Champions League Preview: Inter and Bayern Plot Their Escapes Arsenal's memorable failure against Milan last week notwithstanding, no lead is insurmountable in the Champions League, especially when your team can run out some of the world's best players to try to erase it. Scratch that: 7-0 in the second half is pretty safe. But there's a big difference between staring at a 4-0 deficit, as Arsenal was entering the second leg, and trying to climb out of a 1-0 hole. Inter Milan and Bayern Munich are happy to be facing a one-goal deficit on Tuesday. Tuesday Marseille at Inter Milan, 3:45 p.m. (Fox Soccer) Basel at Bayern Munich, 3:45 p.m. (MSG Plus) Wednesday Napoli at Chelsea, 3:45 p.m. (Fox Soccer) CSKA Moscow at Real Madrid, 3:45 p.m. Inter's ups and downs this season have at times been more suited to La Scala than the San Siro, but only if someone had the nerve to put on an opera with an all-male cast of ailing and/or fading talents. At times the Nerrazzuri's campaign has looked lost, and saved, then lost and saved again. It was fitting, then, that after Inter rallied with two late goals to tie Chievo on Friday, Claudio Ranieri had tears in his eyes. Giuseppe Verdi should be coaching this team. For now, the manager is still Ranieri, and on Monday he said he was confident his team could make up the single goal it allowed in the first leg against Olympique Marseille. "It shows how much this means to me," Ranieri said of his crying after the rally at Chievo. This win comes just at the right time. It should give us the enthusiasm necessary to turn the result around. Visiting Marseille will have a lot to say about that, especially since it will be strengthened by the returns of Loïc Rémy, Stéphane Mbia and Mathieu Valbuena. "Inter have to win but we can also draw," said Marseille Manager Didier Deschamps, who knows a bit about Champions League success. We will look to resist them but also try to hurt them. Bayern could be ready to fire Tuesday, too. It hammered Hoffenheim, 7-1, in a league game Saturday; its lineup will be strengthened by the return of a healthy Bastian Schweinsteiger; and it has been nearly unbeatable at home. Apoel's victory over Lyon last week will give Champions League midmajors hope for years to come in spots like this, and Basel has already claimed one memorable scalp in this season's tournament. Taking Bayern Munich's, on its home field, where it hopes to play in the final in a couple of months, is something different entirely. "We will need a lot of courage," Basel Coach Heiko Vogel said. A couple of goals wouldn't hurt, either. Corner kick: In Wednesday's games, Real Madrid will host CSKA Moscow off a 1-1 tie in the first leg, and Chelsea will try to overcome a 3-1 deficit against Napoli at Stamford Bridge. Who do you like to complete the quarterfinal draw?