Ahead of the second leg quarter-final match of the UEFA Champions League, Inter are confidently leading by two goals. However, the shocking home defeat against Monza with a score of 0-1 over the weekend showed that the “Nerazzurri” are vulnerable at the San Siro, so they will have to be cautious to prevent Benfica’s advancement and secure a place in the semi-finals of the UCL for the first time since 2010. Considering that the “Nerazzurri” have won 17 out of 18 UEFA tournament games in which they won away in the first match, Simon Inzaghi’s team has every chance of planning their last four matches in the main club tournament for this year. In fact, you have to go back to 2011 and the 2-5 defeat to Schalke the last time Inter lost a home game in the UCL with a big enough gap to be knocked out in 90 minutes. However, Inzaghi could become the first homegrown Italian coach to lead Inter to the semi-finals of the main European tournament since Eugenio Bersellini in the 1980/81 season. De Vrij, Skriniar, and D’Ambrosio, who has a knee injury, will be unable to participate in this duel.
Benfica is heading to Italy on the back of their own shocking 0-1 defeat to Pacos de Ferreira in the Primeira Liga, extending their losing streak to three games in all competitions. If their current form doesn’t give the Eagles much hope, the fact that they have already won on Italian soil this season, beating Juventus 2-1 in the group stage, gives them a chance for success. However, that success was the first of four games on Italian soil, but they have every chance of improving that record thanks to their unbeaten run of nine away games. However, in this successful run, only one result would have helped the Portuguese team progress to the next stage without extra time and penalty shootouts. In this match, Ristovski, Grimaldo, and Taarabt, who has a knee injury, will not be able to take the field and help their team. More 90% accurate football predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
