This game will remember many fans for a long time. In the first leg of the semi -finals in the Champions League, FC Barcelona and Inter Milan offered everything the football heart desires – just no winner. 3: 3 (2: 2) ended a game that should never have ended.
The first half in particular was a festival of soccer art – almost from the first second. Because after half a minute this breathtaking game had its first dream goal. Inter countered quickly, Denzel Dumfries flanked Marcus Thuram and the castle directly with the hoe to 1-0 for the guests (1st). In the quarter-final first leg against FC Bayern Munich, the striker had prepared a goal with his heel, now he hit this spectacular way.
And Inter continued with another category of dream goals: a side puller. After a corner kick, Francesco Acerbi pressed the ball with a head on Dumfries, who sank it in the air with a scissors strike – 2-0 for the Milanese, who did not hit as well, but were also incredibly efficient. But Barca then showed that it is Barca.
First Yamal makes it alone and then completely Barca fantastic
Led by a swirling, dribbling and the opponents brought to white glow, the Catalans had previously created chance for chance, then the main actor mentioned caused the third dream goal of the evening and the connection. Yamal only used some interior defenders as flagpoles, then he fled the ball through the dense defensive on the long inner post (24th).
However, this first half had a fourth moment of amazement – and after HackTrick, the side puller and super shot after a great dribbling was great team football. Pedri lifted the ball into the Raphinha in Milan, who put his head in the run by Ferran Torres and the representative of the injured Robert Lewandowski completed this fantastic attack against the direction of the Inters goalkeeper Yann Sommer with 2-2 (38th).
Inter-right wing Dumfries with three Torment participation
Barca coach Hansi Flick has the chance to win the triple with two clubs after Pep Guardiola-and his team performed with exactly this attitude of a champion despite the 0-2 deficit. Barca dominated the game and often even overwhelmed such a strong defensive as that of the “Nerrazurri”.
But the Italians remained dangerous themselves, in the 50th minute Federico Dimarco had the great opportunity for another Milan guidance after a counterattack, but his direct acceptance went just above the goal of the already beaten keeper Wojciech Szczesny. It was even the phase in which the Catalans’ ball relays were limited to a part of the field that is harmless of them, the deep block of the team of coach Simone Inzaghi was stable.
And then Inter struck again for a resting ball – and Dumfries scored his second goal, this time his header was not a dream goal, but an incredibly important one (64th). The Dutch turned out to be a man of the game. Yamal provided the OH-and-AH moments, but Dumfries for the successful with two goals and one templates.
After a lot of spectacle, Milan is unlucky twice
The game now had four spectacular goals and a normal one, there was still no strange – and it followed only a minute later. After a flat corner of the corner, Raphinha pulled away from 23 meters directly, Sommer was able to steer the bullet with his fingertips on the crossbar, but from there the ball jumped to the back of the Inter -Keepers and finally into goal – 3: 3 (65.).
The game still needed his dramatic referee moment and it got it too. Dumfries served Henrikh Mkhitaryan perfectly with the fourth goal for Milan (75th), but the team decided on the sidelines. This was confirmed, but it was a decision of the scarcest possible variety that showed the image of semi -automatic offside recognition that a small part of his forefoot of the Armenian was offside.
Yamal almost with the spectacular final point
And then this game almost got his crowning conclusion – through the king of the game. Yamal, perhaps intended, maybe unintentionally, swelled the ball again towards the long corner and he flew to the latte in the high arc (87th). In this game it was already the 17-year-old’s second aluminum hit, who already scored the 100th competitive game for Barca at his young age and came up with so much special on this occasion.
It was perhaps a matter of justice that this art shot did not find its way into the goal. Because it was a glorious football evening, for which both teams were responsible in their respective way. No team won, but the fans who looked at this spectacle – and who are already looking forward to the second leg next week on Tuesday.