Internazionale vs Barcelona, 2018-19 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueBarcelona remain atop Champions League Group B after Inter Milan draw
Barcelona drew at Inter Milan 1-1 to remain atop their Champions League group on Tuesday.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Offside, Inter Milan. Kwadwo Asamoah tries a through ball, but Mauro Icardi is caught offside.
- 2': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 2': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Foul by Matías Vecino (Inter Milan).
- 4': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
- 7': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by Matías Vecino (Inter Milan).
- 7': Hand ball by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
- 12': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
- 13': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arthur.
- 15': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
- 15': Matteo Politano (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 20': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
- 20': Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan).
- 20': Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 22': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 24': Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Coutinho.
- 24': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Sergi Roberto.
- 26': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
- 26': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 28': Offside, Inter Milan. Sime Vrsaljko tries a through ball, but Mauro Icardi is caught offside.
- 29': Attempt missed. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Arthur.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 30': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Milan Skriniar.
- 31': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
- 31': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Gerard Piqué following a corner.
- 37': Attempt saved. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
- 37': Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
- 37': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan).
- 41': Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
- 42': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 42': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Foul by Matías Vecino (Inter Milan).
- 42': Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
- 42': Radja Nainggolan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Inter Milan 0, Barcelona 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 0, Barcelona 0.
- 47': Foul by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
- 47': Matteo Politano (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
- 49': Matteo Politano (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Attempt missed. Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 50': Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
- 50': Sime Vrsaljko (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt saved. Coutinho (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 54': Attempt missed. Matías Vecino (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 55': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan).
- 55': Attempt blocked. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 55': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Stefan de Vrij.
- 56': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
- 57': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
- 57': Attempt missed. Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan.
- 60': Attempt saved. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
- 60': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
- 61': Foul by Arthur (Barcelona).
- 61': Radja Nainggolan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 63': Attempt saved. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 63': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Samir Handanovic.
- 63': Substitution, Inter Milan. Borja Valero replaces Radja Nainggolan.
- 65': Attempt missed. Matteo Politano (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
- 66': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Stefan de Vrij.
- 66': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
- 67': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 68': Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Borja Valero.
- 69': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Arthur.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Vecino.
- 70': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Ivan Rakitic.
- 72': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
- 74': Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Arthur.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
- 77': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sime Vrsaljko.
- 80': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 81': Substitution, Barcelona. Malcom replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
- 81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Antonio Candreva replaces Matteo Politano.
- 83': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Barcelona 1. Malcom (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Coutinho.
- 84': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
- 84': Malcom (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 84': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Matías Vecino (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 87': Goal! Inter Milan 1, Barcelona 1. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 88': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan).
- 88': Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Foul by Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan).
- 90': Malcom (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 1, Barcelona 1.
- 90'+4': Match ends, Inter Milan 1, Barcelona 1.
Statistics
 BAR |
INT |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 0 | Saves | 7 |
| 65.1 | Possession | 34.9 |
| 26 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 8 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 662 | Accurate Passes | 309 |
| 738 | Passes | 377 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 16 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 53 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 37 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 9 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 15 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 70,915
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 70,915
Line-Ups
Internazionale (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samir Handanovic (GK) |
| 37 | Milan Skriniar |
| 6 | Stefan de Vrij |
| 18 | Kwadwo Asamoah |
| 2 | Sime Vrsaljko |
| 14 | Radja Nainggolan |
| 77 | Marcelo Brozovic  |
| 8 | Matías Vecino |
| 9 | Mauro Icardi |
| 44 | Ivan Perisic |
| 16 | Matteo Politano |
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) |
| 15 | Clément Lenglet |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué |
| 18 | Jordi Alba |
| 20 | Sergi Roberto |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 8 | Arthur |
| 4 | Ivan Rakitic |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
| 7 | Philippe Coutinho |
| 11 | Ousmane Dembélé |
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