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Barcelona vs. Inter Milan live score: UEFA Champions League result, updates as breathless six-goal thriller continues

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The second UEFA Champions League semifinal gets underway on Wednesday as Barcelona host Italian giants Inter Milan in Spain for the first leg of their matchup.

Barcelona are chasing a famous quadruple, having already secured the Copa del Rey title last weekend and the Supercopa de Espana in January, and they are in the driver's seat for the La Liga crown. A spot in the Champions League final would be icing on the cake, as Hansi Flick bids for one of the most impressive seasons in club history.

Inter were also eyeing a potential strong end to a promising season, but recent slips in Serie A play saw them concede the top spot in the standings to Napoli. A subsequent defeat in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal would prove a double hammer blow to their hopes of securing silverware, particularly after city rivals AC Milan eliminated them at the semifinal stage of the Coppa Italia this month.

With Paris Saint-Germain having secured a 1-0 advantage over Arsenal in the first leg of their semifinal yesterday, the focus now shifts to the other two semifinalists with a spot at the Allianz Arena in Munich on the line.

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Barcelona vs. Inter live score

 Score (2H)Goal scorers
Barcelona3Lamine Yamal (24'),
F. Torres (38'),
Sommer (OG, 65')
Inter Milan3Thuram (1'),
Dumfries (21')
Arajuo (OG, 65')

Location: Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium (Barcelona, Spain)
Referee: Clement Turpin (FRA)

Starting lineups:

Barcelona (4-2-3-1, right to left): 25. Szczesny (GK) — 23. Kounde (E. Garcia, 42'), 5. I. Martinez, 2. Cubarsi (Christensen, 84'), 35. G. Martin (Araujo, 46') — 8. Pedri (Gavi, 84'), 21. De Jong — 19. Lamine Yamal, 20. Olmo (F. Lopez, 68'), 11. Raphinha — 7. F. Torres.

Inter Milan (3-5-2, right to left): 1. Sommer (GK) — 31. Bisseck, 15. Acerbi, 95. Bastoni — 2. Dumfries (Darmian, 81'), 20. Calhanoglu (Frattesi, 70'), 22. Mkhitaryan, 23. Barella, 32. Dimarco (Augusto, 55') — 10. L. Martinez (Taremi, 46'), 9. Thuram (Zielinski, 80').

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Barcelona vs. Inter Milan live updates, highlights from Champions League

81st min: Inter will look to keep the scoreline level the rest of the way, as Simone Inzaghi brings the brilliant Denzel Dumfries off for Matteo Darmian, while Marcus Thuram is also withdrawn for Piotr Zielinski. Those are Inter's two biggest counter-attacking threats now hauled off, so Barcelona will fancy these last 10 minutes to find a winner.

Hansi Flick responds by bringing Pau Cubarsi and Pedri off, replaced by Andreas Christensen and Gavi. Christensen hasn't played a single minute since the very first game of the season.

78th min: Barcelona have a dangerous free-kick just outside the top of the penalty area, and Raphinha tries to go under the wall, slotting the ball through the trees successfully but it doesn't have the pace or precision to beat a diving Yann Sommer.

75th min: Chance, Inter Milan! HENRIKH MKHITARYAN SCORES BUT THE FLAG IS UP! The Barcelona high line is caught up the field, and a cross from the right finds Mkhitaryan on the run, but he's barely leaning over the line!

The replay shows how CLOSE it really is, but VAR confirms the tight decision.

They show the semi-automated VAR decision, and...HE'S OFF BY A LITERAL TOE!!! WOW!

70th min: Pau Cubarsi is the first Barcelona player booked as he hooks the hip of Medhi Taremi from behind. Cubarsi makes a great sliding block minutes later to prevent Marcus Thuram from testing Wojciech Szczesny on the counter.

Inter make a change in midfield as Davide Frattesi, the quarterfinal hero, enters for Hakan Calhanoglu who was yellow carded himself earlier.

