Inter name an unchanged team from the one that saw off Getafe in the round of 16 last week. Leverkusen make two changes from their 1-0 victory over Rangers. Charles Aranguiz is suspended so Palacios steps in for him. Demirbay also starts ahead of Wirtz.
SUBS: Niklas Lomb, Aleksandar Dragovic, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Nadiem Amiri, Ramazan Özcan, Karim Bellarabi, Wendell, Leon Bailey, Florian Wirtz, Lucas Alario.
BAYER LEVERKUSEN (4-2-3-1): Lukas Hradecky; Lars Bender (c), Sven Bender, Edmond Tapsoba, Daley Sinkgraven; Julian Baumgartlinger, Exequiel Palacios; Kai Havertz, Kerem Demirbay, Moussa Diaby; Kevin Volland.
SUBS: Christian Eriksen, Andrea Ranocchia, Daniele Padelli, Antonio Candreva, Sebastiano Esposito, Milan Skriniar, Cristiano Biraghi, Borja Valero, Stefano Sensi, Victor Moses, Lucien Agoume, Alexis Sanchez.
INTER (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic (c); Diego Godin, Stefan de Vrij, Alessandro Bastoni; Danilo D’Ambrosio, Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic, Roberto Gagliardini, Ashley Young; Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.
In Inter’s way are Bayer Leverkusen, who last contested a European quarter-final in 2007-08 in this competition’s old guise the UEFA Cup. Leverkusen haven’t reached a semi-final in Europe since their famous ‘nearly’ team of 2001-02 went on to lose the Champions League final to Real Madrid. As you can see, there’s plenty at stake here for Peter Bosz’s side too.
Inter will be excited to be here in Dusseldorf. This is Inter’s first European quarter-final since 2010-11, the season after they won the treble under Jose Mourinho. The club were knocked out of the Champions League by Schalke 04 that year and haven’t been the same since. Can Inter continue their revival under Antonio Conte?
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this UEFA Europa League quarter-final fixture between Inter and Bayer Leverkusen at Merkur Spielarena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
