The vice-president of Inter Milan this Friday classified Benfica as a “high quality team” and predicted a “warm climate” in Luz in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.
“Benfica has a lot of qualities, it’s not an easy opponent, we’ll find a warm atmosphere in the Lisbon game, but that’s part of football and we have to be ready,” Argentinean Javier Zanetti said after the draw. for the Champions League held in Nyon, Switzerland.
The former Argentine international and current vice-president of the Italian club said that Benfica, which had never made it past the quarter-finals in the Champions era (since 1992/93), “have players of excellent quality”, highlighting compatriot Otamendi. whom he said he knew “very well”.
Zanetti acknowledged that Inter Milan, who beat Porto in the “eighth” round, hope to reach the semi-finals and chose Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich as favorites to win the tournament.
In the Champions League quarter, Benfica, who were European champions in 1960/61 and 1961/62, will play the first game at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on 11 or 12 April and the second game at the San Siro. , on the 18th or 19th of the same month.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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