{"id":297430,"date":"2023-05-16T22:12:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297430"},"modified":"2023-05-17T00:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:59:02","slug":"tears-as-13-year-champions-league-drought-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297430","title":{"rendered":"Tears as 13-year Champions League drought ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Milan<\/a> has reached its first Champions League<\/a> final in more than a decade with a 1-0 victory against city rival AC Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inter had a 2-0 lead from the first leg of the semi-final and Lautaro Martinez's 74th-minute goal ended any hopes for Milan to stage a comeback.<\/p>\n

Several players from both teams fell to the ground in tears at the final whistle as the Nerazzurri won the so-called \u201cEuroderby\u201d 3-0 on aggregate to progress to its first final since it won the league, Italian Cup and Champions League under Jos\u00e9 Mourinho in 2010.<\/p>\n

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Inter players and staff celebrated for long afterwards with their fans, singing and dancing in front of the Curva Nord packed full of Nerazzurri supporters in an electric atmosphere at San Siro \u2014 the stadium that both teams share.<\/p>\n

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Inter will face either Real Madrid or Manchester City in Istanbul on June 10. The second leg of the other semi-final is on Thursday, with the scoreline locked at 1-1.<\/p>\n

For Milan, the lengthy wait goes on. It last reached the showpiece event in 2007, when it won the last of its seven titles.<\/p>\n

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Milan was able to welcome back Rafael Le\u00e3o. He missed last week\u2019s loss with a thigh injury and the Rossoneri were hoping his comeback would inspire the team to do the same.<\/p>\n

The difference was immediately apparent as Milan played with an intensity it sorely lacked in the first leg amid a frantic start from both teams.<\/p>\n

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Brahim D\u00edaz saw a weak shot comfortably smothered by Inter goalkeeper Andr\u00e9 Onana early on before Le\u00e3o almost got Milan back into it with his first real sight of goal, shortly before half-time. The winger sprinted into the left of the area but his angled drive grazed the outside of the far post.<\/p>\n

Inter also had its chances to score the goal that would have all but killed the tie off as Henrikh Mkhitaryan fired over the bar, while Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan pulled off a brilliant reaction save to keep out an Edin D\u017eeko header from close range.<\/p>\n

Inter sealed its place in the final when Mart\u00ednez made his way into left side of the area and exchanged passes with Romelu Lukaku \u2014 who had come on for D\u017eeko less than 10 minutes earlier \u2014 before firing in at the near post.<\/p>\n

It was that same formidable attacking partnership that fired Inter to the Serie A title two years ago, earning the duo the nickname \u201cLuLa".<\/p>\n

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