Inzaghi hails unity and intensity

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi hailed his team's unity and intensity in their 2-0 win in the first leg of a Champions League quarterfinal against Benfica on Tuesday.

The tie is still only half over, but the Nerazzurri put in a convincing display which gives them an advantage to hold onto in the second leg at the San Siro.

"The key to the win was unity," Inzaghi said. "We're enjoying this evening, but it's only the first leg. They're a great team and in eight days we'll be in for a very tough match at the San Siro."

The coach stressed that there was still a lot of work to do. "It's an important result and gives us an advantage, but we saw what they did against Juventus and PSG. We have to repeat this performance in the second leg," he added.

"We played a match with both our hearts and minds, which was what I asked for. It will take another 95 minutes at this intensity to reach the semifinals."

Meanwhile, Benfica coach Roger Schmidt insisted all was not lost.

"Being 2-0 down at home is not good, but we are at halftime in the tie," Schmidt said. "Of course we can go to Milan to win.

"We had good moments but we also had bad luck with the penalty and we could have had a penalty or two ourselves. It's football."