68th min: Barcelona make a change at the No. 10 position as Hansi Flick brings Dani Olmo off and throws Fermin Lopez in the mix.

65th min: GOAL! BARCELONA! RAPHINHA SCORES HIS 13TH GOAL OF THIS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOURNAMENT!!!!!!! IT'S AN ABSOLUTE FREE-KICK WORLDIE!!!!!

THIS GAME IS LUDICROUS!

It appears, on second glance, that Yann Sommer actually made the save on the initial effort, and the ball has clattered the crossbar and gone in off the Inter goalkeeper! It's gone down as an own-goal, as the one moments ago did as well.

VIDEO: Watch Barcelona goal in USA | Watch in UK | Watch in Canada | Watch in Australia

64th min: GOAL! INTER MILAN! DENZEL DUMFRIES SCORES AGAIN, AS INTER PROFIT FROM YET ANOTHER SET-PIECE!!!!

The Inter defender out-jumps Ronald Araujo to meet a corner with his head, and his effort clips off the back of Araujo and finds the back of the net! Barcelona have been miserable defending set-pieces!

The goal is officially chalked up as an own-goal off the Uruguayan, which is a bit silly because the initial header looked as if it was headed in the right direction, but such is the way of the official scoring.

VIDEO: Watch Inter Milan goal in USA | Watch in UK | Watch in Canada | Watch in Australia

61st min: There's a HUGE appeal from Nicolo Barella for handball as it bobbles up and hits Inigo Martinez on the arm, but the referee isn't having it and VAR waves play on. A replay shows it does clip the Barcelona defender, but it's in the course of normal action and there's no advantage gained by the action.

Then moments later, Inter get forward on a two-on-two counter, and only a last-gasp tackle from Pau Cubarsi stops Marcus Thuram from feeding a dangerous ball into the middle. This Barcelona defense makes things interesting!

59th min: Hakan Calhagolu, who clips Pedri on the foot as the Barcelona midfielder skipped by, picks up the first yellow card of the match. A reminder that yellow card accumulation is halted in the semifinals, as only a red card can get a player suspended for a match from here on out.

55th min: Simone Inzaghi wants to see no more of Federico Dimarco, who had trouble defensively in the first half and missed a chance minutes ago. Carlos Augusto enters in his place, as Dimarco continues to work back to full 90-minute fitness after an injury.

50th min: Chance, Inter Milan! FEDERICO DIMARCO FIRES A GREAT CHANCE OVER THE CROSSBAR!

A gorgeous vertical through-ball for Denzel Dumfries leaves new Barcelona left-back Inigo Martinez in the dust, and the subsequent cross floats over the scrum and falls to Dimarco on the left just inside the top of the penalty area. He produces a skillful half-volley, but blasts the ball just inches over the target!

Barcelona having Eric Garcia and Inigo Martinez at full-back right now is a real problem for the hosts. Injuries to Alex Balde and Jules Kounde are proving a nightmare to deal with.

2nd half kickoff: They're back under way at the Olympic Stadium, where both teams are hoping to settle things down after a breathless first half.

Well.....maybe Inter are. Hansi Flick's relentless style means Barcelona will almost surely dare Inter to counter-attack them again, because the reward is well worth the risks in their eyes.

There are changes for both teams here, as Ronald Araujo comes on for Barcelona to replace Gerard Martin, indicating a potential change of formation. For Inter, there's a bigger problem...Lautaro Martinez exits with a reported muscle injury, replaced by Medhi Taremi who is a significant downgrade.

HALFTIME: Barcelona 2-2 Inter Milan

WHAT a half of football from Catalonia! It feels like this match kicked off an eternity ago!

Inter went 2-0 up as they counter-attacked with venom and took advantage of multiple Barcelona defensive mistakes. Yet it always felt like Barcelona, who attacked with reckless abandon, would find a way back. Sure enough, Lamine Yamal's brilliance got the hosts back in it, and as he continued to cook, Ferran Torres found the equalizer.

