US EditionYamal thrives but misses late chance as Barcelona exits Champions League in semifinals
- Inter Milan defeated Barcelona 4-3 after extra time in the Champions League semi-final second leg at San Siro on May 6, 2025.
- Barcelona sought their first final since 2015 and twice came back from a two-goal deficit, but Francesco Acerbi’s stoppage-time goal sent the match to extra time.
- Seventeen-Year-Old Lamine Yamal performed strongly with 14 completed take-ons but missed a key late chance against Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who was named the match MVP.
- Sommer reflected that while a number of teams might have lost hope after falling behind 3-2, Barcelona remained determined and fought their way back, and manager Hansi Flick pledged that the team will return stronger.
- Inter advanced 7-6 on aggregate to the final on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Allianz Arena and will face either Paris St-Germain or Arsenal.
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Lamine Yamal and the two faces of Barcelona: she scored 43 goals in the Champions Championships, but she has scored 24 goals
“If after the trip it was very hot, imagine how it was yesterday after the return,” commented a member of the Barcelona expedition in Milan, where the blueberries fell eliminated in the semifinals of the Champions. He was talking about the fury of Lamine Yamal. A 17-year-old boy who self-imposed wearing the weight of blue-grain football. Paradoxically, he didn’t weigh it. On the contrary.
Yamal: "I will fulfill my promise!
On the ground, but still fighting again – Lamine Yamal made his fans hope after the tragic defeat of FC Barcelona against Inter Milan: "I will keep my promise!" The game was hardly whistled off, since the youngster with his left magic foot was already out with the message. Quite pathetic, almost dramatic the presentation seemed to be. Everything held in black and white, a Yamal lying on the ground, then a Yamal comforted by colleague Thuram. Muc…
"I will keep my promise and bring it back to Barcelona": the prodigy Lamine Yamal far from being shot down following the elimination of Barça
On her Instagram account, the new world football star reacted to the cruel defeat of FC Barcelona on Tuesday against Inter Milan in the semifinal of the Champions League.
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