Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to start Federico Dimarco on the left wing against Bayern Munich. This evening’s Champions League quarter-final second leg clash kicks off at 21.00 CET at the San Siro.
This evening, Inter Milan take on Bayern Munich at the San Siro. Simone Inzaghi’s men pulled off a stunning 2-1 first-leg win at the Allianz Arena last week.
As a result, they head into proceedings as favorites to lock down a coveted semi-final berth.
Non ci sono più dubbi 👊
Ecco i nostri titolari per stasera ✨#ForzaInter #UCL #InterBayernMonaco pic.twitter.com/Tsjp6ei0W6— Inter ⭐⭐ (@Inter) April 16, 2025
However, the Nerazzurri cannot afford to take their slender lead for granted, given the strength of their opposition.
Therefore, head coach Simone Inzaghi has decided to name the strongest starting eleven amid a subsiding injury crisis.
Federico Dimarco Replaces Carlos Augusto on Left Wing
Firstly, the big news on the team sheet is the return of Federico Dimarco.
Indeed, the Italian wingback has regained full fitness and will start on the left wing.
Then, in goal Yann Sommer retains his place between the sticks ahead of Josep Martinez.
In defense, meanwhile, it is the trio of Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, and Alessandro Bastoni.
On the left flank, meanwhile, Federico Dimarco retakes his place in the starting lineup after not featuring in the first leg. Then, at right-wingback, Matteo Darmian keeps his spot.
Indeed, Denzel Dumfries is still out with a hamstring injury.
Furthermore, in midfield, Nicolo Barella moves into a box-to-box midfield role. Therefore, Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrikh Mkhitaryan complete the trio.
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— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) April 16, 2025
Lastly, Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram lead the line. As such, Marko Arnautovic remains on the bench despite his heroics against Cagliari.
Kristjan Asllani returns to the squad after serving a one-game ban, meanwhile. Then, Piotr Zielinski is absent due to injury.
Official Starting Lineups – Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich: Federico Dimarco Starts
INTER (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 28 Pavard, 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni; 36 Darmian, 23 Barella, 20 Calhanoglu, 22 Mkhitaryan, 32 Dimarco; 9 Thuram, 10 Lautaro Martinez.
Bench: 12 Di Gennaro, 13 J. Martinez, 6 De Vrij, 8 Arnautovic, 16 Frattesi, 21 Asllani, 30 Carlos Augusto, 31 Bisseck, 52 Berenbruch, 58 Cocchi, 59 Zalewski, 99 Taremi.
Coach: Inzaghi.
Suspended: none.
Unavailable/injured: Zielinski, Dumfries.
BAYERN MUNICH (4-2-3-1): 40 Urbig; 27 Laimer, 15 Dier, 3 Kim, 44 Stanisic; 6 Kimmich, 8 Goretzka; 17 Olise, 25 Muller, 10 Sané; 9 Kane
Bench: 18 Peretz, 48, 7 Gnabry, 11 Coman, 16 Palhinha, 22 Guerreiro, 23 Boey, 24 Vidovic, 41 Kusi-Asare, 45 Pavlovic, 46 Karl.
Coach: Kompany.
Suspended: none.
Unavailable/injured: Neuer, Upamecano, Davies, Ito, Musiala.
Referee: Vincic.
Assistant referees: Klancnik and Kovacic.
Fourth official: Jug.
VAR: Borosak and Higler.
Where is Davide btw?
tryibg to get his head out of his arse
I bet he is acting like an Inter fan somewhere else now. lol
Barcelona and their high line defence we ll destroy them mark my words, the big headed cup is coming to Milano forza inter
Barcelona won’t be that difficult for us, they conceded as much as they score and they dont have the secondary ammo like Bayern, they can’t handle our system, Atalanta had it pretty easy and Dortmund beat them after changing formation to 3421 This could be it for us, I hope to see Arsenal than PSG in final
Results matters the most and credit to Inzaghi for managing the two legs. Inter went in the match with a couple of players just a yellow card away from getting a suspension and big players as well like Barella. The win should be motivation that they can play against anyone and Barcelona knows they must adjust their tactics because Inter will just keep doing what they do best. FORZA INTER
The guys should train a lot to learn how to avoid the offside trap. Barca are the most potent team in Europe, but their defense has big hidden weaknesses.
