Inter Milan scored an 88th minute winner by way of Davide Frattesi to grab a 2-1 victory over shocked hosts Bayern Munich of their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday (April 8, 2025).
Frattesi tapped in from shut vary to stun the Bavarians, who levelled three minutes earlier by way of substitute Thomas Mueller, a participant leaving the membership at the top of the season after 25 years as Bayern didn’t provide him a brand new contract.
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez had put the guests within the driving seat after 38 minutes, drilling the ball into the online from an outstanding Marcus Thuram backheel after Bayern had earlier hit the submit by way of Harry Kane.
The treble-chasing Italians, who’ve conceded three objectives of their 11 Champions League matches thus far this season, host Bayern within the return leg on April 16.
“Tonight wasn’t a walk in the park and we were not expecting one,” stated Mueller. “The chances converted were the key.
“We had a fair few chances but unfortunately the last counter makes it 2-1. Otherwise it would be 1-1, a good fightback and the Mueller story would have played out,” he stated.
The Germans, who had been lacking a number of key gamers to harm together with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala together with a trio of defenders, had two probabilities by way of Michael Olise and Kane within the opening quarter-hour.
They got here even nearer within the twenty sixth after Olise outplayed nearly the whole Inter defence to put the ball off for Kane whose curled shot hit the submit.
The Italians steadily grew bolder with Carlos Augusto firing into the facet netting and Martinez charging into the field however slipping simply earlier than capturing.
The Inter captain, nonetheless, made no mistake when Thuram discovered him with a backheel flick from a Carlos Augusto cut-back and the Argentine accomplished the swift transfer with a deft end.
He got here near including one other in fifty fifth however Bayern keeper Jonas Urbig stopped his highly effective drive from a decent angle.
Bayern then pinned Inter in their very own half however neither Konrad Laimer, Raphael Guerreiro nor Kane together with his low drive within the eightieth may discover an equaliser till crowd favorite Mueller was in the best place to attain with 5 minutes left.
Their pleasure, nonetheless, solely lasted three minutes with Frattesi tapping within the winner in a heartbreaking finale for the Bayern followers within the Allianz Arena, web site of this 12 months’s closing.
The winners of the quarter-final will face both Borussia Dortmund or Barcelona, who play their first leg on Wednesday.
Published – April 09, 2025 03:06 am IST
