Lamine Yamal stole the show and Marcus Thuram made the story of the competition while Barcelona and Inter Milan played a completely exciting 3-3 draw during their semi-final in the semi-final of the Champions League.
Raphinha added weight to his Golden Ball references when he eclipsed Lionel Messi’s record for most goal contributions in the Europe Elite Club competition in a single season for the Barca during a night when football companies inside the Estadi Olimpic Llois witnessed a breathtaking football demonstration.
Thuram, returning next to it after an injury, scored the fastest goal in a match in the Champions League in the four four years when he found the net with a sublime back heel after only 30 seconds to give the head.
Denzel Dumfries then doubled her head with an equally brilliant highlight kick shortly before Yamal shows her nascent talent during her 100th appearance of Barcelona by marking an exquisite solo effort to make the deficit in half.
Feran Torres leveled the scoring before half-time, but Simone Inzaghi’s team recovered the advance by Dumfries after the hour.
Any purpose of Yann Sommer of a fierce strike from Raphinha again brought back the level of the hosts, but none of the parties could find a winner.
The history of the Champions League is made
It took less than a minute for the blocking to be broken. Inter largely worked the Ballon in Dumfries which pulled in a cross that Thuram diverted in the distant corner thanks to an exquisite with half or so.
It was a dream start for visitors. The goal, coming after only 30 seconds, was the fastest in the history of the semi-final of the Champions League.
What a beginning for inter 🤯
Marcus Thuram with an incredible movie to put interhead in 30 seconds 🤩
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Nerazzurri had won the nine games in which they had marked the first in the Champions League this season. But the scores might should have been at 12 minutes when Yamal, who started the game despite his appearance to escape from the warm-up, found Torres by the box.
The first touch of the Spaniard, however, finally dropped him and his later shot spread.
The Barcelona striker then saw another effort drifting on the bad side of the post before Dumfries shocked the hosts by doubling the Interior’s advantage with another sublime finish.
From a corner, the head of Francesco Acerbi has completed to the goal and the rear in Dutch marauds slammed the ball at home with a superb head kick.
Barcelona Prodigy makes a show
The advantage of two goals, however, would only last three minutes, Yamal by half the deficit with a strike of the left foot curling which nestled in the distant post.
The game suddenly turned into all times. A few moments later, Yamal rocked the bar after Bambouzé Federico Dimarco on the line.
Lamimine Yamal pulls one back 🤩
Yamal slips through internal defense and hits a bewitching finish during her 100th Barcelona match 🔥
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The 17 -year -old electric seemed to be in mood. And it did not take long before Barça was level.
Pedri’s Lofted pass was hosted by the box by Raphinha in the Torres path which was on site to provide the finish.
The help of Raphinha – His 20th goal contribution in the Champions League this quarter – saw him eclipse Messi for the most part in a single season for the Catalan club.
Jules Kounde then had to be replaced by an injury, putting an end a first half of the breathtaking football which saw the momentum of the match swinging wildly between the two teams.
A second tight half
After restarting, Inter sought to fight against the advantage and approached when Dimarco was found by the low cross of Yann Bisseck, but international Italy was a good shot.
With an missing hour, Inzaghi’s men have indeed recovered their heads when Dumfries returned to his home his second in the deep corner of Hakan Calhanoglu.
But again, Barça retaliated immediately, Raphinha competing a shot from the edge of the box which cut the underside of the bar before turning Sommer.
20 contributions from UCL objectives this season 🤯
He takes the record of Lionel Messi for the most part in a season for Barcelona 😍 pic.twitter.com/nzxks01qk9
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There was hardly any doubt that this competition would be one of the most exciting European nights of recent memory.
There should not be other objectives, but Inter thought that they had again taken the lead via Henrikh Mkhitaryan. However, the objective was withdrawn for offside after a Var check.
Raphinha then tested summoning late with a shot to which the Swiss goalkeeper was equal.
And it turned out to be the last action on what was a pulsating night of football.
Everything to play San Siro next week.
