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Barcelona vs Inter Milan Highlights – UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg goals, updates
- Match Report: A rollercoaster of a semifinal and magic by Dumfries
- Denzel Dumfries scored twice and assisted once as Inter Milan held Barcelona 3-3 in their first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal on Wednesday.
- May 01, 2025 02:23
- FT: Barcelona 3-3 Inter Milan
- A topsy turvy semifinal in Barcelona remains all square after six goals, with Barcelona coming back into the match twice.
- 90+1’ Sommer denies a winner?
- Raphinha goes for goal from distance again and this time, a fully-stretched Sommer makes a brilliant save to deny a potential winner. The resulting corner is cleared by Inter.
- The match has had everything – a clean disciplinary record (1 yellow card), 6 goals and all stunners. But there’s more left, maybe a bit more.
- Yamal goes for an attack again, going for a run along the right and his cross, maybe intended for Raphinha on the far post, dips and almost goes in, coming off the woodwork.
- Barcelona is continuing to play an extremely high line and is still dominating possession. Inter wins the ball at the edge of the box and tries to make a run along the left flank only to be dispossessed eventually.
- Both teams make a couple of changes for the last few minutes of regulation time.
- For Inter – In: Zielinski, Darmian, Out: Thuram, Dumfries
- For Barcelona – In: Christensen, Gavi, Out: Cubarsi, Pedri
- Raphinha takes the free-kick, shooting under the wall, towards Sommer’s near post and the Swiss goalkeeper catches the ball comfortably.
- Yamal gets the ball along the right and drifts to his left, beats two defenders and goes down off a foul by the third for a free-kick.
- May 01, 2025 02:04
- 75’ Inter’s fourth goal disallowed
- Inter Milan attacks on the counter and Mkhitaryan gets a cross from the right. He shoots the ball into the net but the goal is chalked out. After a VAR check, it remains off-side.
- Inter Milan tries to go for an attack but Barcelona wins the ball and Raphinha passes the ball to his right in the box, which is intercepted and cleared by Inter.
- Cubarsi tries to get the ball off Taremi and fouls him in the process. The referee gives him a yellow card, the first in the game. Meanwhile, Calhanoglou is replaced by Frattesi for Inter.
- The stadium is ringing with Barca’s anthem, the players combining fluidly – Barcelona is well and truly in the game but Inter is not throwing the towel this easily.
- Dani Olmo is replaced by Fermin Lopez. In over an hour, we have seen six goals, including two in two. Will this clash actually leave any breathing space?
- Barcelona hit through a corner kick now – the ball sent in from the corner is left through a dummy by Yamal and then Raphinha shoots from distance. The ball hits the woodwork and goes in after a touch off Sommer.
- 63’ Dumfries scores! Barcelona 2-3 Inter Milan
- Milan scores for another set-piece, and the suspect is the same, Denzel Dumfries. The Dutchman beats Olmo in the air and his header rattles the net off a tiny deflection. Inter is ahead, again.
- Inter Milan tries to attack against the run of play, with Dumfries running in with the ball but Araujo comes to Barcelona’s rescue and Inter gets a corner kick.
- Barcelona has played a very high line from the beginning and have suffered a few consequences. However, it has for back to level terms and has shifted to a marginally cautious approach.
- Yamal goes for an overlapping run and tries a shot on target, which is deflected off Mkhitaryan into the gloves of Sommer.
- 55’ Chance for Inter Milan
- Inzaghi decides to shuffle his pack and introduces Augusto for Dimarco
- Yamal gets the ball along the right but Bastoni and Dimarco mark him tightly to get the ball out of danger.
- Inigo Martinez whips in a cross from the left flank but Inter Milan’s defence spots the danger and head it out of the box.
- Inter Milan now have five men at the back as an aggressive Barcelona keep on marching ahead, spurred on by the home fans.
- 49’ Chance for Inter Milan
- Di Marco gets the ball off a low cross from his right and tries a shit with his weaker foot but the ball flies over the net.
- Barcelona has made two defensive switches – Araujo for Martin and Garcia for Kounde. Kounde was subbed off for a potential injury.
- May 01, 2025 01:19
- HT: Barcelona 2-2 Inter Milan
- Barcelona, after being two goals down, have walked the path of Remontada, with goals from Yamal and Torres.
- 44’ Injury concern for Inter Milan?
- Lautaro Martinez looks to have pulled up an injury. The Inter fans think he might come off but after a brief treatment, he gets back to the pitch.
- Barcelona gets a free-kick, which Olmo takes. It’s a training ground routine, with Raphinha taking a shot from distance. Lautaro blocks it and then the resulting corner is cleared by Inter defence.
