According to “Varzesh3,” in a breathless battle at Giuseppe Meazza, Inter Milan entered the field with passion and pride, starting the first half with a storm of motivation.

Official Lineups:

Inter Milan: Sommer, Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni, Calhanoglu, Barella, Mkhitaryan, Dumfries, Dimarco, Thuram, Martinez

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Martin, Cubarsi, Martinez, Garcia, Pedri, De Jong, Olmo, Yamal, Rafinha, Torres

Lautaro Martinez, the Nerazzurri captain, was the leader on the field as always. First, he received a pass from Denzel Dumfries in front of Barcelona’s goal and scored the first goal. Then, with a lightning move, he forced Pau Cubarsi to foul, earning a golden penalty for his team, which Hakan Calhanoglu ruthlessly converted. San Siro erupted, hopes for the final were revived, and Inter led by two goals. But as seen in the first leg in Catalonia, Barcelona does not surrender easily. In the second half, Hansi Flick’s team silenced San Siro. Gerard Martin, who replaced the injured Alejandro Balde, appeared as a hero. With two flawless and beautiful passes, he first assisted Eric Garcia to score and then placed Dani Olmo in a golden position to score Barcelona’s second goal.

Barcelona attacked again, and this time Rafinha scored again in the Champions League, putting one foot of Barcelona in the final. But the peak of the drama was yet to come. In moments when everything seemed over, San Siro was stunned into silence. Flick and his teammates were ready to celebrate qualification. Minute 90+3 was on the clock, but Inter was still alive, still fighting. In the last breaths, Denzel Dumfries made an explosive penetration from the right and with a sharp pass, sent the ball to Acerbi; the defender who had come to the heart of the area, with a ruthless shot, shook the net and brought the spirit back to Inter’s body. 3-3! The game went into extra time; a battle that had gone beyond the level of football, resembling a legend.

In the first half of extra time, a moment arrived that will remain in the minds of Nerazzurri fans for years. Mehdi Taremi, who came on in the second half, sent the ball to Davide Frattesi with a masterful pass. Frattesi, undoubtedly and confidently, sent the ball into the corner of the goal and scored Inter’s fourth goal; a goal that opened the way to the final and exploded San Siro. With this goal, Inter beat Barcelona 4-3 and became the Champions League finalist; an epic night, an eternal night, a night that Inter fans will tell their children and grandchildren for years.

But how did the game start? The first minutes of the game were in Inter’s favor. Before the 10th minute, Denzel Dumfries made an explosive move from the left but could not do anything in the penalty area and lost the ball. About five minutes later, Yamal tried his luck from behind the penalty area, but his shot was taken by Sommer.

Six minutes later, Barella moved brilliantly, but his shot was well taken by Ter Stegen in two stages. In the 21st minute, Dimarco, with an excellent interception, gave the ball to Dumfries, and this player’s pass reached Lautaro Martinez to score Inter’s first goal.

Barcelona created half-chances to equalize, but none of them resulted in a goal. The most serious of them was Olmo’s shot from the corner of the penalty area, which went wide.

The game continued in Barcelona’s favor until another Inter opportunity ended everything. After Cubarsi’s tackle on Lautaro Martinez in the penalty area, Marciniak continued the game but went to the sidelines with VAR’s advice and watched the scene and awarded a penalty to Inter, which Hakan Calhanoglu converted.

At the beginning of the second half, Inter scored the third goal through Acerbi, but the assistant referee’s flag went up, and the goal was disallowed. In the 54th minute, Gerard Martin’s cross reached Eric Garcia, who stuck the ball into the net and raised Barcelona’s hopes for a comeback. In the 57th minute, Barcelona could have scored the second goal on a counterattack, but Sommer with an unbelievable save prevented Eric Garcia from scoring.

Just six minutes after the first goal, another big event happened, again Gerard Martin and again a cross into the goal and a goal for Barcelona. This time, Dani Olmo managed to subdue Sommer with a header. Barcelona was back in the game, like the first leg, now it was time for the third goal, but Inter’s resistance began, they did not allow Barcelona to move and for moments Yamal’s explosive moves in the second half remained without result.

This situation continued until the 68th minute when Lamine Yamal was brought down by Mkhitaryan on the edge of the penalty area. The referee pointed to the penalty spot, but the video referee told him the foul was outside the penalty area, and Marciniak changed his decision, and the free kick also went without result.

About 10 minutes later, Yamal’s dangerous shot from behind the penalty area was deflected by a stunning reaction from Yann Sommer to keep Barcelona still looking for the third goal. A goal that came in the 88th minute. Rafinha, who had not shone much in this game, got the ball on the left, his first shot was taken by Sommer, but the second shot passed everyone and went into the corner of Inter’s goal. Now Barcelona smelled the final.

Five minutes of extra time was Inter’s only chance to come back, and in this short time, an amazing drama that seemed to be directed was created. In the 90+3 minute, Denzel Dumfries defeated Gerard Martin, sent the ball low into the goal, and Acerbi, like a top striker, destroyed Barcelona and lifted San Siro. Everything was equal, and the game was going into extra time, but before that, Yamal could have put Barcelona ahead again, he got the ball in the penalty area, but his shot went to where Sommer was standing, and the whistle for the end of 90 minutes blew.

The first extra time started quietly, but in the ninth minute, San Siro’s drama experienced another peak. Dumfries sent the ball in front of the goal, Taremi planted it with his back to the goal, and Frattesi scored to turn the book of this epic battle in Inter’s favor again. Now only 20 minutes of resistance was enough for Inter to experience their second final in the last 3 years.

In the continuation of the first extra time, there was no news of a chance on the goals, but in the second half, Barcelona advanced to put all its effort. In the 107th minute, Yamal’s dangerous cross went in front of the goal, but Lewandowski’s weak header went over the bar. Two minutes later, Inter responded to Barcelona, where Frattesi’s breathtaking shot from behind the penalty area was deflected by Ter Stegen’s beautiful reaction.

In the 114th minute, Sommer was Inter’s savior again. This time, he pulled Lamine Yamal’s amazing shot out of the goal with his fingertips and did not allow happiness to return to the Barcelona crowd.

In the end, Inter’s excellent defense paid off, and Barcelona could not score another goal. Inter 4-3 Barcelona, a football drama that drove the fans to the brink of madness. Inter went to the final and must wait for the Paris Saint-Germain-Arsenal battle.