After 3-3 draw with Benfica, Inter Milan set up a blockbuster derby in the Champions League semi-finals as it faces local league rivals, AC Milan in a race to the final, News About Nigeria reports.
Goals from Nicolo Barella, Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa ensured a straight-forward qualification for the Italian side on Wednesday night second leg quart-final clash against Benfica.
The both Milan giants are trying to become the first Serie A side to win Europe’s top club competition since Inter last lifted the trophy in 2010.
“It was a big night for everyone at the club, and we deserved to go through over the course of the two legs,” said Simone Inzaghi, Inter coach.
“The players were incredible over the two matches. Getting to the semi-finals is a dream and now that we’re here we want to go try and go all the way.”
Inter had come into Wednesday’s clash in a miserable run of form in which their only win in their last eight games had come in last week’s first leg away fixture in Portugal.
The win set up two mouth-watering clashes with Milan next month after the Italian champions saw off Napoli on Tuesday night.
It also snapped a three-match home losing streak in which Inter hadn’t scored a single goal and continued their impressive season in cup competitions.
Martinez and Correa ended worrying goal scoring droughts with their strikes, as well as making sure that Fredrik Aursnes, Antonio Silva and Petar Musa netting for the away side made no difference to the outcome of the tie.
