Dribble, 20.2/photo: Walla studio! Video editing: Ziv Steiner
This evening (Tuesday), Inter obtained a slight advance in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Atlético Madrid, when they beat Atlético Madrid 0:1 thanks to a goal by the Austrian Marko Arnautovic in the 78th minute.
As far as the Nerazzurri are concerned, history tells us that they advanced in 15 of the 17 past meetings in which they won by a one-goal margin in the first game at home (88 percent).
Atletico Madrid have hope because they have managed to overcome a goal deficit in the home leg on 10 of 16 previous occasions.
Since 2024 began, Inter is on a streak of nine victories in all competitions.
This is the first time that the Serie A leader has produced such a streak in the Simona Inzaghi era, with the previous case being with Antonio Conte in February-April 2021. In addition, it was the first game in the Champions League since November 2006 (against Sporting Lisbon) in which not a single ball was kicked into the Nerazzurri's frame.
After the "collaboration" with Inter fans on the album, Kanye West was present at the San Siro with his wife Bianca Sensori and the whole entourage, and watched the winning goal with a black mask on his face.
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Kanye West with Bianca in the stands/Reuters
The hero of the game, Arnautovic, who came on at the start of the second half only because of the injury of Marcus Toram, said at the end: "I'm sorry for Marcus, I never want a teammate to get injured... but these are my opportunities. This is my time to make a difference. In both situations The first times it still went badly for me, but the third time is ice cream."
Carlos Augusto, who also came on as a substitute, complimented Arnautovic: "He is a great guy. He is training well and deserves this goal. We made a hard work victory. We could have scored more if we had taken advantage of our situations. It will obviously be a difficult task in Spain, we are all aware of that." .
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was in danger of missing the second leg, was happy at the end: "I didn't get a yellow, did I? Thank God! Atletico is a very strong team that knows how to play football and defend well. Luckily we didn't concede, but it doesn't matter too much. The most important thing is that we won, we will have to go to Madrid And to do it there as well. We want to reach the final this year as well."
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"My time to make a difference."
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Simona Inzaghi commented on Thuram's injury and said: "He had a problem, he felt a stretch after the kick. Let's hope we don't lose him for a long time. The boys were outstanding, it's a shame it's only 0:1. I'm happy for Arnautovic, I said he and Alexis will prove how much They are necessary. There was a good first half and a tremendous second half. The substitutes helped us a lot. We got a nice Inter on a nice evening, but that's only the first part."
Atlético left San Siro more troubled by the injuries to Antoine Griezmann and Jose Maria Jimenez.
"Antoine sprained his ankle, I hope it's nothing more worrying," Diego Simeone said at the end.
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