Yann Sommer 'special' save on Lamine Yamal
Sommer somehow tipped a curling effort from Yamal wide in the 114th minute as substitute Davide Frattesi's extra-time strike earned Inter a 4-3 win on the night and a place in the final.
Sommer somehow tipped a curling effort from Yamal wide in the 114th minute as substitute Davide Frattesi's extra-time strike earned Inter a 4-3 win on the night and a place in the final.
It was an extraordinary night at San Siro, as the Nerazzurri had already drawn the first leg 3-3, were leading 2-0 here until fumbling it to trail 3-2.
It was a bitterly disappointing night for Barcelona, but as per Marca, head coach Hansi Flick was very proud of the performance produced by his squad.
Inter and Barcelona had drained themselves many times over, and discovered every time that they still had more to give. We were in a place beyond plans and maps, beyond shapes and tactics, beyond sanity.
After last week's thrilling first leg, European heavyweights Inter Milan and Barcelona reconvene on Tuesday, to conclude their Champions League semi-final.
Having shared six goals in Spain, they will meet again for the second leg at San Siro, with Inter aiming to take one step closer to a fourth continental crown and Barca ultimately seeking their sixth.
The Italian defender joined his coach, Simone Inzaghi, for pre-match interviews and a press conference on the eve of a crucial match against Barcelona at San Siro.
The 36-year-old Polish international, who has scored 40 goals for Barcelona in all competitions this season, had been sidelined for his club’s last four games. After sustaining the injury during Barça’s 4-3 victory against Celta Vigo on 19 April, he missed the Copa del Rey final victory against Real Madrid and the first leg of the semi against Inter.
The hosts were without a win in their 11 league games priori to hosting Mallorca at the Estadi Montilivi but the hosts produced a vital win.
Eberechi Eze opened the scoring from the spot after the video assistant referee (VAR) intervened to show Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels taking out Tyrick Mitchell in the penalty area.
Two sides still harbouring ambitions of Europe for 2025-26 collide in Monday's Premier League offering, when FA Cup finalists Crystal Palace host top-five outsiders Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park.
The Eagles are playing their first top-flight game since booking a Wembley date with Manchester City, while the Tricky Trees have wrongs to right after a dampening defeat to Brentford in midweek.
The 26‑year‑old defender has been crucial in the title-winning season and has largely been excellent throughout the campaign.
Kane, 31, could have earned his first winner's medal on Saturday had Bayern won at RB Leipzig in the striker's absence; he watched on from the stands as he served a suspension for picking up his fifth yellow card of the season the week before. But a 94th-minute equalizer from Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen kept the champagne on ice.
This was a head-to-head for fourth, as the Bianconeri leapfrogged their rivals last weekend. Dan Ndoye, Emil Holm and Estanis Pedrola missed out, with Santiago Castro again not fully fit to start.
Here, amid a fiesta of missed chances and offside flags, a deeply unserious Chelsea beat a Liverpool team that clearly couldn’t care less.
Maddison scored as Spurs overcame the Norwegian side 3-1 in the first leg on Thursday, but was taken off in the second half because of an injury.
Mason Mount gave the visitors the lead with just his second goal for the club, finishing off a fine cross from winger Alejandro Garnacho.
Chelsea will be looking for a win to boost their hopes of a top-five finish and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, but that will be easier said than done.
This will be Chelsea’s seventh Premier League game against a side already crowned champions, the most of any side. They have only won one of the previous six (D2 L3), beating Manchester United 1-0 in 2012-13, while one of their defeats was a 5-3 reverse against Liverpool at Anfield in July 2020. (Source: The Analyst)
The newly-crowned champions may head to Stamford Bridge with something of a hangover, though Arne Slot’s team should still be confident of getting another win on the board in what has been a sensational top-flight campaign.
Just one point and one place apart in the lower echelons of the Premier League table, London rivals West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur cross paths at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Graham Potter's men have had a week to dissect their excruciating 3-2 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion, whereas the Lilywhites have just put one foot firmly in this year's Europa League final. (Source: Sports Mole)
Newcastle United are probably wondering which version of Brighton & Hove Albion they will face when they arrive at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.
The Seagulls’ best winning streak in the league this season was four games, a run only five clubs (including Newcastle) have bettered. Yet they also went eight matches without a victory at one point, the joint-fifth worst sequence by any side. (Source: The Analyst)
Both looking to record their second victories of the week, Brentford and Manchester United meet for a Premier League battle at the Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Bees recorded an efficient 2-0 victory at Nottingham Forest on Thursday night, whilst the Red Devils were busy demolishing Athletic Bilbao in the Basque Country. (Source: Sports Mole)
The FA Cup final between Manchester City and Crystal Palace will kick off at 16:30 BST on Saturday, 17 May at Wembley.
The Football Association said the time was agreed following collaboration with the two clubs, broadcasters, local authorities, police and the Safety Advisory Group.
Both of the previous two finals, featuring City and Manchester United, started at 15:00 as police would not allow them to be later, while the 2022 final between Chelsea and Liverpool was at 16:45.
No Premier League matches have been scheduled for the day. (Source: BBC Sport)
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What Arsenal needed before the biggest game in their recent history was momentum. What they didn't need was a full-strength side going down to a first-ever home defeat by Bournemouth.
Ten-man Dungannon Swifts won their first ever Irish Cup 4-3 on penalties after a spirited display helped them beat Cliftonville in the final at Windsor Park.
