Liverpool, 8 March 2022 – A big heart is not enough all’Inter to pass the shift in Champions League at Anfield. The Nerazzurri try to overturn the double disadvantage of the first leg but only succeed in half the feat thanks to a torpedo of Lautaro in the second half. The expulsion of Sanchez at the best it does not allow the final attacks: Liverpool pass. In the other eighth Bayern dominates.
Crossed Matip
Simone Inzaghi chooses almost all the owners, Perisic returns to the band, Dumfries from the opposite side, Vidal must replace Barella but there is the news Sanchez in attack alongside Lautaro Martinez. Klopp with the fearsome trident Mané, Jota and Wrong. Good Inter start with possession and personality, there are no big chances but Inzaghi’s team shows a better attitude than a more submissive Liverpool. High pressing, low exits and command of operations. The effort is not rewarded by a network and when the Nerazzurri, today in black, catch their breath at half time, it is Liverpool who become dangerous. At 30 ‘pumpkin of Matip on Arnold’s punishment; crossbar. After the fear passed, Inter put their heads out of the shell but Van Dijk’s speed allows the Reds to risk one-on-one defensive and to keep control of the field. On the final time the clearest opportunity for Interthanks to a cross shot on a free-kick by Calhanoglu that Allisson must fiddle with as best he can with the Interisti in ambush. The time ends with a placed of Arnold from 20 meters shaving the pole. At half-time it is still zero to zero, but the Nerazzurri would have needed to shorten the gap in the first fraction.
Super Lautaro
At the beginning of the second half there is Inter D’Ambrosio in place of De Vrij, stopped by a fatigue in the calf. Once again the Nerazzurri’s start is convincing, with a choral effort in high pressing, but every time Liverpool starts again it hurts: in the 51st minute desperate exit of Handanovicon the rebound Wrong catches the post and misses the advantage. The Reds take the field and surround Inter forcing them to shoot high on the attackers without success. Great opportunity at 60 ‘, Bastoni opens for Brozovic who fishes Lautaro but the conclusion from a good position is not decisive. Robertson saves. Inter are alive and the bull redeems himself in the 62nd minute with a devastating torpedo from outside that slips into seven, 0-1. Joy does not last long, because a minute later Sanchez he takes the second yellow card for a hammer intervention on Fabinho, Inter in ten. A painful end, but Inzaghi tries with Correa, Gosens and Darmian, however it is Liverpool that have the best chances. Scavetto di Mané for the plate of Wrong, still pole, while at the end Vidal miraculously saves on Luis Diaz. Even the last attack fails at Inter, the final punishment from the trocar is badly wasted. Victory, against a team that had won twelve in a row, is not enough.
In the other return match of the round of 16 in Munich between Bayern and in Salzburg there is a Bavarian slaughter. After the one by one of the first leg Bayern dominate with a peremptory 7-1 (4-0 already in the first half) with a hat-trick of Lewandowski then networks of Gnabry, Muller (shotgun) e Sane. For the Austrians in goal Kjaergaard.