檢視較大的地圖
冰島火山爆發飛機不能飛導致很多活動都受影響
Barcelona 昨天因此必須做車到米蘭
從Google Map 上看了一下從 Nou Camp 到Stadio Giuseppe Meazza大約1000公里, 可能 Barca 因此沒力了吧
Internazionale came from behind to stun holders Barcelona 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
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Pedro put Barca into the lead after 19 minutes before Wesley Sneijder started the Nerazzurri comeback with the equaliser after half an hour.
Maicon swooped to put Inter ahead just after the break and Diego Milito added a third on 61 minutes as Jose Mourinho's side inflicted Pep Guardiola's heaviest defeat since he took over at Barca.
Having thrilled the world with their quarter-final performance against Arsenal, Barca failed to reach the same heights again following a 14-hour bus journey to Milan for the game. Inter, meanwhile, moved a giant step closer to ending years of frustration in Europe's top competition as they seek to win a first European Cup since 1965.
Inside an expectant Giuseppe Meazza, the game exploded into life after 18 minutes when former Barca player Samuel Eto'o fired on target from the edge of the box and Victor Valdes could only parry into the path of Milito. But the Inter striker fluffed his lines from a tight angle and pulled his shot wide of the mark.
Milito was made to rue that missed chance as, just a minute later, Maxwell surged forward into the space left vacant by the daydreaming Maicon before pulling back from the by-line to Pedro. The Barca academy graduate slotted neatly past Julio Cesar to put the holders ahead.
Inter responded well to going behind and would have been level just three minutes later had defender Lucio not made a hash of a free header from a set piece.
Likewise on 27 minutes, when Milito spurned a second great chance to get his name on the scoresheet after Sneijder's cute little pass through put him into a shooting position. Again his effort was dragged wide of the far post.
The statistics showed that Barca had enjoyed 63 per cent of possession at that point yet, Pedro's goal aside, the European champions had failed to create any clear-cut goalscoring opportunities. Inter were more incisive going forward when they could get the ball, and the hosts were rewarded on the half-hour mark with the leveller.
Sneijder got it, firing past Valdes after Milito had controlled Eto'o's scuffed cross, turned and laid it on for the in-form Dutchman, who got the fightback underway.
Inter took heart from the goal and ended the half strongly; Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets's booking for slamming the ball down into the turf in frustration told its own story.
The hosts doubled their lead soon after the restart as Mourinho's men emerged from the dressing room in the mood for more goals.
Milito had already signalled Inter's intent with a great ball into the danger area that Goran Pandev narrowly failed to reach before Maicon put the Italian champions into the lead.
The Brazilian atoned for the earlier error that contributed to Barca's goal by controlling Milito's awkwardly bouncing ball and prodding home from close range as Inter broke quickly. A later accidental collision with Lionel Messi ended Maicon's evening, however, and his involvement in next week's return leg is now in doubt.
Messi was far from his world-beating best on the night, although he did sting Julio Cesar's fingers with a wickedly swerving shot on 53 minutes as Barca looked to respond to going behind.
Moments later the Inter keeper was again brought into action, repelling a Busquets header from six yards out when the Barcelona midfielder should have done better.
But Barca's pressure counted for little as Milito swooped just after the hour mark to put Inter 3-1 up. Messi's Argentina team-mate had the simple task of knocking over the line after Sneijder's miscued header from Eto'o's cross had found him at close range.
It was the first time any side had scored three against Barca this season, and the visitors appeared aggrieved. Cue intense late pressure as the current Liga leaders poured forward looking to reduce the arrears.
It did not come, despite the best efforts of Messi, from a free-kick, and Gerard Pique late on, and now Barcelona have it all to do in the second leg if they are to retain a chance of defending their crown.
The two teams reconvene in eight days' time at the Camp Nou for the second leg, with a place in the May 22 final in Madrid at stake.
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