CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : INTER MILAN VS BARCELONA – 06/05/2025 (PHOTO – DAVIDE FRATTESI CELEBRATES)

WOW! WHAT A MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT!  A 7-GOAL-THRILLER WHICH LEFT US ALL ON THE EDGE-OF-OUR-SEATS, AND A CAST OF SUPERSTAR FOOTBALLERS, INCLUDING TEENAGER LAMINE YAMAL, WHOSE SKILLS WE WERE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING, AND WHO CERTAINLY DID NOT DISAPPOINT! (ONCE AGAIN YAMAL’S DRIBBLING WAS SPECTACULAR!) BARCELONA MADE 772 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 72% POSSESSION) AND HAD 22 SHOTS WITH 10 ON TARGET, INCLUDING CRACKERS IN THE SECOND-HALF FROM ERIC GARCIA AT 54 MINS., DANI OLMO AT 60 MINS., AND RAPHINHA AT 87 MINS! INTER MILAN MADE 313 PASSES, WITH A 65% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 21 MINS., HAKAN CALHANOGLU (FROM A PENALTY) AT 45 +1 MINS., AND A SUPERB LATE GOAL FROM FRANCESCO ACERBI AT 90 +3 MINS! SO, WAS THAT IT – A DRAW BETWEEN THESE TWO GREAT TITANS OF FOOTBALL AT FULL-TIME, NOW MEANING EXTRA TIME? (WHICH WE WERE ALL SECRETLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, PERHAPS WITH A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT AFTERWARDS?) BUT NO, NOT TO BE! BECAUSE DAVIDE FRATTESI’S 99TH MINUTE BEAUT MEANT THAT THIS RIVETING GAME ENDED IN A 4 – 3 WIN TO INTER MILAN, WHO NOW PROGRESS TO THE FINAL WHERE THEY WILL MEET EITHER ARSENAL OR PSG!  WHAT FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT!!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : INTER MILAN VS BARCELONA – 06/05/2025