Champions League live updates: Inter Milan vs Barcelona

It’s not often you get to enjoy six goals in a single game, it’s even more rare for that to happen in a Champions League semifinal.

But Barcelona and Inter Milan delivered an all-time classic in the first leg last Wednesday, as the European powerhouses clashed at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

Inter scored two early goals through Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfires to stun Barça into silence – both finishes were worthy of the biggest stage and set the standard for the rest of the night.

The Blaugrana fought back before the end of the first half, led by the precocious Lamine Yamal, who scored a wonderful solo effort to halve the deficit. Ferrán Torres then drew Barcelona level before the interval.

After the break, Inter thought it had once again found a winner through Dumfries’ header but, yet again, it wasn’t enough, as Barça equalized in dramatic fashion.

Before the traveling fans even stopped celebrating going ahead, Raphinha’s stunning effort hit the crossbar and then bounced off goalkeeper Yann Sommer’s back to go over the line.

The drama wasn’t over, though. Henrikh Mkhitaryan thought he had given Inter a 4-3 lead 15 minutes from the end on a counterattack, but the midfielder had fractionally strayed offside. The semi-automated offside system showed Mkhitaryan’s toe was centimeters in an offside position – agonizing for Inter fans.

Neutral fans will be hoping for more of the same in the second leg, with a place in this year’s final at stake.