The second match of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals ended with Inter Milan winning 2-1 away.

After the game, the "genius" coach Leonardo wanted to be calm.

In an interview, Leonardo believes that the team's defeat is not the responsibility of a certain player, the game is not over and the 1-2 result does not mean anything.

"Defeat is always unpleasant and I have to admit that I was disappointed by today's defeat, but the game is over and the result of the defeat cannot be changed, but we still have one more game to save the defeat. It's not over yet, the door is open for everyone and I think we should forget about what happened today as soon as possible. ”

Asked if there were any tactical mistakes or deviations in today's game, Leonardo said: "Even if it was a 0-0 game, it would be difficult for us to play away from home in the next leg. Today's pre-match guidance is very clear, try to find the opponent's flaws without conceding a goal, the players executed it very well, our first goal was a supplementary shot, the second goal was a world wave, these can't be blamed on the goalkeeper, we can only say that our luck is a little bad. ”

'We've never been scared of Manchester United, even though we weren't at our best, we created clear chances to score, it's just that not scoring at home is a big problem for us, but as long as we keep our composure we have a chance to turn the tables and 2-0 away is not an impossible task. ”

Compared with Leonardo's enigmatic confidence, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson is much more modest, he said that the opponent is the defending champion, and it is playing at home, it is difficult to get a good result here, more fortunately, we have Gao Xiaodong, he decided the direction and result of the game, the score of 1:2 is better than I imagined, but this does not mean that we can easily qualify, Inter Milan is still that Inter Milan, if we want to advance, we must forget the score when we return to Old Trafford, and start from 0:0。

Apparently Ferguson was too cautious and Leonardo was too ignorant.

The 2-1 score in the first leg away from home has been a 20 per cent chance of the home team advancing and an 80 per cent chance of the away team having progressed throughout the history of the Champions League.

This also means that the probability of defending champion Inter Milan advancing is quite low, and it almost depends on a miracle to qualify.

After the first leg of the quarterfinals, because the favorite Barcelona lost 1:2 to Arsenal away, the probability of promotion was only 51.8%, the second favorite Real Madrid drew 1:1 with Lyon away, the probability of promotion was only 59%, and Manchester United's probability of promotion was as high as more than 80%, so the bookmaker also adjusted the odds of winning the championship immediately after the game.

Ladbrokes bookmakers see Manchester United as favourites to win the title, followed by Barcelona and Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid, whose odds to win the title after Inter Milan's home defeat slipped to 7th of all 16 teams at 40 to 1.

And William Hill bookmakers still believe that Barcelona are the biggest favourites to win the Champions League. Barcelona is 2.75 to 1 to win the title, Manchester United, who are in second place, are 1 to 3, while Real Madrid are far inferior to Inter Milan and Manchester United, and the odds of the Galaxy are 1 to 5.

After the game, major European media commented on the focus of the first leg of the quarterfinals.

Bild, Europe's largest media outlet by circulation, commented after the game: "The strong team is not strong, the weak team is not weak, this is the deepest impression of the first leg, the top five teams in the odds to win the championship are playing away, only Manchester United and Chelsea win, considering that Chelsea's opponents are too unconvincing, it is no accident that Manchester United are the favorites to win the title." ”

The British "Times" commented: "After the first leg, in fact, Manchester United has basically qualified, Leonardo's speech after the game is simply arrogant to the extreme, he thinks he is Mourinho." ”

Italy's newspaper "Milan Sport" was saddened by the way Inter Milan played like this," AC Milan lost to Tottenham, Inter Milan lost to Manchester United, Milan became Milan Twin Bears overnight, Roma also lost to Shakhtar Donetsk, and the road to promotion was almost blocked, for Inter, last season has won the treble, maybe it doesn't matter if this season stops in the round of 16, but for Serie A, in fact, it has come to the point of life and death, the current European points, the Bundesliga has been ahead of Serie A by nearly 8 points, which also means that next season's Champions League Serie A or there will be only three teams left to directly qualify for the Champions League group stage, and the increasingly strong Bundesliga has increased from three to four。 ”

"Roma Sport" laughed at itself and said: Whether you want it or not, you must accept the fact that Serie A has a comprehensive rout, and today's Serie A is helpless, and it is still paying for yesterday's phone door. The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but where does Serie A still resemble ......a camel? In the future, all three teams have 90 minutes each to save themselves, Milan must overcome Tottenham's pace, Roma must overcome the Ukrainian temperature and Inter Milan must overcome the hardness of Manchester United. ”

The Spanish newspaper Marca commented: " The three teams in La Liga, two draws and one loss, are all standing on the edge of the cliff, the most powerful Barcelona lost to Arsenal away, Messi was not able to become a savior, although back at home Barcelona still has a great hope of qualifying, but Arsenal is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Real Madrid got a 1:1 result away from home is not bad, but Lyon has always been the bitter master of Real Madrid, most of the title of Real Madrid's Champions League 16 Lang is brought by Lyon, Real Madrid wants to advance to the quarterfinals at the Bernabeu, I am afraid to count on the magic of coach Mourinho. As for Valencia, after being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Schalke, they have nothing to say and can now wash and sleep. ”

Although Ligue 1 is ranked at the end of the five major leagues, Lyon and Marseille remained unbeaten in the first round, Marseille drew 0:0 with Bayern, and the probability of promotion was more than 30 percent, Lyon drew 1:1 with the powerful Real Madrid, although Real Madrid was given an away goal, but Lyon played Real Madrid with a psychological advantage, and it may not be able to break out of the upset.

After the game, France's "Team Newspaper" also commented on the first leg, believing that the Champions League champion was basically born in the four teams of Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea, and one of the two teams in Ligue 1 can reach the quarterfinals is a victory.

French reporters believe that Messi, Ronaldo and Gao Xiaodong are still strong contenders for the top scorers, and whether their team can win the Champions League is the key to whether they can win the Ballon d'Or.