A seven-goal thriller at the San Siro has seen Inter Milan qualify for a second UEFA Champions League final in three years, with Davide Frattesi’s 98th minute goal sealing a 4-3 win for the Italian side on a wet Tuesday night.
Just like in the first leg last week in Spain, Inter Milan were 2-0 up, with Lautaro Martinez breaking the deadlock after 21 minutes before Hakan Calhanoglu doubled Nerazzurri’s lead with a coolly played penalty just before the half-time whistle.
Barcelona came back storming in the second half, with Eric Garcia’s first-time volley pulling one back for the Catalans 10 minutes after the restart before Dani Olmo headed in the equaliser on the hour mark.
San Siro was then stunned to silence with three minutes of normal time left as Raphinha reacted quickest to the rebound and smash Barcelona ahead after Inter goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, had saved the Brazilian’s initial shot.
Lamine Yamal sent a powerful shot crashing off the foot of Inter’s post in the 92nd minute, a miss which the teenage sensation and Barcelona would be made to regret greatly just a minute later.
As it looked like the night will end in Barcelona’s favour, Inter Milan fashioned a neat passing sequence to set up Francesco Acerbi for the equaliser in the 93rd minute as the dramatic encounter went to extra time.
The Inter turnaround was completed eight minutes into extra time when another exchange of passes left the Barca defence in confusion and set up Frattesi in enough space to compose himself and slot in a shot past Wojciech Szczesny into the bottom corner.
Barcelona went in desperate search for another equaliser, with substitute Robert Lewandowski sending a header from point-blank range over the Inter Milan goal in second half of extra time as the Serie A side held on to claim a 7-6 aggregate win.
Inter Milan now await the winner of the second Champions League semi-final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal, with PSG heading into that tie at the Parc Des Princes leading the Gunners 1-0 from the first leg.