I think we will play the final with Arsenal and lift the trophy
Congrats to all Interistas. We will never achieve to abandon the ” pazza Inter” nickname. I hope Inzaghi will learn a lot from this miserable performance. Versus Psg, Barca or Arsenal the way they play we have nothing to suprise them if we play like today. For me this is already our top achievement with the squad we have compared to the other 3 clubs and how much they invest. Top 4 baby, lets fuckin gooo!
Thank you! 🙂
I think we Will PlayStation the final with Arsenal anda lift the trophy
one FCB down, one FCB to go..
Congratulations, fans. We are in semis.
This a big team. Yes, there was difficulty, but it was BM, not a midtable team. Imagine what Inzaghi can do if better backed in the mercato.
Wow what a game! I think we all aged 10 years the last 15 mins.
Great grit and determination, proud of the team. We’re in UCL Semi Final! Forzaa
That was way more stresfull then id hoped , last 10 mins were a legit siege
there’s no Inter without its pazza….
YEEEEEESSSS !!! Congrats to the players and all Interistas out there
I will live 3 years shorter becauae od the game, but we did it !
I feel we can do more if we don’t go too deep im defence, but not a topic now 😀
Thank you! 🙂
Forza!
well deserved win. bayern had no pressure in the league like we do. we came these two legs with much more mental and physical fatigue. the most beautiful thing was the reaction after conceding.
forza inter lets whoop barca next
#respect to bayern! despite losing 6 first team players, still made a game of it. bigger respect to inter..winning while still not playing our best.
Well, one can hardly play the best game vs BM. They are a team with technical quality and experience. IMO the guys played a very good game.
totally agreed given the team we have, we are in energy conserve mode as we play bologna and bilan next. but we know if we put our minds into it, we can beat anyone!!
The team flirted with danger. This suffering at the end of the game was unnecessary. They almost threw away the classification by conceding two stupid goals. Barcelona is a better team than Bayern. But if we play the way we know how, we can beat anyone. Qualification deserved.
Almost got a heart attack!! What a game!!! Draw is a draw but we advance, That only matters!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done boys!!!!!!!!!
yeah! win and let’s go!!
offside doesnt work for munchen i see lol
good save from sommer
Oh the joy of inzaghi subs once again …..
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lately our source of pazza is because the weird subs from him….
well if we have weirdos on the bench, the subs will be weird.. right?
fair point….
Bro ffs clear a ball taremi you had one job
stupidity almost results in a goal for BM
they exploit sommer’s weakness at far post
I just hope Bisseck doesn’t do as badly as he did in Munich.
Taking off barella and leaving on Mikhi wtf
I think the idea was to rest our best players ,he took off Lautaro, Bastoni, Dimarco and Barrela i dont remember a game he took all of them off.
It just feels like Inzaghi was trying to save them we do face Bologna and Milan next
Congrats to all Interistas! We will never achieve to abandon the “Pazza Inter” nickname. I hope Inzaghi will learn a lot from this game,cuz we are far behind Psg, Barca and Arsenal if this is the way we will play in the semis. Structured clubs lik
This is a risky move with these subs
i think its weird one…
leaving mikhi instead of barella
subbing in taremi not arnautovic
no offside for dier’s goal?
Barella?? Not Mikhi??
sometimes i really dont understand Inzaghi’s subs plan….
my my… bisseck is about to come in
Since Thuram changed his hair, he got 2 levels down 🙁 What happened to tje guy
I agree. And I don’t like his hair style.
taremi, please do a magic..
thuram..please be more serious..
This is inevitable…. Zero outlet, surely a zalewski or frattesi just to gives us some legs and arna instead of taremi to hold it up ♂️
last minutes need more focus and discipline players..
why Taremi?????
Taremi? I’m more of an Arnautovic. Inzagui and his inventions
Maybe he wants more defensive work.
Taremi’s defensive works almost worked for Bayern
After going 2+ they should have been more defensive. You can’t leave that space behind when BM have nothing to lose.
