Inter was in the group of death. Eliminating Barca was no small task.

Barça eliminated themselves I say this as an inter supporter

@@CC-xq2qi What does that even mean?

I do agree its no reason to get ahead of ourselves but I wouldn't say they had a easy route to the semis. They probably had the hardest route, like what? Italian teams have had a great season both in CL and EL, whether that happens next season or not.

Liverpool had a easy route to the final last season, Manchester City also had a relatively easy route to the final in the 20/21 season so it’s swings and roundabouts for me. Plus if you look at historically inter have had some of the unfavourable group draws in champions league history

Yup, a mix of favorable draws and luck, boosted them. Inter only met Portuguese clubs on the way to meeting another Italian club, AC weren't so good but met another Italian team. If any of these had met Liverpool, Chelsea, Madrid, City, PSG, Bayern or Dortmund in the knockouts, it may have been different

Who did Liverpool beat last season?? Who did Man City beat when they got to the final ??? You can only beat who’s in front of you loool

@@rainingherschel4232 AC Milan 4-0 and Inter 0-2 San Siro game over Liverpool normally win their group, Napoli caught them cold and were superb , Hence Getting the only team that has a hoo doo on them , otherwise this is AC milan vs Liverpool And only one team would win that

Inter had Barcelona and Bayern in their group, Ac Milan had Chelsea an English team in the Group and knocked out another English team in Tottenham. City have won 5 in 6, in the last three years Inter Milan, Ac Milan and now Napoli have won it is the most competitive no team is getting 90 points in Italy. The top 4 race is wide open, Roma, Milan, Inter, Lazio, Juve and Atalanta all not safe.

@@theredhall-thisisfootball You mentioned that milan had Chelsea in their group, but forgot to mention they literally lost BOTH games in the group to Chelsea lmaooo

-4 different winners of the serie a in the past four years (epl likely only to have 2 in past 4 years with mci having 3 and liverpool 1) -Italian teams in three different european competitions is exceedingly unlikely to be down just to luck -Inter faced porto and benfica and while I understand the argument that porto is easy, benfica consistently matched PSG and even topped their group, yet had Inter faced PSG, a lower quality team in reality, people would be saying otherwise -Milan faced Tottenham and Napoli. They beat Tottenham convincingly and while that in itself isn't an achievement, they did show tactical flexibility and discipline against Napoli. Since the loss against Chelsea, they've only conceded one goal in the UCL, at the 90+3' from a great Oshimen header when the game was basically over. -Napoli played extremely well up until they were tactically outclassed by a disciplined defensive display from Milan. They outplayed Liverpool at home and matched them away, though Liverpool edged it at the very end. Yet, had Milan played Liverpool instead, a lower quality team in reality, people would be saying otherwise. Serie A is not fully back just yet, but to undermine their achievements and tactical discipline simply by saying the draw was favorable is going too far the other way. This is all with the caveat that serie a is severely economically handicapped demonstrated simply by the fact that Serie A champions get €23.4m (topsoccerblog.com/serie-a-prize-money-2022-2023/) while simply being promoted to the EPL guarantees you at least 3 times that £84.8m (www.goal.com/en-us/news/championship-play-off-final-how-much-premier-league-promotion-decider-worth/17nz5miq9ytix1wkm1w5q2kozd)

@@jacksonbyrne5835 You forgot to mention the context of the injury crisis from Milan and their razor thin squad depth. Analysis requires nuance.

Yeah and then that same Milan team knocked out Napoli who spanked Liverpool and also knocked out Tottenham who beat Chelsea. Funny that.