With his heart in his hand: Inter took out his fierceness on time and won an unforgettable duel to Barcelona by Champions

As in a duel of heavyweights, when there are no more energies, The winner is usually defined by the heart and will of the one who wants the triumph most. This is what Inter Milan demonstrated before Barcelona, in a semifinal of Champions League that will remain for history books.

The Italian team did everything well in the first half, Dominating and marking differences on the scoreboard, supported by its maximum figure, a headdress Lautaro Martínez, who left everything to play and contributed with a goal and forced criminal.

But the second half had a very different tonic. Barcelona took him against the ropes and knocked him several times, to the point that seemed that he could not get up. Raphinha’s goal at 87 minutes was the final blow, but some assaults had left.

With more impetus that football came the draw, At the feet of a sacrificed as Francesco Acerbi, who at 93 disguised himself as a hero under intense rain in the Giuseppe Meazza that gave him even more epic, to tie the series and take it to the supplementary.

If there is a moment where desire and will is put to the technique is this. At 9 ‘of the first half of the supplementary time, Davide Frattesi ended up crowning a great collective play of those led by Inzaghi. Marcus Thuram overflowed on the right, touched the middle and Medhi Taremi downloaded for a frattesi that, with a lot of cold blood, opened the left -handed foot to locate it against the Szczęsny arc stick.

The final minutes had the neutral spectator on the seat that was fascinated for 120 minutes of an unforgettable match, and recalling Inter de Mourinho in 2010, The Nerazzurri rejected everything they threw the Sommer area, that was erected as a wall when he needed it most.

Football gave a new sample that when the legs or head do not respond, the answer can leave the heart and the will to get the result, More than the rival in front.