Football Prediction
Inter Milan meet Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League clash at the famous San Siro Stadium on Tuesday.
Last season’s runners-up, Inter are flying high at the top of Serie A while Atleti stormed through the group stage to reach the knockout rounds once again. Having started 2024 with eight wins on the spin, Inter can consider themselves in peak form ahead of their return to the Champions League, in which they have proven to be one of Europe’s elite teams over the past two seasons.
The Nerazzurri have lost just one of their last 13 games in UEFA’s top club competition – that lone defeat coming against Manchester City in the 2023 final – while keeping no fewer than eight clean sheets in the process.
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Under Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid have won five of six previous knockout matches against Italian clubs in continental competition, and the Spanish side now seek their sixth at San Siro, where they have yet to take on Inter.
The teams’ only competitive meeting was in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup, won by Los Colchoneros thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero and the late Jose Antonio Reyes, but now another heavyweight contest awaits.
Team News
Defenders Matteo Darmian and Federico Dimarco were rested on Friday by Inter but should be available for this tie from the start. Defensive rock Francesco Acerbi could recover from a calf injury sustained in the recent win over Roma.
Davide Frattesi was an unused substitute in Salerno, having previously been troubled by a thigh problem, so Juan Cuadrado – who was removed from Simone Inzaghi’s Champions League squad after undergoing Achilles tendon surgery – is the only player occupying the Nerazzurri’s treatment room.
Atletico boss Diego Simeone will be without Gabriel Paulista, Cesar Azpilicueta, and long-term absentee Thomas Lemar while Alvaro Morata was withdrawn at halftime against Sevilla due to a knee injury that also saw him sit out Atleti’s weekend win.
Probable Line-Up
Inter Milan XI: Sommer; Pavard, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez
Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Savic, Witsel, Hermoso; Llorente, Barrios, De Paul, Koke, Lino; Griezmann, Depay
Verdict
Inter and Atletico can both call upon plenty of European experience, grit, and nous, so a tight contest is to be expected. The two sides have scored freely this term and this game should produce goals.
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