Inter edge Barca to reach Champions League final

Inter Milan staged a late fightback to beat Barcelona 4-3 in extra time after a pulsating contest at San Siro and reach their second Champions League final in three seasons.

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Inter Milan

Martínez (21), Calhanoglu (45 pen), Acerbi (90), Frattesi (99) 4

Barcelona

Garcia (54), Olmo (60), Raphinha (87) 3

Six days on from a thrilling 3-3 first-leg draw in Barcelona, the two sides served up another classic with Inter staring down the barrel of defeat three minutes into stoppage time.

But defender Francesco Acerbi, acting as an emergency striker, turned in Denzel Dumfries’ cross and Davide Frattesi then guided home fellow substitute Mehdi Taremi’s 99th-minute layoff to send San Siro into new levels of ecstasy.

Inter had a healthy cushion at the interval through Lautaro Martinez and a Hakan Calhanoglu penalty, but Barcelona – who had also trailed by two goals during the first leg – levelled as Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo struck to reward their growing supremacy.

Raphinha smashed home three minutes from time after Yann Sommer had pushed out his first effort – the first time Barcelona had been ahead in the tie.