Milan: Inter and Barcelona will go all out in their battle for a first seat at the finals table when they face each other in their Champions League semi-final return leg tonight.
The first-leg was an intense, high-octane, tit-for-tat football that saw both teams score 3 goals in the other's net. Inter led through forward Marcus Thuram and twice through man of the match Denzel Dumfries. Barcelona struck back through Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal, before Sommer deflected the ball into his own net after a thunderbolt strike from Raphinha.
The two teams' most prolific strikers, Robert Lewandowski for Barcelona and Lautaro Martinez for Inter, have not been confirmed to start in this return leg, with the former having just recovered from an injury and the latter sustaining one in the previous leg.
Who will book the first ticket to Munich, will it be the young and passionate Blaugrana or the cunning Nerazzuri who will be playing at home?
Follow all the match excitement and highlights here.
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120' + 2' Referee blows full time. Inter win!
115' Sommer denies Yamal again in the span of a minute.
114' Sommer denies Yamal with an incredible save to keep the score in Inter's favor. Barca not giving up.
106' Barca's Lamine Yamal plays a beautiful toe-poked cross from a very confined position but Lewandowski's header skies over the open net!
105' + 2' Barca looking for a way back into this game. Inter may have the lead but the way this game is going nothing can be ascertained.
98' GOAL! Frattesi gives Inter the lead at extra time.
90' + 3' GOAL! Inter equalise! Acerbi.
90' + 2' Yamal stings the post!
87' GOAL! Raphinha scores for Barca!!!
83' The two sides want to be adventurous and score but there is this sense of caution that is dominant at the moment. This game might see some more minutes if this persists.
76' CLOSE! Yamal hits a sizzler at Sommer but a great save from the Inter keeper denies Barca the lead!
68' No penalty. Foul outside the box given and ball is passed to Yamal but his effort his Barca teammate De Jong and deflects outside for a goalkick.
67' VAR check for possible penalty in favor of Barca
59' GOAL! Dani Olmo puts Barcelona back in the game.
55' Barca have Inter on the ropes. The equaliser might come anytime soon.
53' GOAL! Eric Garcia pulls one back for Barca.
51' Acrebi scores the third with a super diving header but Inter defender's position was ruled to be offside.
50' Pattern emerging with Barcelona doing a lot of the pressing, and playing a lot of balls forward but always a miscommunication that causes them to lose possession.
45' GOAL! Calhanoglu converts for Inter's second.
44' VAR review gives Inter a penalty.
35' CLOSE! Barca almost recreate the Inter goal by winning the ball in the other team's half but the final pass by Yamal is out of Ferran's reach.
33' Eric Garcia lobs in a beautiful cross but Ferran Torres somehow misses. Barca pushing.
21' Dani Olmo fed through beautifully by Yamal but the Barca man takes too much time beforethe Inter defence returns and deflects his effort in the corner.
18' GOAL! Inter captain Martinez scores!
16' Inter respond with a fast break but Mkhitaryan's final ball into the box is intercepted by Inigo Martinez before it reaches Lautaro.
14' Yamal does well to dribble Mkhitaryan but the Barca wonderkid's curler is calmly collected by Sommer.
9' Dumfries goes on a brave solo run for Inter but the Barca backline recovers in time before any threat is made.
4' Yamal lobs in a beautiful cross but it's a bit faster than Raphinha. Barca starting the game as the aggressor.
1' Yamal finds Torres with a brilliant trivela pass but he is judged offside
1' Kick off
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All pics by AFP
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Inter Milan (3-5-2)
Yann Sommer; Yann Bisseck, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez
Coach: Simone Inzaghi (ITA)
Barcelona (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny; Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin; Frenkie de Jong, Pedri Gonzalez; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres; Raphinha
Coach: Hansi Flick (GER)
