Inter Milan bounced again after two consecutive losses in Serie A with a vital Champions League 1-0 win towards Barcelona on Tuesday due to a Hakan Calhanoglu aim.
The Turkish midfielder slotted house a medical strike from simply exterior the world, with the ball going into the nook to the goalkeeper’s proper in added time earlier than the break.
The house win lifted Inter to second place in Group C on six factors, three behind leaders Bayern Munich and three in entrance of Barcelona.
Inter and Barca will face one another once more subsequent week on the Camp Nou when a 3rd loss in 4 video games would depart Barca in peril of being knocked out of the Champions League on the group stage for the second consecutive season.
Inter got here into the match having misplaced 4 of their earlier six video games in all competitions and are ninth in Serie A, 4 factors from the European qualification spots and eight behind leaders Napoli and Atalanta.
Barcelona, in contrast, arrived as the brand new LaLiga leaders and with striker Robert Lewandowski on a roll, having scored in six consecutive LaLiga match weeks.
However the Polish star ahead made no impression on the San Siro, ending with no photographs on the right track, having been neutralized by Inter’s five-man defence.
Within the twenty fourth minute, Barcelona acquired a break when a possible penalty for a handball by Eric Garcia contained in the field was dominated out by the VAR verify which noticed an in depth offside within the build-up.
Inter Milan had a Joaquin Correa aim dominated out within the very subsequent play for one more offside.
Nevertheless, they handle to interrupt the impasse on the finish of the primary half with Calhanoglu’s exact, low shot.
Ousmane Dembele was the lone shiny spot for Barcelona up entrance, creating the few alternatives that Barcelona had regardless of dominating the ball possession.
The French winger had two cross-shots that went simply large within the first half and thundered a close-range shot off the best publish halfway via the second half.
Dembele stored insisting till he positioned an ideal cross in Pedri’s path however Barca’s potential equaliser was dominated out after the VAR verify noticed a handball by Ansu Fati proper earlier than Pedri’s strike.
Barca pressed with lengthy balls and crosses within the ultimate minutes. Their gamers clamoured for a penalty in added time, complaining a few potential handball contained in the field by substitute Denzel Dumfries. However after a VAR verify the referee dominated there had been no infringement by the Dutch defender.
“I am actually indignant, I simply cannot perceive how that isn’t a penalty; it is clear. It is an injustice,” a pissed off Xavi Hernandez instructed Movistar Plus.
“That is why I mentioned yesterday (on the information convention) that the referees ought to come out and clarify their selections, as a result of we do not perceive something.”