Inter Milan's Record In The Champions League Is Destroyed By Leverkusen

Inter Milan deserved to lose when they visited Bayer Leverkusen's headquarters (Instagram/@inter).

JAKARTA - Inter Milan's return from traveling to Bayer Leverkusen headquarters, BayArena, on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, early morning WIB, brought nothing. They lost 0-1 narrowly in the sixth match of the Champions League.

It was not the score that became a concern, but the return with empty hands because the Nerazzurri lost far in terms of the game.

Simone Inzaghi's troops are only allowed to control the ball as much as 30 percent. In fact, they only attempted to score six goals, not a single golden opportunity was born in the form of a shot on target.

If luck had not enveloped the Nerazzurri, they might have conceded more than one goal.

Xabi Alonso's team had almost scored after three minutes through Nathan Tella's volley that hit the post.

After that, there was also a golden opportunity from the shots of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, and Jonathan Tah which failed to produce points.

Apart from luck, Yann Sommer's performance was also very good. He is the savior of the three chances.

On the other hand, Inter were forced to survive for most of the match. Simone Inzaghi's substitution after an hour of the match also did not change things.

Instead of being able to bang on the Leverkusen defense, Inter are still struggling to withstand the onslaught of the hosts.

Inzaghi also admitted that his team's performance was very unsatisfactory. In fact, he said Inter could not beat any team with a performance like against Leverkusen.

"We weren't good enough to attack. We didn't quite show the ability to beat any team of current quality."

"Our goal remains to qualify directly through the top eight and it is still very possible."

"Leverkusen played well today, at high speed. The fact that the goal was scored was so close to the end of the match, of course, bitter," said Inzaghi.

Nordi Mukiele scored for Leverkusen in the 90th minute which made Inter's inferiority in terms of play even more bitter.

In addition, the goal gave the Nerazzurri the first wound to a Nerazzurri who had never conceded in the previous five matches.

Mukiele broke Inter Milan's clean sheet while giving their first defeat in the Champions League from six matches.

Inter were also displaced to fourth position despite having the same number of points as Leverkusen (second place) and Aston Villa, 13 points.

There are still two remaining matches in the Champions League group stage this season. Inter Milan have a great chance of qualifying for the round of 16.