Chapter 231: With AC Milan

Seeing Inter Milan score, Benitez smiled helplessly, he knew that Liverpool's ethereal chance to create a miracle was gone.

This conceded goal knocked out the last trace of Benitez and Liverpool's illusion of a comeback.

Benitez was relieved after reluctantly accepting this result, and at this time, for him and Liverpool, there was only one goal left for this game: to play this game well, even if it falls, to leave proudly and draw an end to this season's Champions League!

In such a situation, the content behind this game has become very exciting.

Forty-one minutes into the game, Liverpool scored.

Alonso took a free-kick and Torres headed in with a header from Leonardo Bonucci.

“Gooooooooooaaaaaaal!”

"1-1! Liverpool equalised! Although this goal did not help them much on aggregate, the Liverpudlians showed their tenacity in this game!"

Rafael Benitez clapped from the sidelines, cheering on his players.

On the other side, Leon shrugged, this conceded goal can not say how bad Bonucci's performance was, it can only be said that Torres is too strong, Torres at this time, Torres in Liverpool, is definitely one of the best strikers on the planet, this goal reflects the Spanish shooter's super attacking ability in front of the goal.

At the end of the first half, the score remained at 1-1, with Balotelli and Fernando Torres scoring for Inter Milan and Liverpool respectively.

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After the start of the second half, the two sides played more openly.

In the 55th minute, Liverpool played a beautiful wide combination, Torres swam to the side, passed to the goal, Kuyt's shot bounced off the ground, which made Zivo make a mistake when clearing the ball, stabbed the football, but fell at the feet of Gerrard, and the Liverpool captain scored an empty goal!

"Two to one! Liverpool went beyond the score! England were very resilient!"

Leon made an immediate substitution, with Juan Mata coming off the bench for Muntari and Silva returning to the right.

The effect of this substitution adjustment was immediate.

In the 61st minute, Inter Milan took advantage of a mistake in the Liverpool backline, Mata broke through from the middle and sent a through ball, facing the attacking goalkeeper Reina, Adriano passed the goalkeeper and sent the football into the goal, 2:2!

Inter Milan equalised, while Inter Milan continued to hold a four-goal lead over Liverpool 7-3 on aggregate!!

Inter Milan quickly equalised, which was also a big blow to Liverpool's morale.

Seventy-three minutes into the game, Inter Milan's corner kick opportunity, Mata's corner kick into the penalty area, Adriano pressed Carragher, completed a beautiful lion head attack, the football smashed on the underside of the crossbar, and then bounced into the net!

“Goooooooooooooooooooaaaaaal!”

"Adriano!

The goal also rekindled the enthusiasm at the Meazza Stadium.

Leon applauded from the sidelines, applauding Adriano's excellent performance, and it was crucial to have a consistent centre-forward scoring point in the team's third-line situation.

After this goal, the rhythm of the two sides slowly slowed down, on the one hand, Inter Milan led by five goals on aggregate, and also relaxed, their attack was not as sharp and fast as before, and on the other hand, Liverpool seemed to have finally been drained of the last spirit by this goal and became a little dazed.

In the end, neither Inter Milan nor Liverpool scored again, and Inter Milan defeated Liverpool 3-2 at their home stadium, eliminating their opponents with an aggregate score of 8-3 and advancing to the quarterfinals!

Although Liverpool lost, they also showed a certain amount of blood at the Meazza Stadium, and the most important thing is to avoid repeating the defeat at Anfield Stadium away from home, which can be regarded as 'glory despite defeat'.

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Inter Milan's knockout of Liverpool was no surprise, and after a 5-1 win away from home in the first leg, no one expected Inter Milan to miss the quarter-finals.

The performance of another Serie A team, Roma, can be said to be a surprise for the Italians.

In this match, Real Madrid lost 1-2 to Roma at home at the Bernabeu Stadium and went out 2-4 on aggregate. In the first half, Aquilani hit the post. In the second half, Baptista's free-kick and Roma substitute Vucinic shot were both blocked by the woodwork, Real Madrid centre-back Pepe was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards, and after Tadei's header, Raul immediately equalised the score, increasing his Champions League goal record to 61, and European goals equalled Inzaghi's 63 goals. Vucinic sealed the win with a stoppage-time header.

At the Bernabeu, Roma's victory was hard-won: Vucinic and Aquilani had shots blocked by the woodwork, Perrotta and Tadei had shots saved by the opposing goalkeeper, and a serious mistake by the assistant referee led to Raul's "textbook" offside goal that made it 1-1 for Real Madrid, causing Roma big problems.

It's just that Rome on this Bernabeu night is mature and calm. Undisturbed by referee errors and solidifying the defence, Tadej and Vucinic became Real Madrid's adjudicators. Judging by the match in Madrid, Roma deserved this victory. Throughout the game, Roma showed hunger and ferocity for victory.

Before the game, Real Madrid president Calderón and manager Schuster seemed to have angered the Roma with some remarks. The president of Real Madrid has said that his team is the best and it is impossible to fail Roma. Schuster replaced Capello because of his wonderful football, and before the game, the German criticized Roma for "only defending, and only defending", but let Roma "slightly" have the upper hand in the game!

After the match with Liverpool, Li Ang watched the video of the match between Real Madrid and Roma, studied the game, and if he was asked to comment on and analyze Real Madrid's exit, he would use one word: the arrogant army will lose!

The Spanish press asked Totti and Spalletti sharp questions the day before the game, as if censoring the "lower riba" who had just entered the city, and the Spanish journalist asked how Totti felt at the great Bernabeu Stadium...... Faced with such a question, the bald coach Spalletti was expressionless, and Totti was already suppressing his anger. A Roma journalist who accompanied the team angrily said in the newspaper Roma Sport that the Spaniard had asked the Italians how they would get out of the Bernabeu after losing.

"It's just that the good mood of the Spaniards can only be maintained until the ...... before the game" - Roma Sports newspaper sarcastically mocked the Real Madrid after the game.

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Inter Milan and Roma join forces to qualify for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League, much to the delight of the Italian media, who, in the words of Sport, now look at AC Milan.

Because Inter Milan's match with Liverpool is played at the Meazza Stadium, and the match between AC Milan and Arsenal is also at the home San Siro, which is actually a stadium, the second leg of the match between AC Milan and Arsenal has been postponed to a week later......

Inter Milan coach Leon reminded AC Milan to be careful of Arsenal in his personal column.

This has caused strong dissatisfaction on the AC Milan side, AC Milan club vice president Galliani criticized Leon for his sinister intentions, this person would like to see AC Milan eliminated, he strongly criticized Leon's position: AC Milan is playing for Serie A, Milan has European DNA, for Italian football in the European war light, but also to see the Rossoneri.

Leon then looked innocent in an interview with the media, 'I'm really kind, Arsenal are really strong, they really have to be careful, especially Adebayo'......

"At this moment, my heart is with AC Milan because we both represent Serie A. The Inter Milan coach said with a serious face.