Inter and Barcelona are competing for a place in the Champions League final this Tuesday evening in Milan, during the return semi-final. Follow the live match commented.
20:58 – A tifo deployed in all stands
Inter supporters are at the rendezvous of this superb poster. They displayed in all the stands a tifo in club colors and Italy, with a clear message: “forza inter”!
20:55 – Players enter the lawn
Inter and Barça players enter the lawn of Giuseppe-Meazza, in an already incandescent atmosphere. A tifo is about to be deployed!
20:50 – The inter touching the jackpot
The Inter should touch a beautiful jackpot thanks to this return semi-final disputed at home. According to the Gazzetta dello Sportthe Milanese club is expected to establish a new recipe record for a serial club in European competition. Thanks to the sale of tickets, the Inter should earn 14 million euros, well above the 12.5 million euros collected against AC Milan two years ago. This is the second time this season that the club has reached the 10 million euros mark at European level. They had already reached this course against Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals.
20:45 – A history that leans in favor of Barça
Inter and FC Barcelona compete this evening for the 14th time in their history in the Champions League. Barça has so far has the advantage, with six wins, for five draws and only two defeats (20 goals scored for 13 collected). One of these two victories of the Nerazzurri dates from the semi-final disputed in 2009-2010 by the two clubs. In this double confrontation of history, the Inter had won the first leg in Milan thanks to goals from Sneijder, Maicon and Milito (3-1) before resisting the return match at Camp Nou (1-0 defeat).
20:40 – Lewandowski is expected to enter a match
For this semi-final return to Milan, FC Barcelona can count on the faster than expected return of Robert Lewandowski, victim of a thigh muscle injury against Celta Vigo on April 19 (4-3). After returning to training this weekend, the Polish is on the bench this evening and should enter during the meeting, if Barça needs him. “Lewandowski feels good and may be available on the bench if we need him,” said Hansi Flick at a press conference on Monday, adding that he may be holder during the Clasico this Sunday against Real Madrid in Liga.
20:35 – Inter -bason: “Give 200% to go to the final”
The Italian defender of Inter Alessandro Bastoni accompanied his coach Simone Inzaghi at a press conference on Monday, denying any drop in performance from his teammates. “We are potentially two matches to win the trophy, so we will give more than 110%, we will give 200%, assured the Italian international. We are aware that we are playing a semi-final of the Champions League, which does not happen every year, even if it sometimes seems acquired from the outside. We really want to play this match with conviction and enthusiasm. (…) for years that we have decrease Performance can be normal.
-20:30 – Barcelona -Flick: “Yamal is a genius”
The first leg between Inter and Barcelona (3-3) was marked by a capital performance of Lamine Yamal, which martyred his opponents when he will not celebrate his 18th birthday on July 13. Corporated by Simone Inzaghi and Inter Players after the meeting, the young Spanish winger received the rents from his coach on Monday at a press conference. “For me, the team is very important. Of course, we have exceptional players. Lamine Yamal is one of them. I always say it: Lamine is a genius. What he does with the ball is incredible. Each pass is done with good power, the right length. At 17, it’s totally incredible, recognized the German coach. We saw him last Wednesday, when he brought us back in the match. Football, we must always prove.
20:25 – The inter put everything on the C1
For his part, the Inter hopes to play his second Champions League final in three seasons after that lost against Manchester City in 2023 (1-0). But Simone Inzaghi’s team seems to be pulling their tongue at the end of the season. The Inter, whose third and last coronation in C1 dates back to the 2009-2010 season when he had eliminated Barça in the semi-finals, has difficult to end the unconventional Verona (1-0) last weekend. Devived by three points by Naples, the reigning Italian champion no longer has his destiny in Serie A. In the Champions League, this is still the case, after this draw brought back from Barcelona last week (3-3).
20:20 – Decisive week for Barça
Pushed by more than 70,000 spectators in San Siro, the Inter hopes to prevent Barça from continuing its route to a quadruple which is closer and closer. After winning the Spanish Super Cup and the Spanish Cup, Barça may live its most important week of the year. The Catalans can qualify on Tuesday for their first Champions League final since 2015 Tuesday and could then almost ensure a 28th title of Spanish champion by winning the Clasico at home, Sunday against Real by Kylian Mbappé.
20:15 – Barcelona: Garcia and Martin start
On the side of FC Barcelona, Hansi Flick must do without his two titular side, Baldé and Koundé. It was Araujo who was chosen to do the interim, rather than Eric Garcia. On the left, Gerard Martin replaces Baldé again, as in the first leg where he had held his rank. Back in the group, Robert Lewandowski is well replacing, as announced on Monday by the German coach. The starting eleven of Barcelona: Szczesny – E. Garcia, Cubarsi, I. Martinez, G. Martin – De Jong, Pedri – L. Yamal, D. Olmo, Raphinha – F. Torres.
20:10 – Inter: Lautaro Martinez holder!
It was the big question of the last days on the side of the Inter. Injured in the first leg, Lautaro Martinez tested himself today and can finally hold his place in front. On the other hand, Benjamin Pavard is well forfeited, because of a sprain with an ankle suffered ten days ago. He is replaced by Bisseck, as in the match in Barcelona. It is therefore the same players who start as last Wednesday in Barcelona. The starting eleven of Inter: Sommer – Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni – Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhital, Dimarco – Thuram, L. Martinez.
20:05 – A mind -blowing first leg
Inter and Barcelona will find it difficult to reissue a match as exciting as that played during the first leg, last Wednesday in Catalonia (3-3). Inter had first taken two goals in advance by Marcus Thuram (1st) and Dumfries (21st) before the Catalans logically returned to the match, thanks to Yamal (24th) then Torres (38th). In the second period, Dumfries had marked a double (64th) before Sommer equalized for Barça by marking against his camp (65th), following a strike on the bar of Raphinha. Everything remains to be done in this double confrontation!
20:00 – Good evening everyone!
Good evening and welcome to everyone to follow the semi-final return of the Champions League between Inter and FC Barcelona! The kick -off will be given at 9 p.m. in San Siro by Polish referee Szymon Marciniak.
