Champions League In Pictures: How Ten-Man Inter Broke Barcelona's Heart

Jose Mourinho showed the Camp Nou faithful on Wednesday night that he is more than just a translator. Goal.com's Subhankar Mondal describes the controversial game in pictures.....

By Subhankar Mondal

Inter destroyed Barcelona 3-1 in the Champions League semi-final first leg at San Siro last week and that made them the favourites to progress to the final. Of course, Barcelona at Camp Nou are a very formidable proposition and the Blaugrana did demonstrate that in the second leg on Wednesday night. The Catalans eventually won the game 1-0, thanks to a brilliant Gerard Pique goal deep in the second half but lost the tie 3-2 on aggregate.

However, there was one or two other moments of controversy. Thiago Motta was shown a direct red card for a challenge on Sergio Busquets in the first half and Bojan had a goal disallowed late in the second period. It was yet another night of top-quality drama and tension and there will be discussion on this for a long period to come.

As for now, here is the story of the 90 minutes in Barcelona in pictures:





The Build-Up To The Big Match. Leo Was Supposed To Be The Messiah.




Temperamental Balotelli Was On The Bench For Inter.





Motta Was Shown A Direct Red. But Was It Harsh?





Motta Thinks So And Gives Busquets A Piece Of His Mind.





Sneijder Started The Match And Did Reasonably Well.





Pique Scores A Sensational Goal To Give Barcelona Some Hope.





Bojan's Goal Was Controversially Disallowed By The Referee.




Messi Was A Wizard Again But Not A Saviour.





Jose Mourinho: More Than A Translator, More Than A Good Coach.




Inter Are In The Champions League Final. Bayern Munich Await.




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