Barcelona vs. Inter from Milan: The last time they played a Champions League semifinal | Champions League


Barcelona e Inter from Milan The faces are seen this Wednesday at the first leg of the present Champions Leagueduel that will be played at the Montjuic Olympic stadium from 2:00 pm (Colombian time).

The Catalans and the Neroazzurros are old acquaintances in the highest European tournament since the faces have been seen on 12 occasions, but they have only collided once in an advanced instance such as a semifinal.

The last time Barcelona and Inter played a semifinal of Champions League was 15 years ago in the 2009/2010 edition of the tournament and that were two games to remember since two teams plagued by figures and led by perhaps two of the best coaches in history such as Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho, respectively, were measured.

The first leg was played on April 20, 2010, meeting that was played at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium and where Inter took out a great result against a Barcelona that seemed invincible.

Pedro opened the scoring for the Catalans over the 19th minute, but the Neroazzurros tied him with Wesley Sneijder and passed the right with the goals of Maicon and Diego Milito who had a great night since he also gave two assists.

The return was at Camp Nou on April 28 of that same year, a duel in which Inter stayed with ten in just half an hour of play, but the Italians, as they already used, defended themselves well and prevented Barcelona from equalizing the global. The Culés won 1-0 with a discussed goal by Gerard Piqué.

One of the most remembered moments of this second game is Mourinho's celebration against Inter the swap that generated all kinds of criticism towards the Portuguese at the time. Recall that the Neroazzurros stayed with that edition of the Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in the final played at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

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