Three points or nothing. Wednesday at 9pm at Spotify Camp Nou, on FC Barcelona receives Inter from Milan, a week after the defeat in Italy. Third in Group C, the Catalans must win to go back to the Italians and depend on themselves.
The opponent
Inter arrive with confidence after the victory gained in the first leg thanks to Çalhanoğlu’s goal. After taking the 3 points against Sassuolo in Serie A last weekend (1-2, doubled by Dzeko), the opponents of the blaugrana have resumed the right path. They had suffered two consecutive defeats previously in the league.
Simone Inzaghi is not sure if Lukaku, Brozovic or Correa will be able to play for Wednesday night’s clash. In any case, the men of Xavi know that they will have a lot of work to do to get the upper hand over their rival for 2nd place.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi
Series A module: 5V-0N-4D
Champions League Form: 2V-0E-1D
Top scorers: Lautaro Martínez and Dzeko (3 goals)
Former Blaugrana in pink: André Onana
In numbers
– Barca have never lost two games in a row to Inter in the Champions League, and no Italian team has beaten the Catalans twice in the same Champions League season.
– Inter have lost all away games to Barça in the Champions League: five defeats. Furthermore, he remained silent in four of those matches (one goal in total). The Italian team have lost more matches at Spotify Camp Nou than at any other away stadium in the competition (5).
– The FC Barcelona has suffered only one defeat in their last 17 home games against an Italian team in the Champions League (13V, 3D and 1D).
– Gavi could play his 10th Champions League match with Barça. At 18 years and 68 days, he would be the fourth youngest player in the history of the competition to reach this iconic bar, after Youri Tielemans, Jude Bellingham and Bojan Krkic.
– Robert Lewandowski He has scored 27 goals in his last 15 Champions League home games (22 goals and 5 assists), including a hat-trick in his first home game as a blaugrana, against Viktoria Pilsen.
The group called
The Blaugrana team arrives after beating Celta by a minimum in the league, where they have won seven consecutive games and remain the leaders of the competition. But after the defeat in Milan, they need to beat Inter on Wednesday to be able to count on themselves to be in the next round.
For this match the Blaugrana coach has decided to call up the following 21 players:
Ter Stegen, Piqué, Sergio, O. Dembélé, Pedri, Lewandowski, Ansu Fati, Ferran, Marcos A., Jordi Alba, Kessie, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, Raphipha, Eric, Iñaki Peña, Balde, M. Casadó , Gavi, Pablo Torre et Arnau holds.
Bellerin, R. Araujo, Memphis, Christensen et Glued they are injured.
