[Quotes After Match] Round of 16 first leg Champions league : Inter - Bayern

Bayern Win the Game at San Siro : 1-0
Mario Gomez Scored at 90'


Leonardo, Inter coach
The goal came out of the blue as everyone was already thinking about the goalless draw, despite countless chances at both ends I think the defeat is unfair: we played against a tough side that moved the ball with accuracy and attacked up the flanks, but we covered the spaces very well. Gomez scored the winning goal – he hadn't done anything until then."

"Both teams played an open game and unfortunately we couldn't get the breakthrough, despite creating five or six clear chances. Anyway, I am not worried because I think we can win in Germany. It will be a difficult game for sure, but it would have been hard even after a 0-0 draw here in Milan."

"The players are beyond reproach; we played at the same level as Bayern and their keeper made several good saves. We didn't need another striker tonight, just a little bit of luck." (uefa.com)

Esteban Cambiasso, Inter Midfielder

"Bayern Munich kept possession well and that was one of their strong points, but we were able to disrupt that for long periods of the game. It was played at a high level and both sides had their chances to make the breakthrough. Then the goal came and that changed the match, which had been very even up to then." (inter.it)

Javier Zanetti, Inter Captain

"The final score hurts and it's a huge shame because I think we showed how much we wanted to win this game and how important the Champions League still is to us."

"Now we'll go to Munich to win," the captain promised. "We would have had to score a goal at the Allianz Arena anyway. And there's every reason to be optimistic about the second leg. We can take heart from our performance tonight: we defended when we had to and when we went forward we went close to scoring."

"There's no time for thinking about what happened. We have Sampdoria on Sunday and we know how important our league challenge is." (inter.it)

Louis van Gaal, Bayern coach
We must have had more than ten chances to score, though Inter had eight of their own. It was an absorbing gameand, in the end, we deserved to win. I had hoped we could decide the game earlier as Inter began to tire but we squandered our chances. It was a big step towards the quarter-finals but Inter are a very good team, as we saw today."

"Even this could have ended differently, but considering we were away from home we gained a deserved win. At half-time I told my team to gain better control of the game. In the first half we played like the home side but after the restart we improved, and I expected our goal to come earlier."

"I was always convinced about Thomas Kraft. He showed his qualities, his great reflexes on the line. He stayed very calm during the game and that was important to us. Luiz Gustavo played very well defensively, but has room to improve when it comes to speeding up the game when we have possession" (uefa.com)

Arjen Robben, Bayern Winger - Man of The Match

"We created some good chances and, with a little bit of luck, we could have scored a goal earlier, but sometimes you just have to wait for another moment and this time it came right at the end. We are very happy with the result. It looked as though it was going to be 0-0, but when you score at the end it's very important. It's my feeling that we deserved to win, because I think we were slightly the better side, but in the end it doesn't really matter if it's deserved or not. We have the win and the advantage and that's very good for us."

"We want to play football and we want to have possession of the ball all the time to break down our opponents. I think at times we played some really good football and that's why I think it was a deserved win."

 This is another match with two different teams, and different players, and it has nothing to do with the final, but we are very happy that we are in front at the moment.

"The return leg is going to be a difficult one; it's definitely not over yet. There's a long way to go and we'll have to be on top of our game again in Munich. We can't slip up; we'll have to stay concentrated over the 90 minutes and then we will have a good chance." (uefa.com)