With an extra-time winner, Davis Frattesi led Inter Milan to a stunning 4-3 victory over Barcelona (7-6 overall) in the Champions League final on Tuesday.
When Frattesi lashed home in the 99th minute to make a packed and cheering San Siro shiver in celebration of the downpour, it was tied for the ages.
At the end of this month in Munich, Simone Inzaghi’s team will face either Paris Saint-Germain or Arsenal, with the feeling that they have a fantastic chance to become the kings of Europe for the fourth time.
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After defeating Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, Inter’s season was saved as their bid for the treble waned.
After beating Bayern, Inter lost their top spot in Serie A, while AC Milan had to pull them out of the Italian Cup a fortnight ago, leaving Napoli as the favorite to win the domestic league title.
However, Inter put an end to Barca’s quest for the quadruple and are now looking forward to a second Champions League final in three years with renewed optimism heading into the final weeks of the campaign.
Frattesi scored his seventh goal of the year, which was probably his most significant of his career, despite the fact that Inter should have already been eliminated.
When Raphinha came back from two goals down at half-time to give Barca a 3-2 lead, the hosts were going out with two minutes left in regular time.
However, Francesco Acerbi stunned everyone in the stadium when he headed Denzel Dumfries’ cross in the added time penalty in the second minute, not the least of the already celebrating Barca supporters.
After going in at break-time thanks to a brilliant goal from Lautaro Martinez and Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty in first-half stoppage time, Barca had been by far the better team in the second half of normal time.
In the 54th and 60th minutes, Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo scored both exquisite Gerard Martin deliveries, and Yann Sommer had to do everything in his power to keep Inter at a touching distance.
Between Barca’s first two goals, Sommer probably saved the best save of the season by preventing Eric Garcia from completing a frantic Barca counter-attack.
And the Swiss was crucial once more in the 113th minute when he was saved by Lamine Yamal, who hit the post just before Acerbi’s equalizer.
Inter then held off Barca as the home fans waited until the match’s final whistle roared out loud.
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