Inter Milan will be 'huge underdogs' in Champions League final after beating AC Milan - Rio Ferdinand

Inter Milan will be «huge underdogs» in the UEFA Champions League final after beating an AC Milan team that have «overachieved» in the competition, claims former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand. The Italian side won 1-0 in their second leg semi-final match against city rivals AC Milan, with a score of 3-0 on aggregate. They will face either Manchester City or Real Madrid in the final of the competition, which they last won in 2010 under Jose Mourinho.

Ad «No disrespect to Inter Milan, but they'll go into that final against either of the two teams playing tomorrow night as underdogs, huge underdogs,» said Ferdinand after the final whistle as a part of the BT Sport panel. Champions League'All over the shop' – Crouch, Gerrard shocked by 'passive and bizarre' AC Milan display10/05/2023 AT 22:24 «But they have experience. They have good temperament in these games.

They have players that have played in some big games in their careers, and they have a really, really solid squad there. »I think tactically, the way they set up with the three centre-backs, they defend really well. They know how to defend.

They have a solid team, with players that can come off the bench," he added. «But again, I don't want to disrespect AC Milan too much, but if you've seen them in the group stages, there is no way you would have said that they would get to this stage of the competition. »I think they've overachieved even getting to this point, and you see where they are in the league in Italy at the moment.