Madness in Milan for the pass to the Champions League final: de Lautaro’s Inter’s dream week against a Rossoneri hurried by the fans

THE Champions League You already know what it’s like to gift European evenings with meetings to remember. And this Tuesday prepares for the possibility of being the frame of one of them. He Milan He wants to inscribe his name in the list of great comebacks that have taken place in recent years and remained in the history of the Champions League. This time, the seasoning of being a classic gives it extra flavor. From 16:00 the semi-final will be played Interwho are on course to defend their 2-0 first leg win.

Milan’s present is not the best in view of the most important match of the season. This is why hundreds of fans went to Milanello, the club’s training centre, on Sunday to offer a morale boost to the players after last Saturday’s tough 2-0 defeat against Spezia in the league, which also compromised them in the standings and narrows down the chances of qualifying for the next Champions League after dropping to fifth position.

After the fall, all players and their coach Stephen Pioli they approached the fans who were at the stadium and listened to a ‘speech’ from one of the leaders of the ultras. The possibility of going 3-0 seems like a necessity after being the first international meeting against their classic after 20 years.

“We will play a game that can make history, we have to believe in our chances of beating Inter“, declared Pioli after this meeting with the fans (Italian expression that refers to fans).

And I add: “We haven’t been good enough in the last two games, we can do better“.

After the home defeat in the first leg, Milan are far from reaching the final of the competition in Istanbul, but can cling to the fact that comebacks have been the order of the day in the last few editions of the Champions League. This will be the fifth seasonal derby in the Lombard capital: one win each in the league and 3-0 victory for Lautaro Martínez’s team in the Super Cup, adding the first match of the international series.

THE Red-blackwho have won just one game in their last five counting all competitions, arrive tired at the end of the season and don’t have many options on the bench because the reinforcements have not been up to par (De Ketelaere, Origi or Adli).

Pioli also lost an important element in midfield in the first leg, Ismail Bennacerwho injured his knee, as well as not being able to count on the legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

In this gloomy panorama the hopes of a return are placed Raffaele Leonethe Portuguese striker was absent in the first leg due to a nuisance in his right thigh but who had already trained with the group on Sunday.

Similarly, on the other side there is a growing Inter that has improved in the last month; climbing the podium in the local league, having already qualified for the Coppa Italia final (May 24 against Fiorentina) and one step away from the Champions League final, in which he would be looking to add a fourth ‘Orejona’ to his windows. And the good moment that drove the team Simone Inzaghi He proves it by adding seven consecutive victories with an average of three goals per game, with Lautaro Martinez at the head of the great leaders of this moment.

Overall, unlike the football collapses of some Milan players, several of his figures are starting to be reborn by Inter. It is the case of the Belgian Romelu Lukakuwho woke up scoring seven goals since the beginning of April, but in principle he would wait for an opportunity from the bench, as in the first leg.

If on the one hand Milan must go in search of a heroic comeback, on the other the European semi-final appears more uncertain. Wednesday the real Madriddefending champion, appears on the field of Manchester City after drawing 1-1 in the first leg.

Source: AFP.