Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane in motion with Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni in Champions League’s Quarter Last in its First Leg on April 8, 2025. — Reuters
MUNICH:Â Inter Milan snatched a late 2-1 win from Bayern Munich within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final after Davide Frattesi scored the winner within the 88th minute, simply three minutes after Bayern had equalised via Thomas Mueller.
Frattesi tapped in from shut vary to stun the Bavarians, who had levelled three minutes earlier via substitute Thomas Mueller, a participant leaving the membership on the finish of the season after 25 years as Bayern didn’t provide him a brand new contract.
Inter captain Lautaro Martinez had put the guests within the driving seat after 38 minutes, drilling the ball into the online from an excellent Marcus Thuram backheel after Bayern had earlier hit the put up via Harry Kane.
The treble-chasing Italians, who’ve conceded three targets of their 11 Champions League matches thus far this season, host Bayern within the return leg on April 16.
“Scoring in the 88th minute like that shows how much we wanted to keep playing our football and using the principles we’ve been relying on for almost four years now,” mentioned Inter coach Simone Inzaghi.
The winners of the quarter-final will face both Borussia Dortmund or Barcelona, who play their first leg on Wednesday.
The Germans, who have been lacking a number of key gamers to damage together with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala together with a trio of defenders, had two possibilities via Michael Olise and Kane within the opening quarter-hour.
They got here even nearer within the twenty sixth after Olise outplayed nearly your complete Inter defence to put the ball off for Kane whose curled shot hit the put up.
The Italians steadily grew bolder with Carlos Augusto firing into the aspect netting and Martinez charging into the field however slipping simply earlier than capturing.
The Inter captain, nonetheless, made no mistake when Thuram discovered him with a backheel flick from a Carlos Augusto cut-back and the Argentine accomplished the swift transfer with a deft end.
He got here near including one other in fifty fifth however Bayern keeper Jonas Urbig stopped his highly effective drive from a decent angle.
Bayern, who lead the Bundesliga title race and face Borussia Dortmund on Saturday pinned Inter in their very own half however neither Konrad Laimer, Raphael Guerreiro nor Kane with a low drive within the eightieth may discover an equaliser till crowd favorite Mueller was in the best place to attain with 5 minutes left.
Their pleasure, nonetheless, solely lasted three minutes with Frattesi tapping within the winner in a heartbreaking finale for the Bayern followers within the Allianz Area, website of this 12 months’s remaining.
“It’s halftime, it’s 2-1 for Inter and we need to go to Milan to win,” mentioned Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. “We have lost and we had our chances in both halves but the results are not always fair.”
“If you see how many chances we had against a defensive-minded Inter. Normally if we get these chances we score two or three goals,” added Kompany. “We still fully believe in our chances in Milan.”
