The Portuguese side are now without a victory against Inter in four encounters, drawing one and losing three of those. That's why we're going there, and we're going to give it all we've got."īenfica finished above Paris Saint-Germain and eliminated Juventus in the group stage, which they went through unbeaten, before thumping Club Brugge 7-1 in the last 16. "If they've scored two goals here, we're also able to go there and score two or three. We're going to Milan and we're going to do our best to win. "Inter managed to score twice, but nothing is lost. We had our opportunities to score and we didn't. "We knew it was going to be a difficult game against a team with quality," he told CNN Portugal. Nicolo Barella's 51st-minute header and Romelu Lukaku's penalty in the 82nd minute earned victory in Lisbon, ensuring Inter are big favourites to advance from the Champions League quarter-final tie.īenfica outshot Inter (12 to nine) and finished with a higher expected goals value (1.7 compared to 1.6), yet they now have it all to do in next week's return fixture in Italy.īut Chiquinho remains confident the Primeira Liga leaders, who lost for just a fourth time all season – two of those losses coming in the past five days – can still progress. Benfica are capable of overturning their 2-0 first-leg deficit against Inter by scoring three goals at San Siro, according to midfielder Chiquinho.
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