Champions League – semi – finals
Barcelona 1-0 Inter
Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP)
28 April 2010
kick off: 20:45 GMT
INTER MILAN REACH THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
And so in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Saturday 22 May, Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan will play against Louis van Gaal’s Bayern Munich. Ex-Barca translator, against ex-Barca manager.
Barcelona v Inter Milan line-ups:
Barcelona: Valdes, Dani Alves, Pique, Milito, Keita, Xavi, Toure Yaya, Busquets, Pedro, Ibrahimovic, Messi.
Subs: Pinto, Marquez, Bojan, Henry, Maxwell, Thiago, Jeffren.
Inter Milan: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Zanetti, Cambiasso, Motta, Eto’o, Sneijder, Pandev, Milito.
Subs: Toldo, Cordoba, Muntari, Mariga, Materazzi, Chivu, Balotelli.
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| Goal scorers: 84′ [1 : 0] Gerard Pique |
Cards: 10′ Thiago Motta 27′ Pedro Rodriguez 28′ Thiago Motta red 35′ Julio Cesar 43′ Christian Chivu 83′ Sulley Muntari |
Full-time Barcelona 1-0 Inter Milan (agg: 2-3)
Echoes of Old Trafford as Jose Mourinho sprints on to the pitch in Catalonia and runs over to the small band of Inter Milan fans right at the top of the stand at the Camp Nou. He stands there, arms aloft as only the Special One could do. Barca keeper Victor Valdes is furious with Mourinho, but it’s handbags at best. Some of the Barca players are in tears.
previous meeting 23.09 2009
José Mourinho has named a squad of 23 players for Barcelona v Inter Champions League at the Camp Nou in Barcelona:
Goalkeepers: 1 Francesco Toldo, 12 Julio Cesar, 21 Paolo Orlandoni.
Defenders: 2 Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 13 Maicon, 23 Marco Materazzi, 25 Walter Samuel, 26 Cristian Chivu.
Midfielders: 5 Dejan Stankovic, 7 Ricardo Quaresma, 8 Thiago Motta, 10 Wesley Sneijder, 11 Sulley Muntari, 14 Patrick Vieira, 15 Rene Krhin, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 30 Mancini.
Strikers: 9 Samuel Eto’o, 18 David Suazo, 22 Diego Milito, 45 Mario Balotelli.
Sergio Busquets: “We have a final on Tuesday”
The team knows that much of their Champions League survival hopes hang on Tuesday’s game with Inter. “We’ll get through this” said Sergio Busquets who doesn’t want the fans to worry about all the absences in the squad just when they have such an important games against Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho insists that his tactics will not be altered dependant on whether or not Lionel Messi plays in tonight’s Champions League tie with Barcelona at Nou Camp.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola concedes that without Lionel Messi his side are not quite as strong but it is something they must deal with.
