Inter take on the visitors Porto in the first leg of UEFA Champions League 1/8-finals. The match will be played on Wednesday, February 22nd at Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro – Milan).
Inter, after taking the “Scudetto”, sharply worsened their financial situation, which is why they were immediately left without Antonio Conte. His successor, Simone Inzaghi, is doing a good job. Yes, the championship title had been lost, but last season, and this season, the club is confidently 2nd (even now, Napoli in Serie A has increased a considerable gap). They also managed to defend the status of the winners of the Super Cup in the winter, also with a 3-0 win in the Milan derby. And in Coppa Italia, the 2022 triumphant has already managed to knock out several opponents, including the strong and motivated Atalanta, and reach the semi-finals. Nerazzurri managed to break into the playoffs of the Champions League again. And for this, the Italians needed to be stronger in the head-to-head confrontation with Barcelona. Everything worked out: they won at their native “Giuseppe Meazza”, and, if not for Lewandowski and the failure in the very end, they would have won at the Camp Nou. However, even 3-3 was enough for a pass in 1/8.
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Porto claim the title of the strongest club in Portugal. It is curious that in recent years the title in the local Primeira is given to them in "even" years. It was the same in 2022, but now Benfica is still stronger. But in the Champions League, the wards of Sergio Conceição again made it to the playoffs. The group turned out to be quite difficult, and the denouement in it turned out to be illogical. Porto lost to Atletico the opening round, then completely failed at home, not answering to 4 goals of Brugge. But then it turned out to demonstrate one hundred percent statistics. The Dragons were twice stronger than “Bayer”, took revenge, 4-0, in Belgium and, finally, were able to beat the favorite, “mattresses”, in the last round. As a result, the wards of Diego Simeone turned out to be the last in the quartet, the Germans went to the Europa League, and the Portuguese even managed to climb into the 1st place. However, they still got a difficult opponent in the round of last 16, so there is no particular reason to rejoice.
All official head-to-heads were only in 2005. First, Inter passed the Dragons in the playoffs, winning at home after a draw at Dragao. And in the autumn, in the group stage, the parties exchanged victories on their fields over each other - however, a classic “exchange” in such conditions. Everything goes to the fact that the Milan club will be able to continue the tradition of victories over the representative of Portugal at home. The Dragons will try to fight at home, but for now we bet that Simone Inzaghi’s wards will be able to win on their own field
Prediction for the match: Inter to win.
