(Football news) Inter Milan will be looking to play in the quarter finals for the first time since 2011 as they take on Porto in the Round of 16. The Nerazzurri have lost only 1 of their last 14 matches and are in pretty good form. The problem for them is that Napoli are in even better form as they are 15 points ahead in the Serie A.

Inter qualified for the Round of 16 ahead of FC Barcelona in 2nd place. Porto on the other hand topped their group ahead of Club Burgge, Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid. The Portuguese club are currently on a 10 game win streak and 22 game unbeaten streak. Just like Inter they are 2nd in the league, 5 points behind Benfica. 

Joaquin Correa is the only Inter player who is unavailable due to injury. Simone Inzaghi will have a tough choice to make in attack as only 2 of Lautaro Martinez, Edin Dzeko and Romelu Lukaku can start. Hakan Calhanoglu will be the key for them in midfield as he will keep things ticking. Porto on the other hand will be missing Evanilson, Fabio Cardoso, Gabriel Veron and Francisco Meixedo. Mateus Uribe, Antonio Martinez and Galeno are also massive doubts going into the game.

39 year old centre back Pepe is still going strong and is all ready to start the game. Inter came into the game on the back of a 3-1 win over Udinese where both Lukaku and Martinez got on the scoresheet. Porto on the other hand got a narrow 1-0 win over Rio Ave. Both Inter and Porto are in incredible form but Inter are favourites in the 1st leg due to their home advantage. The battle between Pepe and Romelu Lukaku will be very important. It is likely to be a cagey game as both teams are very strong defensively.

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