JAKARTA - Inter Milan will face FC Porto in the last 16 of the 2022/2023 Champions League. Leg pertma will take place at Giuseppe Meazza, Inter headquarters, Thursday, February 23, early morning WIB.
Inter are haunted by the curse of the Italian team when they met Porto in the Champions League. Porto has knocked out six Italian clubs in the European competition over the past two decades.
Lastly, the Portuguese giants kicked out AC Milan after finishing one point in the Champions League group stage last season.
Inter coach Simone Inzaghi wants her team to end this bad record. Moreover, they have a target of qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2011.
"In recent years they have done very well against the Italian teams, against Milan last season, Rome, Lazio, and Juventus. Hopefully we can turn things around," said Inzaghi, quoted by Antara via AFP.
There is something interesting in the meeting later. Inzaghi will meet his former partner while still a player, Sergio Conceicao.
Inzaghi and Conceicao won the Italian league and doubles in 2000 with Lazio as well as the 1999 European Super Cup, and since retiring as players, both have had successful coaching careers.
Inzaghi also praised the work that Conceicao had done with Porto. "The team played both physical and technical games," said Inzaghi.
"Porto are a very good team, they have won 10 games in a row, only conceded two goals," he continued.
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