JAKARTA - Inter Milan showed their character by winning a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals, Thursday, April 17, 2025, early in the morning WIB, at Giuseppe Meazza to advance to the semifinals of the Champions League.
The Nerazzurri won 4-3 on aggregate after they won 2-1 in the first leg at the Allianz Arena.
The score makes Simone Inzaghi's team now eye-to-face trebles.
Apart from continuing his journey in the Champions League, Inter is at the top of Serie A and is still involved in the Coppa Italia.
Defender Benjamin Pavard, who scored his team's second goal against Bayern Munich, saw no reason why they shouldn't try to win everything.
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"I'm happy with my first goal in the Champions League, but I'm even happier for a team to reach an important milestone like the semifinals."
"We suffered a lot on the pitch, we know that one of the keys to the game is defense."
"We did our job very well, then when a defender also turns into an attacker, it's even better."
"We don't set any limits on ourselves because we've reached this far, we want to keep going," Pavard told Amazon Prime.
Lautaro Martinez, who scored the Inter Milan equalizer six minutes after Bayern Munich took the lead, wanted to focus on defending the league title first.
"We will remember this for a long time. Inter Milan has not given up, we have personality, heart and mind."
"We suffered, but we showed once again that we can do great things. Every year that starts, we try to win everything."
"It will be an important game against a great opponent, in the Champions League they have a lot of history."
"However, now we are concentrating on the league, then we will think about the Champions League," Martinez said.
Inter Milan won the trebles in 2010, after beating Bayern Munich to lift the Champions League.
Manager Simone Inzaghi still has the opportunity to repeat Jose Mourinho's achievements.
"It was a beautiful night, at our stadium, in front of our fans against a very strong team," said Inzaghi.
"We had to play two great games, do everything we could. The players played amazingly."
"This is a victory that must be shared with the whole world. We have continued to advance in this long season which has given us so much emotion," said the coach again.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich took the lead before Inter Milan hit back with two quick goals.
However, Vincent Kompany's second goal made the match end tense with a 4-3 aggregate for Inter Milan.
Inter Milan will next face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals in the final week of April 2024.
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