Old friends from their playing days Simone Inzaghi and Diego Simeone met for the first time as coaches, and after the first 90 minutes of the Champions League round of XNUMX, the Italian expert is much more satisfied.
Tonight in Milan, Inter was better than Atlético and thanks to Marko Arnautović's goal in the 79th minute, they go to Madrid with 1:0.
In the second match of tonight's program, PSV and Borussia Dortmund played to a draw - 1:1. "Millionaires" led with a goal by the former idol of "Philips Stadium" Donijel Malen, and the eternal Luke de Jong equalized from the penalty spot.
When it comes to the derby at "Meaca", Inter played their game, Atletico defended as expected, but after the "colćoneros" survived several great chances by Lautar Martinez and Marko Arnautovic, the Austrian striker became a hero after a mistake by Reinaldo in midfield.
Atletico also had their chances (Lino and Marcos Llorente), but they were still far from the goal tonight and it is clear that they will have to do much better in the second match.
Our Stefan Savić played the entire second half and was one of the best players in the Atletik team.
End in Eindhoven: PSV - Borussia 1:1.
The end of "Meaca" - After the first 90 minutes, Inter has 1:0 against Atletico Madrid, the only goal was scored by Marko Arnautović in the 79th minute.
88' - Atletico could have equalized, but Alvaro Morata headed weakly from a good position.
79 - GOOOOL: It had to look like he - Marko Arnautović scored after a mistake by Reinld, Inter - Atletico 1:0.
78' - Lautaro Martinez headed from a good position, but Oblak was safe again.
73' - Once again, Arnautović found himself in a good situation, but our Savić kept his cool in front of Oblak's goal.
63' - What a chance for Inter and another miss by Arnautović - the Inter forward scored from five meters after a great assist from Lautar Martinez.
57' - Atletico had two great chances - after a nice action and an assist from De Paula, Lino had to do better, and a little later Llorente was also inaccurate.
56' - GOOOL, the team from Eindhoven returned. Luke de Jong scored from the penalty spot: PSV - Borussia 1:1.
49' - Another good opportunity for Inter - Di Marco made a great cross from the left side, but Marko Arnautović (replaced Tiram) shot wide.
The second half began, and Montenegrin stopper Stefan Savić immediately got a chance - he replaced Jose Maria Jimenez in the Atlético team.
At the end of the first 45 minutes and in Milan - after a lullaby for 35 minutes, Inter had two good chances at the end of the first half through Lautar Martinez and Markus Tiram. However, it remained 0:0.
The first half in Eindhoven has ended - Borussia leads 1:0 against PSV thanks to Malen's goal.
43 - Much better Inter at the end of the first half - Tiram did not use the new chance.
38' - Great chance for Inter - Rodrigo de Paul made a mistake in the middle, Markus Tiram found Lautaro, but the "Nerrazura" captain reacted desperately from a good position from fifteen meters.
36' - The biggest chance so far for Inter and the first shot on target in the match - Lautaro Martinez headed in, but there was no problem for Jan Oblak.
24' - GOOOL, leads Borussia in Eindhoven. The scorer for the team from Dortmund was Donijel Mullen, who arrived at Westfalen in 2021 from Philips Stadium.
You can watch the first goal of the night at this link.
15' - At the "Philips Stadium", both teams had good chances, but they were not precise, Malen on one and Tilman on the other.
11' - The left back of Atlético Lino had the first chance of the evening, but his shot went wide.
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