Holders Inter face uphill struggle at Bayern
Reuters - Tuesday 15 March 2011, 02:00
MUNICH - Reigning champions
Inter Milan will bid to overcome a 1-0 deficit when they face
Bayern Munich in their Champions League round of 16 second leg
on Tuesday.
Inter must become only the second team in the Champions
League to recover from a home defeat with an away win in the
second leg after slumping to a last-gasp loss to the team they
beat in last season's final.
They will most likely be without Argentine striker Diego
Milito, who also missed the first leg with a hamstring injury
and defender Lucio is also doubtful.
Bayern, whose coach Louis van Gaal will leave at the end of
the season after the German champions' erratic campaign in which
they are going to miss out on all other silverware, have never
lost to Inter at home.
Their 2-0 defeat by the Italians in last season's final
meant they missed out on a treble-winning campaign after
clinching the domestic double.
Van Gaal has a fully fit squad to choose from with the
exception of defender Diego Contento who is lacking match
fitness after suffering a back injury.