Quote from: Coyster on Today at 05:26:40 PM

Quote from: Swordsoffreedom on Today at 05:15:41 PM

Both Inter Milan and AC Milan seem equally likely to win. The performances of these two teams have been erratic in Serie A this season as well. So there is no way to say for sure which team will qualify for the finals.

I second this, the game is fairly even at 50-50 and i absolutely don't think there is any favorite in this game. AC Milan and Inter Milan are quite erratic and unpredictable this season, they could lose when you expect them to win easily, and win when you think they are definitely going to lose, it has been an up and down season for the both clubs, and they are really fortunate and lucky to be in the SF of the CL. This match is going to be decided by fine margins, i prolly even think it will go into extra time, that's how close i think it'd be, but if i must pick a side, i'd say AC Milan would progress to the final, just because i think they have a game changer in Rafel Leao and a great goalscorer in Olivier Giroud, they would both help AC Milan to just edge Inter Milan.

The presence of two big clubs from the Italian League in the Champions League Semi-finals this season was actually quite a surprise for all of us. The reason is that since the group stage I'm quite sure that very few predicted that Inter Milan and AC Milan would make it to the Semi-finals.

The majority of us all have even more high hopes for Napoli and Benfica who will qualify for the semi-finals. But football is sometimes difficult to predict.

The cause of Napoli not qualifying for the Semi-finals is very clear, namely because several of Napoli's mainstay players had suffered injuries and were unable to strengthen Napoli in the first leg of the quarter-finals against AC Milan. So that Napoli lost their spearhead in the match. so that Napoli have difficulty completing every attack they build and every opportunity they get. So that AC Milan's defense became calmer and finally AC Milan was able to win even with a thin score.

But what happened to Inter Milan vs Benfica in the Quarter-finals is something that even makes me a little bit in disbelief to this day. Because as we can see Inter Milan in that match really played very well. Even Inter Milan's attack line, which is usually always problematic, became very sharp in this match. Although overall Benfica's game was still better in that match. but still, inter milan's solid defense is difficult to penetrate. Even in Serie A, Napoli always have difficulty penetrating Inter Milan's defense. So when Inter Milan, who has a solid defense, also turns out to have an effective attack, Inter Milan can indeed be a team that will be difficult to face.

And another unique fact in the Champions League this season is that 3 teams from the Italian League managed to qualify for the quarter-finals and then left 2 teams that qualified for the semi-finals. Doesn't this mean Italian League football is starting to get its strength back in the Champions League. because even last season no team from the Italian League qualified for the semi-finals. Even AC Milan fell in the group stage last season. And the last time AC Milan qualified for the semi-finals was in the 2006-2007 season. and this season they again qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League. Inter Milan has also not qualified for the semi-finals for a long time. And the last time they qualified for the semi-finals was in the 2009-2010 season. And now these two teams are bringing pride back to the Italian League that now teams from the Italian League are starting to show their resurgence in the Champions League.