Barcelona hosts Italian giants Inter Milan in the opening leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal.Who: Barcelona vs Inter MilanWhat: UEFA Champions League semifinal, first legWhere: Olympic Stadium, BarcelonaWhen: Wednesday at 9pm (19:00 GMT)
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With eight UEFA Champions League titles between them, Barcelona and Inter Milan begin their battle for the right to enter another final when they square off in the opening leg of their semifinal showdown on Wednesday night.
Barcelona, who have only lost a single match in 2025, will host Inter at the Olympic Stadium, with the two-leg series then moving to Northern Italy next Tuesday, May 6 for the return fixture at the famous San Siro venue.
Here is all to know before the semifinal opener between two of Europe’s football superclubs:
When did Barcelona and Inter Milan last play each other in the Champions League?
The teams last played on October 12, 2022, in a Group C fixture at the Nou Camp in Barcelona.
The teams drew 3-3 with Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele – who, incidentally, scored the game-winning goal for PSG against Arsenal in the other Champions League semifinal on Tuesday – putting the Catalans ahead in the first half, before a frantic five-goal second stanza ensued, culminating with Robert Lewandowski scoring the equaliser in stoppage time to split the points.
FC Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski scores their equalising third goal (3-3) against Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League group match in Barcelona, Spain on October 12, 2022 [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
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