“If you have an appointment on May 6, cancel it!” The European press sounded by “the match of the year”

Splendid goals, a stunning scenario and the lamin Yamal jewel to bring even more magic … The crazy semi-final go to the Champions League between Barça and Inter Milan (3-3) stirred the Italian and Spanish press.

When football summons the most lyrical feathers of the sports press. The completely crazy match between Barça and Inter Milan (3-3) on Wednesday in the first leg of the Champions League inspires the Italian and Spanish media this Thursday. The Gazzetta dello Sport displays the photo of two big players in the match in Thursday: Marcus Thuram, author of a splendid heel on the opening of the score and Denzel Dumfries, double scorer and man of the match. He accompanies the two players of the title: “Stellaire”.

“If you have an appointment on May 6, cancel it”

The newspaper enjoyed this meeting “as in the cinema” which will remain engraved in memories. “Look at the friends you have invited, people sitting next to you and the guys with whom you have shared a beer or a handshake, because you will never forget them,” ignites the article. “The Barcelona-Inter match ended with the 3-3 score and is a candidate for the match of the year.”

The Gazzetta welcomes the performance of the men of Simone Inzaghi, the inspirations of Denzel Dumfries or Marcus Thuram and the talent of extraterrestrial of Lamine Yamal with whom “we have for 15 years”, prophesies the newspaper which is already going back to San Siro, Tuesday: “If you have an appointment on May 6, cancel it.” Same observation for Sky Sports bewildered by this “epic” duel. “But what was that?” Said the Italian media.

The Spanish press obviously gets carried away for this “hectic” meeting with an Italian note in one by Mundo Deportivo: “Mamma Mia”. The Catalan newspaper praises the inevitable Lamine Yamal in one of its edition of the day. This is also the case with his competitor sport: “with Lamine everything is possible”.

“This Barça is indestructible, with a laudable reaction force,” rejoices daily. “He does not back down in front of the major events and Montjuïc lived another big evening. A draw with a softer taste than Mer, after starting 0-2 on the display board. Lamine and Ferran equalized before half-time, the Inter silenced the blaugranas once again, but a raphinha shot which ended with a goal against his sommer camp left Champions more lively than ever.

The meeting even made Madrid shudder, whose two clubs (Atlético, Real) were released prematurely from the competition. If Marca prefers to evoke the Carlo Ancelotti case on the Real bench, the AS newspaper feasted of this “wonderful” match by praising “the magic of Lamine”.