Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Barcelona struggled to break down Inter in the early stages of the match, with the talking points in the openings exchanges being a shoulder injury to Maicon and Zlatan’s ripped shirt from a free-kick. Barca looked more dangerous when Dani Alves whipped in a cross which Pedro Rodriguez volleyed off target in the 23rd minute. And then came the flashpoint in the 27th minute, Thiago Motta put his hand in the face of Sergio Busquets who embarrassingly crashed to the floor like he’d been shot, out came a second yellow for Motta, who before he left the pitch aggressively grabbed Sergio by the neck for getting him sent off. Just before the interval Zlatan rifled a 30-yard free-kick which swerved wide of the upright. Despite playing against 10 men Barca were shot of ideas throughout the second half until six minutes from time when Xavi slipped a perfect pass through to Gerard Pique (offside?), the centre back brilliantly turned in the box to wrongfoot Cordoba and Valdes before firing into the open net.
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Tags: 28/04/2010, barcellona, calcio, cl, cl 09, cl semifinali 09, inter
