Inter Milan are dreaming of a shock Champions League triumph after upsetting the odds to reach this season's final, securing their place in Istanbul on June 10 with a deserved semi-final win over city rivals AC Milan.
"If you had said at the start of the season that we would reach the Champions League final, I would probably have found it hard to believe you," Inter president Steven Zhang admitted after his side beat Milan 1-0. Tuesday's result was, remarkably, Inter's fourth win over Milan in four meetings in 2023, all of them without conceding a goal.
It allowed the blue and black half of the city to avenge Champions League exits to their rivals in the 2003 semi-finals -- on the now-scrapped away goals rule -- and the 2005 quarter-finals.
"It's a dream come true. We always believed we could do it, we have had an extraordinary journey," coach Simone Inzaghi told broadcaster Mediaset.