Six days after the spectacular rash of goals and beautiful games of the first leg (3-3), the Inter of Yann Sommer and Barcelona are on ardent coals. They want to win Tuesday (9 p.m.) their ticket for the Champions League final.
The last time the Barça competed in a semi-final of the Champions League in San Siro, in 2010, the Catalan giant, then carried by Lionel Messi, had taken two days to rally Milan. This time, Barça has nothing to fear from the whims of the Eyjafjöll, this Icelandic volcano whose ashes had paralyzed air traffic fifteen years ago.
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But after a first round fiery by the opening of Marcus Thuram’s score and the genius blows of Lamine Yamal, San Siro is preparing to experience a shock that could send new seismic aftershocks across all European football.
To rally their second final in the last three editions of the C1, after that lost against Manchester City in 2023 (1-0), the Nerazzurri could record the almost unexpected return of Lautaro Martinez. Released on the outward journey because of a left thigh injury, the Captain and Argentinian scorer could ultimately hold his place.
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