The duel between the third parties of the Bundesliga and of the Series A ended this Tuesday with an agonizing and well-deserved victory (1-0) for the Bayer Leverkusen before a speculative Inter, thanks to a goal from the French side Nordi Mukiele in the 90th minute. Those of Xabi Alonso They proposed more than the Italians, who conceded their first goal and their first defeat in this Champions after six days played.
Important qualifying leap for the Germans, now second after equaling 13 points with the team of Simone Inzaghi (4th)which brings them a little closer to the round of 16 directly in a competition that will not resume until the end of next January.
The German team had a dominant start against the Italians and in the 3rd minute they already had a great opportunity to take the lead on the scoreboard, but the striker’s volley shot Nathan Tella It crashed into the crossbar.
Those of Xabi Alonso They did not let up in attack and in the 18th minute they had a double chance through Grimaldo and Xhakawho could not beat the goal of a granite Inter, which Palacios could not surprise either (26′).
The pupils of Simone Inzaghi They controlled very well Florian Wirtz. The young star of Bayer Leverkusen He tried it in the 35th minute of the first half with a shot that aborted an attentive and solvent summer.
The German team dominated the ball with more than 60% possession and achieved more in the first 45 minutes. However, he was unable to translate his superiority on the scoreboard against a very organized team. Inter which conceded very little.
As soon as the match resumed, the ambitious Leverkusen He came close to scoring again. Frimpong received great assistance from the talented Wirtzbut his shot, somewhat forced, went excessively across the goal defended by summer.
Triple change at Inter
After entering Dimarco, Simone Inzaghi He opted for a triple change. Lautaro Martínez, Barella and Asllani They appeared with the aim of ‘destabilizing’ the Germans, who still had the ball, but without generating excessive danger. While, Xabi Alonso He was reluctant to move the bench. His first substitution came in the 83rd minute.
The Interistas were content with the point, without risking the slightest in a match in which they did not shoot even once on target. Control over the Germans completely collapsed in the 90th minute, after Mukiele hunted down a loose ball inside the area and shot summer. This time, football did justice to the merits of both.
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17Matej Kovár
Yann Sommer1
23Nordi Mukiele 89′
Matteo Darmian36
3Piero Hincapié
Charles Augustus30 26′ 55′
34Granite Xhaka
Alessandro Bastoni95
4Jonathan Tah
Stefan de Vrij6
12Edmond Tapsoba
Yann Bisseck31
30Jeremie Frimpong
Davide Frattesi16 65′
25Exequiel Palacios
Piotr Zielinski7
19Nathan Tella 82′
Mehdi Taremi99 84′
10Florian Wirtz 93′
Marcus Thuram9 65′
20Alex Grimaldo 93′
Hakan Calhanoglu20 24′ 65′
Substitutes
1Lukás Hrádecky
Josep Martinez13
36Niklas Lomb
Alessandro Calligaris40
13Arthur
Federico Dimarco32 55′
44Jeanuël Belocian
Mike Aidoo50
8Robert Andrich 93′
Tajon Buchanan17
24Aleix Garcia 93′
Kristjan Asllani21 65′
11Martin Terrier 82′
Henrikh Mkhitaryan22
14Patrick Schick
Nicolò Barella23 65′
29Artem Stepanov
Marko Arnautovic8 84′
40Francis Onyeka
Lautaro Martínez10 65′
Coach
Xabi Alonso
Simone Inzaghi
