breaking his 10-game Champions League goal drought. It was also another game he had opened a scoring account after his hat-trick in Serie A in the last round, which would obviously go a long way for the Argentine striker to regain confidence.
In fact, although slightly inferior in strength, this time it is playing at Anfield, the home of the Devils, and inter have little chance of turning the tables. Even so, Inzaghi Jr. did not give up, leading Inter to play at the level of the away game, and also allowing Serie A to regain its dignity. After leaving the Champions League, Inter finally did not have to fight on multiple fronts and could concentrate on domestic competitions, which was also of great benefit to their Serie A defense.