Inter Milan successfully made Barcelona go home empty-handed in the big match of the Champions League.
The Inter Milan vs Barcelona match was held at the Stadio at the Giuseppe Meazza, Milan on Wednesday.
Inter Milan and Barcelona are in Group C of the Champions League, along with Bayern Munich and Viktoria Plzen.
In this match, Inter Milan successfully defeated Barcelona with a score of 1-0.
In this article, SportReviews will summarize the results of a review of the Inter Milan vs Barcelona match.
Hakan Calhanoglu became the hero of Inter’s victory through his single goal. Meanwhile, Pedri’s goal for Barcelona in the second half was disallowed by the referee.
The visitors took the initiative to attack early in the match.
However, it was Inter who actually opened up the opportunities first.
Hakan Calhanoglu kick off hard from outside the penalty box in the 7th minute.
However, Barcelona survived the goal as Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a brilliant save.
Barcelona dominate possession. They created chances when Raphinha’s corner was headed in by Andreas Christensen.
Unfortunately, his header was too weak to be easily secured by Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana.
Inter began to be able to escape the pressure of Barcelona entering the middle of the first half.
In the 28th minute, Joaquin Correa had escaped alone then outwit Ter Stegen and scored a goal.
However, this goal was later disallowed because the Argentine striker was already offside.
The duel then went interesting with both teams both appearing open.
However, the poor finishing of both teams kept the score 0-0.
Towards the end of the first half, Inter finally take well advantage of opportunities.
Calhanoglu’s low shot from outside the penalty box slid into the right corner of Ter Stegen’s goal which made Inter close the first half with a 1-0 advantage.
After the break, Barcelona continued to dominate possession.
However, their attacks were ineffective as Inter defended with discipline.
Barcelona had dismantled the Inter defense in the 60th minute after flowing the ball quickly.
Ousmane Dembele has space in the penalty box. His shot effort has not yielded results because it can be dammed by Onana.
Barcelona could only score an equalizer in the 67th minute when Dembele’s cross from the right was denied by Onana.
This situation brought a wild ball in front of Inter’s goal before being struck by Pedri into a goal.
However, the goal was later disallowed after the referee reviewed VAR which found Onana’s ball touching Ansu Fati’s hand first.
The Blaugrana continued to press Inter Milan for an equalizer but their attack was unfortunately too easily broken by La Beneamata.
The Nerazurri squad finally managed to secure victory thanks to their single goal.
An additional three points take the Nerazzurri to second in Group C with six points.
They are three points behind Bayern Munich who hold the top of the standings.
The reason is, Bayern Munich in another match successfully slaughtered Viktoria Plzen with a landslide score of 5-0.
Meanwhile, Barcelona is in third place with three points.