We can’t concede a ridiculous goal like that. Total mistake by the team.
sammer ??? wtf
oh man.. dier goal should be anticipated
oh come on…even dier did not anticipate that goal.. lol
We’re just letting them back in it with these terrible goals
With a better ball mikhi is straight through
upvote*
The stadium is on fire. lol
i really dont understand why are we starting matches with fear. We are better in every aspect of the game, which was now clearly visible, with few actions we demolited the whole defense. We dont press hard enough at home, also in guests, we stay behind many times, the lines are not compact enough, the defensive line too deep while playing home. Bruh you can do so much better then that. Forza Inter!
imo, this might be because we keep our physical and stamina, or, inzaghi knows that we can defeat them with ‘only’ counter attacks.
consequently, we should have converted every chance to goal.
anyway, we lead the game now, and I hope more goals coming.
see bud, dont go by what media tells you.. inter does not have a deep or fit or young enough squad to play top class football in three tournaments. we know our limitations, we know our strength.. our game plan is simple, give them the ball, don’t give them the goal. and score while they are distracted on the transition. hopefully as marotta suggested we will be replacing some of our senior citizens with younger and hopefully faster peeps next year, then we won’t play ‘frightened’.
The team was playing worse than in Munich. As soon as they conceded a goal, they decided to start playing football again. Qualification is practically guaranteed, and they can do even more.
Haha what a game for Pavard to score his first, you can tell he wanted it for a while now
curious, what did Arna whisper to Simone?
We can’t concede a ridiculous goal like that. Total mistake by the team.
How the fck did that go in… The wind again ? Man…
Gooooooo Lautaro and Pavard, I can’t believe we scored 2 fast goals.
Has everyone scored in the senior squad now? Lol thats crazy
Game set match. Again attack always pays off. Another corner another goal. More to come
first goal….what a time to get it!!!! LETS GOOOO
Pavard goal!!
PARVARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A FIRST GOAL FOR TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we please just keep up the pace and start playing to our abilities
FCK YEAAHHH !!!!
We can do more damage to them, but we don’t press them at all, they have too much time to think what to do. Bit I like how in both games we come back so fast
Bayern are weak in defence so why not attack them. The goal came from actually attacking a simple cross
agree. that’s why every single thuram chance should be goal
Their defense is made of shaky defenders; one can make much if it. 2 goals are a must tonight.
What a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lauti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lautaro!
LETS GOOOOO CAPITAN!!!!
Thuram again… wasteful
that’s it! ah, dimarco only was not enough to mark kane.
inter should think of scoring the ball too!
Yeah Thuram is just lazy
Press the damn ball, wth was that dimarco
thuram, why didn’t you shoot?
Thuram gotta get a shot off there
Its a damn back up goalie, shoot
Thuram always does too much, just shoot the ball!
He should have shot the ball.
Bruno, forza Inter. I’m positive.
Now two defenders that are man marking and are aggressive against Thuram and Lautaro are booked which means Inter should specifically target them. The pressure will get over them and a second yellow is inevitable. Inter haven’t really tested Bayern defence I think tho time wasting tactics should be used because Bayern are losing hope as the match progresses.
You make good analyses, Solointer. 😉
I didn’t like the first half at all, Bayern have too much space at times. We’ve looked okay on the counter and Lautaros hold up play has been superb, but we need more. Bayern look more likely to score
possession is 40-60, shoot attempt is 6-8, on target tho is 1-4. Not that bad considering the effective.
Mikhi knows we’re not the white team right?! completed 100% passing ………..to Bayern players
Dude, his first half performance is better than Barella. Barella turnover once very dangerous, and almost give out a penalty. Even Lauti’s turnover almost cost a goal. So stop blaming Miki blindly.
Barella just almost give out a penalty to Bayern. That was close……
yea if dude took a dive that was going to be a pen.
Olise is really dangerous..
The guys are leaving too much space. This BM is not strong, don’t throw the semis away.
These 2 referees are a disgrace for football. What a pair of idiots.
agree
high pressure from muenchen
So close! What a chance by Acerbi and Thuram. Looks like team worked on the corner kicks and free kicks!
Did he really expect a penalty for that? He just wasted an attack lying on the grown for nothing
What a save by Bastoni. Barella needs to be more alert.
we look more nervous at home than at the Allianz, we need to get comfortable!
Handle the press win the game. Let’s go!!!
Where is everybody?
Or do some people wait till things go wrong and start to spit fire…..?
Forza Nerazurri
Someone please inform Dimarco to stop allowing players to cross the ball and to be physical or get off the field and leave Inter immediately. For too long he have gotten away with mediocre defending and I think in this game Augusto is the better fit. Dimarco is who caused Inter to lose the Champions league final because he was too lazy to get up. His posture is always wrong and he defends like a girl. He needs to step up on the left hand side for Inter to win the Champions league.
Forza Inter!
Forza Inter, Bruno. I won’t be negative. 😉 Just I watch the match.
Good luck boys!!!!!!! Let’s go!!!!