There's everything to play for!

42nd min: Barcelona have a real problem on their hands as Jules Kounde, who has been an absolute rock this season at right-back, is forced off with an injury. The versatile Eric Garcia comes on to replace him.

38th min: GOAL! BARCELONA! FERRAN TORRES COMPLETES THE COMEBACK!

Raphinha takes Pedri's deep, cross-box delivery to the left post and pings it deftly to the front of net where Ferran Torres is waiting, and the Barcelona striker beats an unaware Federico Acerbi to the ball!

This Barcelona team is RELENTLESS!!!

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36th min: Chance, Barcelona! TWO MORE CHANCES FOR BARCELONA! Ferran Torres gets on the ball on the run one-on-two, but he's pushed just wide enough for the defender to get an angle and block the initial shot. Then Yann Sommer makes his best save yet as Dani Olmo's follow-up from a central position atop the penalty area is parried away with a diving stop!

The hosts are in full control of the game!

35th min: Lamine Yamal is a kid man possessed. He cooks again and finds room for a cross which nearly reaches Raphinha in front of goal, but Yann Sommer comes flying out of net to push away the delivery right in front of the Brazilian forward.

30th min: Chance, Barcelona! Barcelona have Inter back on their heels now, as Dani Olmo gets on the ball at the top of the penalty area and somehow manages to squeeze through the tiniest space between two Inter defenders. The pressure is enough to put off his shot, however, as he just rolls the ball right to Yann Sommer, a disappointing finish from a central area.

27th min: Chance, Barcelona! LAMINE YAMAL ALMOST DOES IT AGAIN! He gets the ball on the byline to the right of goal and cuts back effortlessly, which sees a defender go absolutely flying by out of touch. From an impossible angle, he nearly scores again minutes after his first, as he tries to roof it from the right and is only thwarted by a slight touch from Yann Sommer, with the ball crashing the crossbar and rebounding out.

It's Messi-like time and time again from the Barcelona teenager!

VIDEO: Watch Lamine Yamal chance in USA | Watch in UK

24th min: GOAL! BARCELONA!!!!!!! LAMINE YAMAL SCORES A WONDERFUL SOLO GOAL! BARCELONA ARE RIGHT BACK IN IT!

The 17-year-old, who played down links to Lionel Messi ahead of the match, beats a man on the right before cutting inside at the top of the penalty area. He gets space between three Inter players, threading the needle perfectly, before delivering a pinpoint curler that beats Yann Sommer to the far top corner!

It's only bangers today in this match!!!! What a sensational strike!

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21st min: GOAL! INTER MILAN!!!!!! AN OUTRAGEOUS GOAL FROM DENZEL DUMFRIES HAS INTER 2-0 UP!!!!

A corner from the left finds Acerbi at the top of the six-yard box, and he sends it weakly towards the face of goal, but instead of Wojciech Szczesny coming to claim it, Dumfries launches his body into the air and contorts his frame to produce an insane scissor kick in midair which crashes the ball into the back of the net!

Barcelona are STUNNED at home right now!!!!! They have a long way back now!

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19th min: Chance, Barcelona! Ferran Torres misses wide again!

Lamine Yamal wins a corner, which is delivered to the far post where Inigo Martinez rises high to try and meet the ball. Yann Bisseck puts his body on the line as he comes flying in to defend, clearing it out for another corner on the opposite flank.

This one finds Torres just outside the top corner of the six-yard box, but his sweet strike on the volley doesn't find the target, instead flashing across the face of goal and sailing wide right!

12th min: Chance, Barcelona! FERRAN TORRES MISSES! Lamine Yamal does brilliantly to feed a fizzed cross right to the feet of Torres, but his first touch is poor and he cannot recover to get a good strike on the bobbling ball, falling over while firing it just wide of the near post!

