Barcelona v Inter Milan is a fixture that will forever live in Champions League lore because of the exploits of Jose Mourinho’s side in a famous semi-final that enabled the Nerazzurri to win the treble.
Inter’s hopes of the treble this season under Simone Inzaghi have vanished following a Coppa Italia semi-final loss to AC Milan. After losing to Roma in Serie A last week, they now trail Napoli by three points in the race for the Scudetto.
As such, they are suddenly in danger of a trophy-less season. However, with the Copa del Rey secured and a four-point lead over Real Madrid in LaLiga, the treble is very much on for Barcelona.
The Blaugrana will look to take another step towards that feat by assuming a commanding position in this tie, and they have stuck with the team that helped clinch Copa glory last weekend.
Barcelona v Inter Milan team news
Barcelona team news
Barcelona name an unchanged starting XI from the one that helped Hansi Flick’s men claim a thrilling extra-time win over Madrid in the Copa del Rey final.
With Robert Lewandowski still out because of a hamstring injury, Ferran Torres leads the line again for Barca.
Barcelona: Szczęsny; Koundé, Cubarsí, Iñigo Martínez, Gerard Martín; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Ferran Torres
Subs: Araujo, Gavi, Ansu Fati, Inaki Pena, Pablo Torre, Christensen, Fermin, Pau Victor, Eric, Astralaga, H. Fort
Inter team news
The headline for Inter is that striker Marcus Thuram is back to partner Lautaro Martinez after missing the defeat to Roma through injury.
His return is one of five changes from the side that suffered that huge setback in the Scudetto race.
Yann Aurel Bisseck and Alessandro Bastoni come in from Benjamin Pavard and Carlos Augusto in the back three. Pavard is out with an ankle issue.
Denzel Dumfries takes Matteo Darmian’s spot at right wing-back, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Davide Frattesi.
Inter: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Çalhanoğlu, Mkhitaryan, Barella, Dimarco; Lautaro Martínez, Thuram
Subs: Arnautovic, Asllani, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, De Vrij, Di Gennaro, Frattesi, Martinez, Re Cecconi, Taremi, Zalewski, Zieliński
