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Tue 20/4/2010 - CL Semi-finals, 1st leg - Inter vs. Barcelona

41K views 1K replies 115 participants last post by  Nacka  
#1 ·
If you ask any Inter fan prior to the start of the season whether or not he/she would be satisfied with a spot amongst Europe's finest four: the answer obviously would be yes. I'm content with our European journey, and would consider anything more a bonus.

They're the clear favorites not only to reach the final but to retain their European crown, and they'll be extra-motivated if we take into consideration the venue of the final - so something special will be required to oust them. Then again, how many gave us a chance against Chelsea?

We managed a clean sheet against them at home in the groupstage but attacking wise we had like 1 shot on goal, so we'll need to improve on that.

Muntari will not play, and he clearly was our worst player in that particular match, almost gifting Barca goals.

Forza Inter. :proud:
 
#3 ·
No, the team that won everything in 1 year.
 
#5 ·
Congrats on reaching the CL Semifinals...any idea when this match is supposed to take place?
 
#7 ·
do barca have any player who's one yellow card away from suspension?
 
#9 ·
In retrospect, that clean sheet at home was a much better result than we originally thought, even though going back to Barca was never going to be easy. I don't want to write off Arsenal just yet...

If we play Barca again, we will be better prepared for when we play in Spain. There is something to be said about momentum and this Inter side has it behind them. They will not be easy to play against. Just not sure they can shut down Messi and company.....
 
#25 ·
man, i don't know who can guard messi...he is fast...he is skillful...
 
#26 ·
Arsenal match up well with Barca. Barca like to push up, and Arsenal plays counters very well, they always seem dangerous. This is where we'll be in trouble..IMHO. We will try to slow the game down, and give up to much of the ball.

JM can learn a lot from watching the game today.
 
#28 ·
but if we play barca again, i would expect us to play a lot better and more aggressive than the 2 games we played in the group stage...