VIDEO: Watch Ferran Torres miss in UK

10th min: Barcelona players have ended up on the turf all across the penalty area through the first 10 minutes. That has the home crowd up in arms, but they've all been soft so far. Give the referee credit for not being drawn into a bad decision.

Maybe he could have thought about awarding Lamine Yamal a penalty for an Alessandro Bastoni challenge, but there's really nothing in it.

5th min: It's been all Barcelona since the opening goal, and if there were any concerns about Lamine Yamal's health after the warmup scare, those have been put to bed. The youngster is cooking early, and his cross to the far post just evades a sliding Ferran Torres by inches.

Strap in, this game feels like it will be an electric one. Inter will have a lot of defending to do, especially now that they've snatched an early lead to protect.

1st min: GOAL! INTER MILAN! MARCUS THURAM SCORES 30 SECONDS INTO THE MATCH! WHAT A START!!!!!

Straight after kickoff, Inter are into the attack, and while Denzel Dumfries' initial cross along the face of goal only finds Jules Kounde, the Barcelona defender's clearance is poor. It comes right back to Dumfries on the recycle, and his second attempt to put the ball into danger finds Thuram in front of net.

While the delivery is just slightly behind the Inter striker, a moment of ingenuity sees Thuram produce a glorious behind-the-back heel flick which finds the back of the net!!!! It's the fastest goal in the history of the Champions League semifinals!

VIDEO: Watch Thuram goal in USA | Watch goal in UK | Watch in Canada | Watch in Australia

Kickoff: After a moment of silence in remembrance of Pope Francis, they're under way in Catalonia! A hugely important 90 minutes in the course of this season's Champions League, with so much to gain and so much to lose on both sides of the ball!

There was a scare before the match, as Lamine Yamal came off the pitch during warmups with what looked like a possibly muscle injury, but the youngster remains in the starting lineup. That is something to keep an eye on as this game progresses.

Barcelona vs. Inter Milan: Pre-match commentary, analysis, more

15 mins to kickoff: Barcelona have been sensational this season on all fronts, with Hansi Flick's Bundesliga style of play ripping through both domestic and European opposition. Thierry Henry has taken notice, praising the team ahead of today's kickoff.

Will they make good on their former striker's faith today and put one foot in the Champions League final? Kickoff is minutes away!

30 mins to kickoff: Lautaro Martinez is in exceptional Champions League form, having scored in five straight European matches, including his hat-trick against Monaco to cap off the league phase. Yet Inter are coming into this match off the back of three straight domestic defeats, a stretch in which Martinez did not score a single goal.

Will he relish being back on the European stage, or will his recent domestic slump carry over? Lautaro has been criticized in the past for going invisible in the biggest games of the season. His winning goal in the Copa America final promised to change that narrative, and the recent UCL hot streak is promising as well, but going invisible now would bring the negativity right back into the forefront.

The job is not done yet for the Argentine.

45 mins to kickoff: WhoScored did a combined Barcelona/Inter XI based solely on player ratings this season. It's a curious selection, leaving the likes of Pau Cubarsi, Frenkie de Jong, Alessandro Bastoni, and Nicolo Barella on the sideline while Inigo Martinez and Hakan Calhanoglu start.

What changes would you make?

1 hour to kickoff: Inter are a formidable opponent, of that there's no doubt, but Barcelona are considered significant favorites in this one, and for good reason. The La Liga leaders have arguably been the best team in Europe this season.

1 hour 15 mins to kick: Lineups are in! Barcelona's XI is exactly as expected, with Dani Olmo at the No. 10 and Ferran Torres in for Robert Lewandowski.

For Inter, there were two big questions for this game surrounding the fitness of Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfries. Both are in the starting lineup, which is a huge boost for the visitors who will be playing on the counter.

