The eve of Tuesday night witnessed the two 1st tier Champion League teams: Benfica and Inter Milan clash on the first leg of the quarter-finals in the Stadium of Light at Lisbon. Inter Milan shakes a leg with victory as Centre fielders Romelu Lukaku and Nicolo Barella scored goals in the second half of the match after a decade-long struggle.
Pre-Match Record
Both the teams stormed the league with an impressive score backgrounds: Team Benfica smashed two teams of Seri A in the UEFA league while the team Inter Milan knocked out Portugal giants in the last round. Although the team Benfica paced with a trump card by withholding 4 consecutive wins in the Champions League but soon got spun out of control when Inter Milan reigned.
Benfica’s first loss struck as a blow after leading the Portuguese Primeira Liga with 13/15 victories in hand. On the other hand, team Inter Milan was fighting to score in the top 4 in Seri A Internazionale.
Post-Match Analysis
Team Benfica egged hard on maintaining their winning streak which was blown away with their match against team Inter Milan during the 1956 European Cup final and the 2004-04 UEFA match. The game in Estadio da Luz commenced with Inter Milan’s Centre back Alessandro Bastoni storming with a lofty pass in the 51st minute while center fielder Romelu Lukaku pulled the golden goal with a penalty kick at the 82nd minute framing the match score panel as “Benfica 0- 2 Inter Milan”.
Squad
- SL Benfica (Liga Portugal)
Team size 24
Goalkeepers – Odysseas Vlachodimos, Samuel Soares, Andre’ Gomes
Centre group – Morato, Anto’nio Silva, Lucas Veri’ssimo, Nicolas’ Otamendi, Joao Neves, Goncalo Ramos, Casper Tengstedt, Petar Musa
Left field- Alejandro Grimaldo, Mihailo Ristic, Andreas Schjelderup, Julian Draxler
Right field – Alexander Bah, Gilberto, David Neres
Midfield group – Florentino, Fredrik Aursnes, Chiquinho
- Inter Milan (Seria A)
Team size – 27
Goalkeepers – Andre’ Onana, Samir Handanovic, Alex Cordaz
Centre group – Edin Dzeko, Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez, Roberto Gagliardini, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolo’ Barella, Alessandro Fontanarosa, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Francesco Acerbi, Stefan de Vrij, Alesssandro Bastoni, Milan Skriniar
Left field – Federico Dimarco, Dalbert, Robin Gosens
Right field – Denzel Dumfries, Mattia Zanotti, Matteo Darmian, Raoul Bellanova
Midfield group – Marcelo Brozovic, Kristjan Asllani, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Valentin’ Carboni
Striker – Joaquin’ Correa
