LEVERKUSEN (GERMANY) (ITALPRESS) – A lot of balance, almost total in Germany, but Inter came out defeated by the challenge against Bayer Leverkusen, which conquered three points useful to overtake precisely the Nerazzurri at the second place of the maxi ranking of the Champions League. The decisive goal in the 90′ by Mukiele, who at the end of a melee inside the Inter Milan area manages to comfortably push into the net the ball of the final 1-0. First goal conceded and first European defeat for Inter, which beyond the draw on the first day against Manchester City had always emerged victorious. The German team showed up immediately, after three minutes, with Frimpong’s ball for Tella’s shot hitting the crossbar. First minutes of sprinting by Leverkusen, with Inter gradually raising the level of its possession, but finding the opponents well ordered in their defensive phase. Difficulty for the Nerazzurri in catching the Taremi-Thuram duo, stuck inside the defensive block designed by Xabi Alonso. Bayer will make a comeback, on 35′, with Wirtz’s looping conclusion that from a deflected position tries to trouble a Sommer responsive in the rebound. Lots of balance between the two teams, who go to rest on the 0-0 scoreline and then resume the reins of the match on the same tactical thread seen in the first half. Sharp chances struggle to arrive, preferring solutions from the distance like the one by Tah, at 65′, who aided by a deflection by Dimarco goes close to the cross of the posts. Inzaghi thus tries to shake up his side, with the entries of Dimarco, Barella and Lautaro, but without managing to create any noteworthy dangers going forward. The match seemed destined for a draw, but it was in the 90′ that the key episode for Bayer arrived: on the development of a long corner, a scramble in Sommer’s area favored the sure-footed shot of Mukiele, forgotten by the Inter defense and free to score the goal that made the final 1-0 and the victory for the German champions.
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