Six days after an electrifying 3-3 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal, Inter Milan hosts Barcelona at the San Siro to decide which team will advance to the final of the world’s most prestigious club tournament.
Barcelona overcame a 2-0 deficit from the first half, fighting back to earn the draw with an outstanding performance from teen phenom Lamine Yamal. Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni likened Tuesday’s showdown to a “Game 7 of the NBA finals”.
“It’s 50-50, all open, and I think it will be a similar game from the first leg,” Bastoni told reporters Monday. “We are two games away from winning the Champions League … we are sure that our fans will give us a big hand at the San Siro, we live for moments like this.”
The winner of the match will advance to the May 31’s final in Munich against the winner of the Arsenal vs. Paris Saint-Germain semifinal.
Barcelona vs. Inter Milan watch live
Tuesday’s match will air on CBS and can be streamed via Paramount+.
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Champions League semifinal underway in Milan
Entering the second leg tied 3-3 on aggregate, Barcelona and Inter Milan have gotten started at the San Siro, with 90 minutes (plus extra time) separating one of the teams from the 2025 Champions League final.
Barcelona lineup today vs. Inter Milan: Starting 11
Barcelona: Szczęsny; Martin, Iñigo, Cubarsí, Eric; Pedri, De Jong, Olmo; Raphinha, Ferran, Lamine.
Inter Milan lineup vs. Barcelona tonight: Starting 11
Inter Milan: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Çalhanoğlu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; L. Martínez, Thuram
Inter Milan vs. Barcelona first leg highlightsReal Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti promised his team will put up a good fight against LaLiga leaders Barcelona at the “El Clasico” next Sunday, as the defending champions look to reduce a four-point gap with their arch-rivals.
Defending champions Real secured a 3-2 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday to keep their title dream alive going into the last four matches in the campaign. Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 15 league games, and beat Real 3-2 after extra time to win the Copa del Rey last weekend.
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“We’re going to prepare well, we’re going to put up a good fight,” Ancelotti said in a post-match press conference. “It’s not going to be decisive but it’s almost there.”
– Reuters
Lamine Yamal causes headaches for Inter Milan
Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni called on his team to pull out all the stops in their bid to contain Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal. The prodigious 17-year-old Yamal wowed the crowd at Montjuic with a sublime goal and a bold performance, helping Barcelona twice fight back to secure a gripping 3-3 draw in the first leg.
Bastoni, the 25-year-old centre back, who faced Yamal during last year’s European Championship where Spain beat Italy 1-0, expressed admiration for the teenager’s rapid progression.
“I had already faced him with Spain and he was not yet at this level,” Bastoni told a press conference on Monday. “I was impressed by the level he reached, for his age and ability to create incredible things on the pitch, I think he is among the best in the world right now. We’ll have to double, maybe triple (mark) him like we did at times in the first leg, but without exaggerating, otherwise we would create too many spaces. Barcelona is not just Yamal.”
– Reuters
Robert Lewandowski injury update: Barca on bench vs. Inter Milan
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has been declared fit to return from a hamstring injury but is set to start on the bench in their Champions League semi-final second leg at Inter Milan on Tuesday, manager Hansi Flick confirmed.
The 36-year-old Polish striker, who has netted 40 goals for Barcelona in all competitions this season, had been sidelined for his club’s last four games.
After sustaining the injury during Barca’s 4-3 victory against Celta Vigo on April 19, he missed their Copa del Rey final victory over rivals Real Madrid and the first leg of the Champions League semi against Inter.
– Reuters
Champions League schedule
Semifinals
First leg:
- PSG 1, Arsenal 0
- Barcelona 3, Inter Milan 3
Second leg:
- Inter Milan vs. Barcelona, 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 6
- PSG vs. Arsenal, 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7
When is the Champions League final?
- May 31 in Munich, Germany
