Prepared by – Mohamed Tharwat
The Egyptian international Mohamed Salah, the star of the English club Liverpool, criticized the performance of his team once morest Inter Milan, in the second leg of the 16th round of the European Football Championship, which the Reds lost with a clean goal, but the result was enough to ascend the team to the quarter-finals, as it won in the first leg. San Siro with two goals.
Liverpool missed several chances in the match, and the crossbar stood in front of the header of Cameroonian Joel Matip, and the left and right posts made two huge opportunities for Mohamed Salah in the second half, which witnessed Inter Milan’s only goal with a wonderful shot from Argentine Lautaro Martinez, before Chilean Alexis Sanchez received the red card for Violent intervention on the Brazilian Fabinho.
Salah said, in statements to BT Sport following the match: “It seems that we overconfidence a little before the match, considering the victory in the first leg with two clean goals.”
Mohamed Salah added: “We have to start better than it was in the return match. It looks like we were a bit overconfident, but it’s good to learn from what happened in that encounter.”
He continued, “It is important to win all the matches, but the success was not on our side once morest Inter Milan, and the crossbar and the two posts confronted three confirmed chances, but this is something that happens in football, and the important thing is that Liverpool qualified for the next round.”
Mohamed Salah indicated that he hit the post twice during the match between Liverpool and Inter Milan, but perhaps in the next match he can score a “hat-trick”, stressing that the team’s performance is important, as well as qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The Egyptian star praised the performance of Inter Milan once morest Liverpool, and said that it was a difficult team, and was a fierce competitor in San Siro and Anfield, and that the expulsion of Alexis Sanchez facilitated the Reds’ task in qualifying for the next round.
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Champions League: Liverpool advance despite defeat (video)
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Liverpool reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing to Inter Milan.
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Champions League: Liverpool advance despite defeat
Yesterday, Tuesday, Liverpool succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, despite losing a goal to nothing once morest Inter Milan (2-1 on aggregate).
The two teams exchanged possession and opportunities without changing the result of the first half.
In the second half, Lautaro Martinez scored Inter Milan’s goal in the 62nd minute, and Inter completed the match with ten men following Alexis Sanchez was sent off in the 63rd minute.
????⚽️ Lautaro Martinez restores hope to “Inter” and ignites the summit!#Champions League | #Inter_Liverpool #UCL pic.twitter.com/ivZpw6Id36
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 8, 2022
Defeat on the night, but we progress into the #UCL quarter-final ???? pic.twitter.com/h3Hk5ILqZT
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 8, 2022
Inter Milan plays once morest Liverpool, and Bayern Munich once morest Salzburg in the second leg of the 16th round of the European Champions League in football.
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Who will qualify for the quarter-finals?
Inter Milan will play once morest its English host, Liverpool, at Anfield, today at 22:00 Al-Quds Al-Sharif time, in the second leg of the 16th round of the European Champions League in football.
Liverpool beat Inter Milan at home in the first leg, 2-0.
Inter is playing the match following defeating Salernitana 5-0 in “Calcio” and is in second place with 58 points, behind Milan leaders with 60 points, but Inter played a game less if they win it will lead the standings.
As for Liverpool, it returned to the competition for the title of “Premier League” and won the last round once morest West Ham 1-0 and is in second place with 63 points behind Manchester City with 69 points, but Liverpool played a game less.
Also today, Bayern Munich plays its Austrian side, Salzburg.
The two teams tied 1-1 at the Salzburg stadium.
Bayern Munich plays the match following its 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the “Bundesliga”, and is in the lead with 59 points, in front of Borussia Dortmund, the second with 50 points, who played a game less, and Salzburg is at the top of the Austrian League.
Liverpool (Archyde.com)
Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi said that his team should score early if they want to keep their hopes of crossing Liverpool in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 tomorrow (Tuesday).
Liverpool won 2-0 in the first leg in Milan, despite a strong start to Inter, who reached the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in a decade.
Inzaghi told a press conference: “It is important and necessary to score in the first half. Tomorrow’s match will be difficult, but we are very motivated. Inter have not reached these roles in the championship for many years and we knew that we would face a strong team following we finished second in the group. We did a good job in the first leg and we will do it once more tomorrow.”
Inter have fasted from scoring in four consecutive games, including once morest Liverpool, but their goal absence came to an end in impressive fashion when the Italian champions crushed bottom club Salrnitana 5-0 on Friday thanks to a Lautaro Martinez hat-trick and an Eden Dzeko brace.
Inzaghi described Liverpool as one of the three best teams in the world and admitted that the match would be more difficult than the one at San Siro, but demanded that his team treat it as an opportunity to improve.
The Italian coach said: “We will face the strongest team in Europe alongside Bayern Munich and Manchester City. It will be a difficult and more difficult atmosphere than the confrontation at San Siro, but such matches help everyone to mature.”
Inzaghi confirmed that Ivan Perisic will be ready for the match following his absence for two weeks, and that the only absentee is Nicolo Barilla, who has been suspended.