Sparkling 3-3 draw in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Inter . Everything has therefore been postponed to the return match, scheduled for next Tuesday at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium.
Nerazzurri come back twice: they go ahead 2-0 with Thuram and Dumfries and are caught by Yamal and Torres, then Dumfries again in the second half but the advantage lasts just a minute, the final 3-3 is an own goal by Sommer on a feat by Raphinha . In the first half, Inzaghi's team suffers the Catalans' domination and suffers an unstoppable Yamal, they do much better in the second half.
Inter will have Thuram and Dumfries back from the start and will line up with their usual 3-5-2: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Çalhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Thuram. Barcelona, without Lewandowski, will line up with a 4-2-3-1: Szczesny; Koundé, Cubarsí, Inigo Martinez, Gerard Martin; de Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha; Ferran Torres.
Four goals and two injuries in an exhilarating first half . Inter immediately took the lead after just 35 seconds with Thuram, a splendid backheel following an assist from the right by Dumfries, one of the best on the pitch . The Blaugrana reacted furiously, but Inter saved themselves three times and relied on counterattacks. In one of these, they earned a corner on which Acerbi passed to Dumfries, who scored the incredible second with a scissor kick .
We are at the 21st minute and Inter are sensationally ahead 2-0. But Barcelona continues to grind out the game, Lamine Yamal lights up and becomes unstoppable. With a gem he closes the gap at 24' , skipping past two men and unleashing a left-footed shot that kisses the post and goes into the net. He is the scarecrow, at 26' he hits the post and continues to drive Dimarco and the entire Nerazzurri rearguard crazy, doing practically everything he wants. Barcelona still comes close to scoring on two occasions with Dani Olmo, and the Nerazzurri fortress gives way at 38': . At the end of the half, (in his place Eric Garcia) , replaced by Taremi.












