Everything is ready at the epet ARENA for the 7th day of Champions League. It is the first European game of 2025 for Inter, who face Sparta Prague to recover from their defeat to Bayer Leverkusen and take a decisive step towards direct qualification to the round of 16.
Inzaghi makes 3 changes from the match against Empoli. For the first time since the start of the Champions League, he fields the duo Thuram-Lautaro Martinez. Apart from these changes, many players have been retained, with the other novelties being the presence of Bastoni and the return to the field as a starter of Mkhitaryan, after his injury.
Below are the official line-ups for Inter-Leipzig:
Match Date:
22 January 2025 – 21:00
Stadium: epet ARENA, Prague
Sparta Prague
Formation: 3-4-2-1
Vindhal, Vitik, Panak, Sorensen, Wiesner, Sadilek, Kairinen, Rynes, Laci, Olatunji, Birmancevic
Substitutes: Surovcik, Heerkens, Suchomel, Ross, Danek, Pesek, Haraslin, E. Krasniqi, Zeleny, Rus, L. Penxa
No players are in doubt, disqualified or unavailable.
Inter
Formation: 3-5-2
Sommer, Pavard, De Vrij, Bastoni, Dumfries, Barella, Asllani, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Thuram, Lautaro Martinez
Substitutes: J. Martinez, Calligaris, Zielinski, Arnautovic, Frattesi, Buchanan, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, Zanchetta, Re Cecconi, Taremi
Notifications: Di Gennaro, Acerbi, Bisseck, Calhanoglu, and Correa are unavailable. No players are in doubt or disqualified.
Referee: Hernandez
Assistant Referees: Naranjo – Rojo
Fourth Official: Grado
VAR: Munuera
AVAR: Gomez
