So far, Inter’s journey in the Champions League has been pretty much perfect, with the Black and Blues making significant strides towards qualification, scoring 13 points in 5 matches. A decisive leap, however, could come in the next match, at the home of Bayer Leverkusen.

This is the most complicated match, at least on paper, of those remaining, but Inter could face the match at BayArena with a slight advantage. Indeed, Xabi Alonso has lost another piece of his attack, in yesterday’s German Cup match against Bayern Munich.

It doesn’t look good, these were the words of the Spanish coach in the post-match press conference, after the injury of Patrick Schick, who left the field due to a calf muscle problem. The Czech player’s injury adds to that of Boniface, and could force Xabi Alonso to face the match against Inter with only Stepanov born 2007 as a striker.