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It’s time to summon every bit of strength for a comeback at the San Siro! FC Bayern visit Inter Milan on Wednesday night (live text and free Web Radio commentary from 21:00 CEST on fcbayern.com and in the FC Bayern app) in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The Munich men are bidding to overturn the 2-1 defeat in the first leg and reach the final four of Europe’s premier club competition. “We need character, the team has that, so we’re confident and want to progress,” said board member for sport Max Eberl ahead of the flight to Milan. Our preview has everything you need to know about the match.
Final training, journey, press conference & more – all the updates from Bayern’s day before the second leg at Inter Milan:
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The mission for Bayern at Inter is clear: they need an away win at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. After the 2-1 reverse in Munich, any victory by a one-goal margin would lead to extra time, any bigger win would send FCB straight through to the semis. “We believe we can come from behind,” declared a confident Harry Kane. “We need the right mentality and need to be more clinical with the chances we get.” Joshua Kimmich commented: “Everyone in the dressing room has the belief that we can win in Milan.”
Against a defensively strong Italian side, the Bavarians need to be more efficient with their chances than in recent games, in which they’ve not converted their numerous opportunities into enough goals. “We have to be creative, move the back five around, work ourselves spaces and then use them,” continued Kimmich.
"There's an anticipation for this match, it feels proper,” said Vincent Kompany at Tuesday’s press conference. “It doesn't get much better. The most important thing is that we deliver our best performance. We have to be there in the key moments, defend well and score the goals up front. The belief is there, at the end of the day we just need to win one match. We always play to win. Hopefully we can experience a very special night, also for our fans."
Raimond Aumann overturned a first-leg deficit in Milan with Bayern in 1988 and offers hope that history will repeat itself:
The opponents: Inter Milan
Inter Milan go into the return leg with momentum, having followed up the success in the first leg with a comfortable 3-1 win at home to Cagliari to cement their lead at the top of Serie A on Saturday. It extended the Nerazzurri’s unbeaten run in all competitions to 12 matches – at home it’s now 20 games undefeated. “We go into the meeting with Bayern with a lot of confidence, knowing that we’re playing against a very strong side. It’s not a case of managing, but playing a great game with determination," said coach Simone Inzaghi.
“It's the best team in Italy against the best team in Germany at the moment. We have to be prepared for them to press, but also for them to play defensively,” added Kompany. "Inter Milan are a very good team who play very streetwise football, but we also saw in the first leg that we have a chance to win," said Thomas Müller. “We have to put away the chances we create.”
The team news
Bayern must again do without Manuel Neuer (calf), Alphonso Davies (cruciate ligament), Dayot Upamecano (knee), Hiroki Ito (metatarsal) and Jamal Musiala (hamstring) in Milan.
For the hosts, Denzel Dumfries (thigh), Piotr Zieliński (calf), Valentín Carboni (cruciate) and Mehdi Taremi (adductor) are sidelined.
The facts:
What the coaches say
We have to do our job from A to Z, in defence and attack. It's about a balance between courage and control.
Vincent Kompany
We did well in Munich but we know it was only the first leg. Now we need to pass another big test against one of the strongest teams in the world.
Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan)
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