It was a well anticipated champions league semi-finals in the Nou camp. Inter had had the upper hand from a well fought victory at the San Siro and came with a 3-1 advantage. Barcelona are known as the worlds best football club and are planning to make it 2 champions league finals in a row. They were itching to qualify for the finals to rub salt into Real Madrid's wound as the final was to be held in the Bernabeu stadium. Inter's coach Jose Mourinho has had a difficult season in Italy due to the poor relations with the media. However, he is indeed the Special One. Much will be debated regarding his tactics of total defense for this much. Inter had been defending since the very beginning of the game and had done it extremely effectively, limiting Messi and co any sniff of the goal. It was made even more difficult when Motta was sent of in the 28th minute under a controversial circumstances. Being hit on the neck,Sergio Busquets held his face when he fell and cause the referee to pull out the red card. Looking at the statistics, Barcelona had 84% of possesion, but was unable to score the 2 goals they needed and it was against 10 men! You can imagine how hard the Inter players fought in the game. People might say that Mourinho's Inter were playing anti-football game, but hey, every game has their own tactics, and defending is definitely one of them. Barcelona was not a gracious loser. In fact, the sprinklers on the pitch was opened when the Inter players celebrated on the pitch. What ashame! However, all in all, a great night for Inter, and I'm sure Madrid fans would be celebrating as well. Barcelona bites the dust!
The Special One- Jose Mourinho has done a great job bringing Inter into the finals...Now can he bring them the trophy that his former employer wanted so so much?
Gracious loser? Nah- Victor Valdes confronting the Inter manager on the pitch when he tried to celebrate on the pitch
Lionel Messi- One of the greatest football phenomena. However, even Messiah wasn't able to save Barcelona from elimination.
Oh man! What a miss!- Bojan reacts after missing a free header that would've won them the tie
It was a well anticipated champions league semi-finals in the Nou camp. Inter had had the upper hand from a well fought victory at the San Siro and came with a 3-1 advantage. Barcelona are known as the worlds best football club and are planning to make it 2 champions league finals in a row. They were itching to qualify for the finals to rub salt into Real Madrid's wound as the final was to be held in the Bernabeu stadium. Inter's coach Jose Mourinho has had a difficult season in Italy due to the poor relations with the media. However, he is indeed the Special One. Much will be debated regarding his tactics of total defense for this much. Inter had been defending since the very beginning of the game and had done it extremely effectively, limiting Messi and co any sniff of the goal. It was made even more difficult when Motta was sent of in the 28th minute under a controversial circumstances. Being hit on the neck,Sergio Busquets held his face when he fell and cause the referee to pull out the red card. Looking at the statistics, Barcelona had 84% of possesion, but was unable to score the 2 goals they needed and it was against 10 men! You can imagine how hard the Inter players fought in the game. People might say that Mourinho's Inter were playing anti-football game, but hey, every game has their own tactics, and defending is definitely one of them. Barcelona was not a gracious loser. In fact, the sprinklers on the pitch was opened when the Inter players celebrated on the pitch. What ashame! However, all in all, a great night for Inter, and I'm sure Madrid fans would be celebrating as well. Barcelona bites the dust!
The Special One- Jose Mourinho has done a great job bringing Inter into the finals...Now can he bring them the trophy that his former employer wanted so so much?
Gracious loser? Nah- Victor Valdes confronting the Inter manager on the pitch when he tried to celebrate on the pitch
Lionel Messi- One of the greatest football phenomena. However, even Messiah wasn't able to save Barcelona from elimination.
Oh man! What a miss!- Bojan reacts after missing a free header that would've won them the tie
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