1 hour 30 mins to kick: Lamine Yamal has been compared to a young Lionel Messi recently. It's easy to understand why, as the 17-year-old Barcelona wonderkid dazzles on the dribble and with his pace. Inter forward Lautaro Martinez, a teammate of Messi's on the Argentine national team, wasn't having it, paying his respects to the Spanish teenager's talent but saying nobody in the world should draw comparisons to the greatest ever.

The youngster also wasn't ready to put himself in that pantheon, saying, "comparisons don't make sense and even more so with Messi." Lamine Yamal just wants to be Lamine Yamal, and for right now, that's all fans should ask for too, because the kid has proven time and time again that's plenty of entertainment.

1 hour 45 mins to kick: The last time these two clubs met in the Champions League semifinals was in 2010 when Jose Mourinho shocked Pep Guardiola's side to reach the final. Mourinho would go on to win the title that year, but Barcelona would be fine, coming back to win the title the following season.

Can the Italian club spring an upset of the European giants again?

2 hours to kickoff: The difference between the styles of Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres up front are stark, and it may change how Barcelona attack this game. Lewandowski has morphed into a pure penalty-area finisher in his advanced age, dragging center-backs around with his movement but hardly touching the ball outside the 18-yard box.

Ferran Torres, meanwhile, can run much more and likes to make movements in behind the defenders, helping with buildup and flowing much more freely. That's nice in theory, but it's also a change, and it could clog things for Lamine Yamal and Raphinha who love to run at their defenders as well. That could play right into Inter's hands.

Barcelona vs. Inter Milan kick off time

This Champions League semifinal first leg kicks off from Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, April 30 at 9 p.m. local time in Barcelona, Spain. Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:

 DateKickoff time
USA/CanadaWed, Apr. 303 p.m. ET
USA/CanadaWed, Apr. 3012 p.m. PT
UKWed, Apr. 308 p.m. BST
AustraliaThu, May 15 a.m. AEST
IndiaThu, May 112:30 a.m. IST

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Barcelona vs. Inter Milan lineups, team news

Robert Lewandowski remains on the sidelines with a hamstring injury and the May 11 Clasico against Real Madrid remains the star striker's target. In his stead, Ferran Torres produced an impressive goal-scoring appearance in his absence in the Copa del Rey final, and will hope to reprise that starring role today.

Alejandro Balde is battling to return soon from his own hamstring problem, but Gerard Martin remains slotted in at left-back as cover for now. Marc Casado remains out with a knee problem and Marc Bernal is a long-term absentee.

Barcelona starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Szczesny (GK) — Kounde, I. Martinez, Cubarsi, G. Martin — Pedri, De Jong — Lamine Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha — F. Torres

Barcelona subs: Pena (GK), Astralaga (GK), Fort, Araujo, Christensen, E. Garcia, P. Torre, Fati, F. Lopez, Victor.

After missing Inter's past three matches with a thigh problem, Marcus Thuram has passed fit to start up front alongside Lautaro Martinez. Joaquin Correa, Mehdi Taremi and veteran forward Marko Arnautovic are Inzaghi's alternatives.

Denzel Dumfries and Piotr Zielinski each returned to action against Roma following lay-offs and suffered no ill-effects, although defender Benjamin Pavard misses out after sustaining a sprained ankle, replaced by Yann Bisseck.

Inter Milan starting lineup (3-5-2): Sommer (GK) — Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni — Dumfries, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Barella, Dimarco — L. Martinez, Thuram

Inter Milan subs: J. Martinez (GK), Di Gennaro (GK), de Vrij, Re Cecconi, Augusto, Frattesi, Asllani, Darmian, Zalewski, Zielinski, Arnautovic, Taremi.

Barcelona vs. Inter Milan live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world's major regions:

 TV channelStreaming
USATUDN, UnivisionFubo USA, Paramount+, ViX, TUDN.com, Univision Now, TUDN App
Canada —DAZN
UKTNT Sports 1discovery+
Australia —Stan Sport
India—JoiTV, Sony LIV

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Kyle Bonn

Kyle Bonn is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.