Angel Valdes | April 11, 2023
Manchester City and Inter managed to take advantage in the first leg of the European Champions League quarterfinals, beating Bayern Munich and Benfica respectively.
At the Da Luz stadium in Portugal, Benfica could not assert their home position and fell 2-0 against an Inter that knew how to take advantage of the opportunities that were offered to them and defend in an orderly manner to take an important victory in their aspirations to advance to the semifinals .
Nicolo Barella at 51 ‘opened the way to victory for the Italian team, while Romelu Lukaku from a penalty at 82’ to put the final figures on the scoreboard and a comfortable lead for the second leg that will be on April 19 in Italy.
While Manchester City looked devastating by beating Bayern Munich 3-0 in the most striking game of the day, Rodri opened the scoring at minute 27′ with a great goal from outside the left-footed area that beat goalkeeper Sommer and could be the goal of the season in the Champions League, in the second half followed the clear dominance of the English who scored twice more through Bernardo Silva at 70 ‘and the third was scored by Erlin Haaland at 76’.
The second leg that will be played in Germany will be on April 19 and with City with a comfortable lead on the scoreboard.
