brandão seals om progress in thrilling inter finale
substitute brandão's 92nd-minute goal took the french side through to the last eight for the first time since winning the competition in 1993.
brandão struck moments after his 88th-minute introduction as olympique de marseille edged past fc internazionale milano and into the last eight for the first time since winning the uefa champions league in 1993.
the match appeared headed for extra time when diego milito levelled the aggregate scores with 15 minutes remaining, but there was a dramatic twist in the tail of this tie. brandão scored the all-important away goal and although giampaolo pazzini replied with a penalty after an incident in which goalkeeper steve mandanda was sent off, the hosts bowed out.
marseille, deploying a 4-2-3-1 formation, had made a competent start with stéphane mbia excelling in a holding role and seeking to catch inter out with balls over the top for the pacy loïc rémy. that plan was almost undone on eight minutes, when alou diarra ceded possession with a careless pass. javier zanetti raced to the byline and cut the ball back for wesley sniejder, whose shot deflected off souleymane diawara and straight into the grateful arms of the prostrate mandanda.
encouraged by their chance, inter quickly created another with sneijder racing on to dejan stanković's diagonal pass and supplying a firm left-wing cross that milito met with his chest. mandanda made a superb reflex save. the visitors were by no means being overrun, however, and as the match wore on they began wrest the initiative away from their hosts.
an away goal would have left the nerazzurri with a mountain to climb and didier deschamps' charges almost produced one when rémy headed césar azpilicueta's searching cross just wide, while jérémy morel's fizzing long shot narrowly eluded the far upright. save for a 44th-minute free-kick by sneijder, which mandanda held, and a misdirected diego forlán header on the stroke of half-time, the serie a side struggled to find incisiveness; nor did they match les olympiens for midfield physicality.
every time inter ventured forward it seemed there were two orange banks blocking their path, with diawara in particular standing strong. claudio ranieri reacted by bringing on joel obi and pazzini for sneijder and forlán and reverting to an orthodox 4-4-2. the substitutions energised the beneamata but set pieces appeared to be their best chance of a goal.
so it proved. shortly after diarra's header was turned wide by júlio césar at one end, marseille for once failed to clear a corner at the other and, in the ensuing melee, milito pounced to prod in. inter were back in the tie but in added time they were caught out by the simplest of goals. mandanda's long clearance bounced fortuitously off the back of brandão, who reacted sharply to rifle low past júlio césar.
there was still time for the nerazzurri to make it 2-1 on the night, pazzini scoring a last-gasp penalty after being brought down by mandanda, but that was the game's last kick. on tonight's showing, om will sorely miss mandanda and diawara in the first leg of the quarter-finals; their celebrations at the final whistle suggested that, for the time being, that mattered not.
italyan devi elendi gitti... şampiyonlar ligi 2. tur ikinci maçında ınter, evinde marsilya'yı 2-1 mağlup etti ancak bu skor italyan temsilcisinin çeyrek finale çıkmasına yeterli olmadı.
şampiyonlar ligi 2. tur rövanş maçında sahasında marsilya'yı konuk eden ınter, mücadeleyi 2-1 kazanmasına rağmen ilk maçta 1-0 mağlup olduğu için turu geçmeyi başaramadı.
ev sahibi ekip ınter'in gollerini 75. dakikada diego milito ve 90+4'te penaltıdan pazzini kaydetti. konuk ekip marsiya'da ise ınter deplasmanında turu getiren golü oyuna 87. dakikada giren brandao'dan geldi. brezilyalı forvet oyuna girdikten 3 dakika sonra attığı golle takımının bir üst tura çıkmasını sağladı.
bu sonucun ardından turu geçen taraf fransız temsilcisi marsilya oldu.
çeyrek finalde eşleşecek takımları belirlemek için 16 mart 2012 tarihinde kura çekimi yapılacak. bu turun ilk maçları 27–28 mart 2012, ikinci maçları ise 3–4 nisan 2012 tarihinde oynanacak.
yardımcı hakemler: bertino miranda (por), ricardo santos (por)
4. hakem: joão capela (por)
çizgi hakemleri: manuel de sousa (por), duarte gomes (por)
internazionale: júlio césar (gk), javier zanetti (c), dejan stanković, lúcio, diego forlán (dk. 58 giampaolo pazzini), wesley sneijder (dk. 58 joel obi), maicon, andrea poli (dk. 74 esteban cambiasso), diego milito, walter samuel, yuto nagatomo
yedekler: luca castellazzi (gk), andrea ranocchia, mauro zárate, marco faraoni
teknik direktör: claudio ranieri (ita)
marseille: steve mandanda (gk) (c), césar azpilicueta, nicolas n'koulou, alou diarra, loïc rémy (dk. 88 brandão), jérémy morel, stéphane mbia, morgan amalfitano, andré ayew (dk. 90+5 gennaro bracigliano (gk)), souleymane diawara, mathieu valbuena (dk. 76 benoît cheyrou)
yedekler: charles kaboré, djimi traoré, jordan ayew, rod fanni
teknik direktör: didier deschamps (fra)
goller: dk. 75 diego milito (1-0) dk. 90+2 brandão (1-1) dk. 90+6 [penaltıdan] giampaolo pazzini (2-1)
sarı kartlar: dk. 24 javier zanetti (c), dk. 53 walter samuel, dk. 90 dejan stanković (inter) dk. 67 souleymane diawara (marseille)
kırmızı kart: dk. 68, 90+3 steve mandanda (gk) (c) (marseille)
uefa avrupa şampiyonlar ligi'nde çeyrek ve yarı final kuraları çekildi
çeyrek final eşleşmeleri şöyle oluştu
apoel - real madrid marsilya - bayern münih benfica - chelsea milan - barcelona
yarı final eşleşmeleri
bu arada yarı finalde marsilya - bayern münih eşleşmesinin galibi apoel - real madrid maçında tur atlayan ile eşleşecek. benfica - chelsea maçının galibi de milan - barcelona eşleşmesinin galibi ile yarı finalde mücadele edecek.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde çeyrek final maçları 27-28 mart ve 3-4 nisan'da, yarı final maçları ise 26-27 nisan ile 3-4 mayıs'ta oynanacak. ''devler ligi''nde perde, 19 mayıs'ta almanya'nın münih kentinde oynanacak final maçıyla kapanacak.
