Inter hosted Milan at the San Siro today for a Champions League 1/2 final return leg. The match ended with a 1-0 victory for the home side, sealing their aggregate success.
The decisive moment arrived in the 74th minute when Lautaro Martinez, a key figure for the Argentina national team and a striker renowned for his killer instinct in the box, found the net. He cracked the shot through the right side of the penalty area after repeatedly resisting Romelu Lukaku in tight one-on-one duels, earning Inter the lead and ultimately the win on the night.
In the first leg, Simone Inzaghi’s squad had already established a cushion with a 2-0 victory. Edin Dzeko opened the scoring and Henrikh Mkhitaryan added a second, placing Inter firmly in control of the tie and setting up a challenging return for Milan at home.
Inter last reached the Champions League final in 2010, a campaign that culminated in a 2-0 triumph over Bayern Munich. The season was defined by a double strike from Diego Milito, a moment etched in the club’s history as a high point in their modern era of European competition.
Tomorrow, the other semi-final pits Real Madrid against Manchester City. Their first encounter finished level at 1-1, with goals from Vinicius Junior and Kevin De Bruyne providing the highlights and setting up a tense second leg.
Real Madrid enter the clash as the defending champions, having won the title last season with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in Istanbul, a win sealed by a late contribution from Vinicius Junior that sent the club on their path to back-to-back finals appearances.
The final stage of the tournament is slated for Istanbul, Türkiye, where the final will crown the season’s European champions after a sequence of high-stakes fixtures across Europe.
In a broader storyline from the day, Roman Zozulya, a former Ukraine international, publicly criticized Andriy Shevchenko for watching the Milan versus Inter match alongside Novak Djokovic, an observation that sparked discussion about where players and former teammates choose to engage with top European football events and the waves such attention can create within the football community.