Inter beats Barcelona 4-3 after extra time to reach another Champions League final
MILAN AP Inter Milan beat Barcelona - after extra time in another rollercoaster encounter Tuesday to reach a second Champions League final in three years In the end it took extra time two astonishing Barcelona fightbacks and goals a few of them mesmerizing to separate the two sides and see Inter prevail - on aggregate Substitute Davide Frattesi was the extra-time hero for Inter firing home in the th minute to leave the Barcelona players slumped to the ground and all his Nerazzurri teammates including those on the bench racing to celebrate with him Moments earlier Frattesi had been encouraging the already loud San Siro crowd to make more noise and the atmosphere grew even more feverish after his strike Inter which lost the final to Manchester City in will face either Paris Saint-Germain or Arsenal in Munich on May PSG beat Arsenal - in London last week in their first match There was little sign of the drama to come at halftime with Inter comfortably leading - after Lautaro Mart nez scored and earned a penalty which was converted by Hakan alhano lu But Barcelona had been in that position before having gone - down early in the first leg last week before securing a thrilling - draw And Eric Garc a scored nine minutes after the break before Dani Olmo headed in the equalizer six minutes later Raphina appeared to have secured the win for Barcelona when he put the Spanish side ahead two minutes before full time tucking away the rebound after Yann Sommer had saved his initial shot However -year-old Francesco Acerbi astonishingly leveled in stoppage time with his first goal in European competition to add another minutes onto the tantalizing encounter Frattesi had proved crucial off the substitutes bench before both for Italy and Inter and so he was again controlling Mehdi Taremi s pass and dummying round Pau Cubars before curling past Wojciech Szcz sny Barcelona almost leveled again but Sommer made a fingertip save to push Lamine Yamal s shot past his post AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