- 38’ Torres scores! Barcelona 2-2 Inter Milan
- Raphinha serves the ball on a platter with a cross from the left and Ferran Torres makes no mistake to beat Sommer and restore parity. The game is back on level terms!
- Yamal whips in another cross from the right and this time, Sommer gets to the ball again. This is some game we have in our hands tonight!
- Yamal makes another run along the right, beats Dimarco again and gets a shot on target, which is pushed away by Sommer.
- Barcelona goes for another attack. It’s heart? Yamal again. He crosses from the right as two Barca players rush in to connect. Sommer somehow gets a glove to it first and pushes it away.
- Tempers are flaring in the match, this time between two Martinezs – Lautaro and Inigo. The Inter player fouls the Spaniard and the linesman mediates for peace.
- 26’ Chance again for Yamal!
- Yamal gets the ball along right again, shifts and sends Di Marco to the cleaners, and hen bluffs Mkhitrayan to shoot on target. This time, Sommer gets a faint touch but the all then hits the woodwork and out.
- 24’ Yamal scores – BAR 1-2 INT
- Yamal gets the ball along the right, beats one, then another and shoots past two more. Four white shirts and an unmoved Sommer watch as Yamal’s shot hit the woodwork and kisses the net soon after.
- Barcelona for for an attack against the run of play, with Pedri passing to Raphinha from the midfield to his left. Raphinha crosses it to the centre but Inter blocks the final shot that follows as the ball lands to Sommer.
- 21’ Inter scores again! BAR 0-2 INT
- Di Marco tries to go for an attack but Barca get it out of play for a corner. Di Marco takes the corner, which Acerbi wins in the air and guides it to Dumfries, who shoots it into the net with an overhead kick. Inter two goals ahead now!
- Yamal gets the ball again along the right and he is sandwiched between two players as the ball. Inigo tries to head the ball from the resulting corner which is intercepted by Bisseck.
- Barcelona is maintaining a high line but the attack is relentless by Flick’s men. Yamal tries a cross from the left and as Pedri tries to combine, Di Marco contains him.
- Barcelona gets a free-kick. Another chance to equalise? Raphinha takes it and Sommer punches it with his left hand, out of danger.
- Raphinha wins the ball along the left and just when he crosses to the centre, Inter’s defence tracks back in time to clear the ball away.
- Barcelona maintains its high line and Ferran Torres almost shoots past the white shirts in the penalty box. But the ball goes just wide.
- May 01, 2025 00:44
- Time for Inter to attack, a cross from the left is missed by the forwards and then Mkhitaryan takes a shot, which almost gets in off a deflection by Martinez. Even if it was in, it wouldn’t have counted as the Argentine was off-side.
- Inter Milan starts building from the back but as Barca passes, resorts to a back pass. Seconds later, Yamal wins the ball along the right and runs into the box. Bastoni wins the ball, throwing Yamal off.
- Martin crosses from the left after getting a pass from Inigo and as De jong tries to get to it, Calhanoglu intercepts to make a clearance. Barcelona’s players appeal for a penalty but the referee is not interested.
- Barca ears a corner, which Raphinha takes. But Inter clears its lines as away fans cheer every move. Their team is ahead, and it took just 32 seconds.
- Barcelona has started mounting men up in numbers and are employing overloads one after the other to reply but Inter is containing it well.
- Inter Milan strikes before Barcelona could actually settle – quick counterattack ,Denzel Dumfries cross and Marcus Thuram flicks it in to stun the home crowd.
- The Champions League semifinal first-leg begins with Inter getting the ball rolling. There was a minute’s silence maintained for the demise of Pope Francis.
- The players walk out of the tunnel. Yamal, who survived an injury scare in warm-up, starts. The players takes their positions on the field after the UCL anthem.
- No Lewandowski in squad – Why’s that??
- Inter arrives in Barcelona under difficult circumstances. The team has lost three straight matches without scoring a goal — something it hasn’t done in over 13 years.
- Barcelona vs Inter Milan preview
- Barcelona and Inter Milan are set to renew their rivalry in the UEFA Champions League semifinals.
- The first leg will take place in Barcelona on Wednesday. Inter Milan’s charter flight is still scheduled to depart at 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday, following a large-scale blackout that temporarily brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill.
- What to expect?
- Inter arrives in Barcelona under difficult circumstances. The team has lost three straight matches without scoring a goal — something it hasn’t done in over 13 years.
- These losses followed a 2-2 draw with Bayern in the Champions League quarterfinals and came against Bologna, Roma, and AC Milan — each by a 1-0 scoreline.
- Inter arrives in Barcelona under difficult circumstances. The team has lost three straight matches without scoring a goal — something it hasn’t done in over 13 years.
