Bayern Munich to host Inter Milan in Champions League quarterfinal first leg showdown

Bayern Munich will host the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Inter Milan on Tuesday.

Vincent Kompany's side warmed up for Tuesday's game with a 3-1 win at Augsburg, maintaining their six-point advantage at the top of the Bundesliga standings.

Bayern will also be buoyed by the fact that they are unbeaten in their last 22 home games in the Champions League.

Inter squandered a two-goal lead in drawing 2-2 at Parma at the weekend, but they remain in the driving seat to win the Serie A title and are still in the Coppa d'Italia.

The last time the two sides met was in the Group phase of the 2022-23 competition. Bayern won 2-0 both home and away, but Inter went on to reach the final, losing 1-0 to Manchester City, who also put out Bayern in the last eight.

"This game is about moments. It can be a standard situation for us, whatever, but in your moments you just have to be there. We can talk about the tactical football, what they do well, but there's also a certain character, heart, emotion that goes with it. We have that in our last round because it's now game 13 and 14 against Inter Milan. So we've already played a few games in the Champions League and we showed in the last round against Leverkusen that we can do that. The important thing for me tomorrow is to be mentally ready and to show personality," said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany.

"Tomorrow we play against a very, very strong team who are favorites for the title along with Real Madrid. But we'll approach the game as we've always done. We know what we've done so far to get here and we're going to do our best, try our best, in a game between two great teams which deserve to be here. And despite all the injuries there are on both sides, for Bayern and us, we will try to give our best here with a cohesive team performance," said Inter coach Simone Inzaghi ahead of the clash.