RB Leipzig scored in the fifth minute of injury time to prevent Bayern Munich from sealing a 34th German league title after a dramatic 3-3 draw at the Red Bull Arena.
Romelu Lukaku had an early goal disallowed for the visitors, but Giacomo Raspadori set Antonio Conte's side on their way to victory with a sweetly struck free-kick midway through the first half.
Now clear at the top of Serie A with only four rounds remaining, Scudetto-seeking Napoli will target maximum points when they visit Lecce on Saturday evening.
Inter Milan must shift their focus back to Serie A, as they have some catching up to do with Napoli as they host Hellas Verona at the San Siro.
Heading into the final-day fixtures, the title, two play-off places and realistically one relegation spot are yet to be decided with 12 teams still having a lot to play for in The Championship.
The Championship has once again delivered a season of incredible drama and entertainment, with the pendulum swinging one way then the other - and back again. And again. And again.
The Liverpool head coach gave his players two days off as reward for clinching a record-equalling 20th league title on Sunday, when a party was held at Anfield after the 5-1 rout of Tottenham. Slot’s celebrations continued with his wife’s birthday meal on Monday before his focus switched back to business on Tuesday.
Guardiola signed a new deal at the Etihad Stadium in November, tying himself to the club for two more seasons, which would take his total time at the club to 11 years.
Midfielder De Bruyne announced last month he will leave when his contract expires at the end of the season, and his first-time finish from Jeremy Doku's low cross helped City move four points clear of sixth-placed Nottingham Forest in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Recently acquired by one of the richest families in France in collaboration with Red Bull, Paris FC tonight secured promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time in their history. Whilst they drew to a combative Martigues in the south of France on Friday evening, Metz’s 3-3 draw with Rodez has meant Paris FC will join Paris Saint-Germain next season in the elite.
After reaching a third straight FA Cup final, resurgent Manchester City aim to continue their Premier League uptick when hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday.
Still seeking a top-five finish, City have also won three league games on the spin; meanwhile, win-hungry Wolves have claimed maximum points from their last six, continuing a superb end to the season.
Four supporter groups wrote an open letter to the manager this week, asking him to speak to the chief executive, Ferran Soriano, on the matter, as they prepare to hold a protest before Friday’s match at home to Wolves.
The Portuguese coach said that proof of that was provided by the opening spell in which they had been under pressure and urged his players to focus on that. Asked if that was United’s best performance since taking charge in November, the United head coach said: “No, I think it is the best result because nobody expected this result.”
The roar was deafening and the emotion was genuine. The only problem, though, was that Chelsea were already four goals to the good by the time Isak Alemayehu Mulugeta got the underdogs on the scoresheet in Stockholm.
It was one of Spurs' best performances of a wretched season domestically and leaves them two games away from a first trophy since 2008.
Athletic made a strong start to proceedings in Bilbao, and they should have scored early. Alex Berenguer crossed straight on to the head of Inaki Williams, who could not keep his effort down, much to the frustration of the home supporters. And they were made to pay for this miss soon after Man United scored the opener courtesy of former Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro.
Manuel Pellegrini raised eyebrows with his decision to start Ez Abde ahead of Jesus Rodriguez, but it was one that paid off inside six minutes. The Moroccan winger collected the ball from Cedric Bakambu before finding the back of the net, sparking jubilant scenes early on among the home supporters.
Just four days on from losing against Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Forest lacked the creativity required to break down a well-disciplined Brentford.
Aiming to reach a Europa League final hosted at their own headquarters, Athletic Bilbao have one last hurdle to clear, as they take on Manchester United in the semi-finals.
Tottenham‘s only hope of saving a miserable campaign remains the UEFA Europa League, in which they host Bodø/Glimt on Thursday for the first leg of their semi-final.
Real Betis and Fiorentina are set to clash on Thursday evening at the Estadio Benito Villamarin in the first leg of their Conference League semi-final.
Chelsea will eye a strong first leg performance against Djurgarden in the UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday in Sweden.
United face Athletic Club in the semifinal first leg on Thursday with a place in next month's final – also being held in Bilbao – on the line.
Spurs are 16th in the Premier League table after a dismal domestic campaign and pressure is mounting on Postecoglou despite their contrasting fortunes in Europe.
Negotiating a surface that has attracted plenty of criticism in recent weeks will be a key challenge for Maresca’s team when they face their Swedish hosts on Thursday.
After just 42 minutes, French defender Jules Kounde went down on the pitch feeling the back of his calf. He ended up having to come off, and Eric Garcia came on to replace him, doing a reasonably good job out of position at right-back. Kounde’s injury has sparked concern though ahead of a series of crucial fixtures.
Inter raced to an unexpected 2-0 lead inside 21 minutes through goals from Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfries but were pegged back before halftime by a Yamal-inspired Barça on the 17-year-old's 100th appearance for the club.
Inter stunned the hosts after just 30 seconds when Marcus Thuram turned in Denzel Dumfries' low cross with an audacious backheel flick to score the fastest goal in a last-four game in the competition's history.
Fifteen years on from their last clash in the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona and Inter Milan convene for another last-four tie, with Montjuic playing host to Wednesday's first leg.
Inter prevailed back in 2010, but Barca now aim to eliminate their Italian rivals and meet either Arsenal or Paris Saint-Germain in next month's decider.
Flick was highly complementary of Inter ahead of their tie, as was Lamine Yamal, with the Italian giants representing a tricky match-up for Barcelona.
The Nerazzurri have arrived in Catalonia and are preparing to face Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Wednesday night, kicking off at 20.00 BST.