Acerbi: ‘Kane is one of the best centre forwards around’ | OneFootball

Francesco Acerbi describes Harry Kane as ‘one of the best centre-forwards around’ and warns Inter will not keep making the same mistakes in their Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich.

It kicks off at the Allianz Arena at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The second leg will be at San Siro on April 16.

“We know how good Bayern are at strong, we know that every detail is going to make the difference,” Acerbi told Sky Sport Italia.

“We hope to put in more determination, hunger and focus over the 90 minutes, knowing there is also a second leg to be played.”

Acerbi’s job is to man-mark Kane in Munich

Bayern Munich’s English forward #09 Harry Kane (L) scores the 3-0 past Lazio’s Italian goalkeeper #94 Ivan Provedel during the UEFA Champions League round of 16, second-leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Lazio in Munich, southern Germany on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Kane is the danger man for the Bundesliga leaders, especially as Jamal Musiala and Kingsley Coman are out of action due to injury, and the Italian will be man-marking the England international.

“They have a very strong set of forwards. Kane tends to move around, it is rare that he gets the ball wrong, he is able to control the pass, knows when to play it first time, can shake off markers,” noted Acerbi.

“Perhaps he is one of the best centre-forwards around, just look at the fact Bayern Munich paid €100m for him when he was 30 years old, nobody pays that money after the age of 30.

“It is hardly a new discovery, but Kane is also not the only forward we need to be worried about.”

Inter are fresh off a 2-2 draw with Parma in Serie A, where they fumbled a 2-0 lead in the second half, but still maintain their three-point gap at the top of the table from Napoli.

“You pay for those errors in Italy and in Europe. I think recently our second half attitude has not been the same as the first, so it was the natural result of that. At least we got a draw, now we aim to learn from that and not make the same mistakes,” concluded Acerbi.