[FM13] Giuseppe Bergomi - The King of Calcio

Nice job, winning the Scudetto once again. Unfortunate result against Juve, but at least Sneijder was respectful!

Wesley Snejider transfer comes back to haunt you.

Tough result against Juve especially with Wesley grabbing the goal but great updates

Pauker: You don't even like Wesley Sneijder

ebEliminator: Thanks bud, and yeah Wes is a good lad

The Madridista: Sort of, not like it changed the title race. Juve still suck

k1rups: Yeah it was a bit tough to take, but thanks mate

After defeating Bayern Munich 1-0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Inter Milan traveled to Germany to take on the Bavarian giants in the away leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. Last season these two sides had met at this exact same stage, and the corresponding fixture at the Allianz Arena ended 4-4; we could only hope for such excitement once again.

The opening exchanges were mainly in midfield; neither team could really garner extended periods of possession. Slaven Bilić's men were very well set up and their two lines of four often frustrated the more enterprising Nerazzurri midfield; Inter were limited to strikes from distance. Neuer easily collected long hits from Insigne and Poli.

As the sides approached half time, some pundits were wondering why Die Bayern, down a goal, hadn't pushed forward yet; evidently they were looking to keep the scores level during the first half before pushing on the second period. The Bavarian side was thrown a major blow, however, 6 minutes from time.

Brazilian attacker Philippe Coutinho slashed the ball onto his right foot and whipped in a cross from the left. Diminutive striker Lorenzo Insigne (5'4", no less) had made a hard near post run and nodded the ball into the back post, leaving Neuer stranded to watch the ball float in. Inter now led 2-0 on aggregate and Bayern needed 3 goals to advance due to the away goals rule.

5 minutes after the break, Inter should have killed off the tie. Insigne was the instigator once again as he used his quick feet to burst past Jerome Boateng in the box. The hulking German cannily shoved down the through-on-goal striker from behind, leaving the referee no choice but to show him red and point to the spot.

Adam Maher stepped up to take the penalty and hit it hard and true to the bottom corner. Unbelievably, Manuel Neuer found a way to shoot across the goalframe like a bullet and bat away Maher's thunderous effort to keep Bayern in the two-legged quarterfinal.

The 10 men of Bayern Munich struggled to form any real attacks after being reduced to fewer men, but late, late on, the match sprung to life once again. With just 2 minutes left in regular time, Gabriel Torje picked out Bastian Schweinsteiger in the box with a delightful cross, leaving the German international to jink past ter Stegen and give Bayern a faint glimmer of hope.

The German side continued to pour everything forward but it was Inter that concluded the scoring deep into injury time. Lucas Digne sent fellow fullback Gino Peruzzi off to the races with a long ball and the Argentine defender ran the ball down quickly. Peruzzi then cut his way past two defenders and Neuer before dribbling the ball into the goal to kill off the game.

"Obviously this was not an easy game for us, but we responded very, very well to this pressure," said Inter manager Giuseppe Bergomi. "I am proud of the lads in this victory, and now we want to keep winning matches and win this tournament again."

Inter Milan have drawn Manchester United in the semifinals while Arsenal will play Manchester City in the other tie. Shockingly, there are 3 English teams left alongside the defending champion Italians.

Inter vs. Manchester United... pffft, you're going to lose! But in all seriousness, well done and good luck

As if Arsenal are going to win the CL. Good luck

YES, ANYONE THAT BEATS BAYERN IS THE BEST!

NVDTahir: Manchester United will fall before me

Pauker: They almost did it last year, had it not been for me

Walter: Hell yeah

Thank you all so much! 50k views is a massive milestone, it's amazing to see so many people have enjoyed my story! There's still some life left in this old tale, I hope you all continue to enjoy until the very end

You have put so much work into this story, the time and effort that has gone into this is just insane, you deserve 50k views and I hope that after this story, you can better it! Can't wait for the World Cup!:P

AaronHJFT96: Thanks buddy, me neither

Mate I've been reading since I came back and finally caught up!

Your comments on my Inter story are much appreciated and I hope mine can even be half as good as this!

Well, you are well out of sight now...bit sad to see Roma where they are as they are a great team (obviously not in your save:P) hopefully they can see themselves safe...and goodluck against united!!