Match ends, Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0.
25 Oct 2018
Barcelona beat Inter to maintain 100% record
Barcelona maintained their 100% start in this season's Champions League as they cruised to victory over Inter Milan at the Nou Camp.
Rafinha opened the scoring for the hosts, who were without Lionel Messi after he fractured his arm on Saturday, before Jordi Alba netted the Spanish giants' second late on.
Despite threatening early on, Inter never really got going, and Barca will hope to put in a similarly stylish performance in Sunday's El Clasico against Real Madrid.
The Italian visitors had goalkeeper Samir Handanovic to thank throughout as the Slovenian made nine saves.
They included excellent stops to deny Luis Suarez and Clement Lenglet, while Philippe Coutinho hit the Inter crossbar midway through the second half.
Barca took the lead on 32 minutes as Rafinha, who had a spell on loan at Inter last season, volleyed home from Suarez's sublime cross.
Alba then applied gloss to the result as he fired past Handanovic from Ivan Rakitic's pass with seven minutes left.
Victory sent the five-time Champions League winners clear at the top of Group B with three wins from three, with Inter second on six points, while Tottenham and PSV Eindhoven have a point apiece following their 1-1 draw earlier on Wednesday.
- Line-ups
- Match Stats
- Live Text
Line-ups
Barcelona
- 1ter Stegen
- 20Roberto
- 3Piqué
- 15Lenglet
- 18Alba
- 4Rakitic
- 5Busquets
- 8Ramos de Oliveira MeloSubstituted forVidalat 78'minutes
- 12RafinhaSubstituted forCabral Semedoat 72'minutes
- 9SuárezBooked at 62mins
- 7CoutinhoSubstituted forEl Haddadiat 88'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Cabral Semedo
- 11Dembélé
- 13Cillessen
- 14Silva de Oliveira
- 19El Haddadi
- 22Vidal
- 36Brandáriz
Inter Milan
- 1Handanovic
- 33D'Ambrosio
- 37SkriniarBooked at 74mins
- 23Miranda
- 18Asamoah
- 8Vecino
- 77BrozovicBooked at 73mins
- 87CandrevaSubstituted forPolitanoat 45'minutes
- 20ValeroSubstituted forMartínezat 63'minutesBooked at 85mins
- 44PerisicSubstituted forKeitaat 77'minutes
- 9Icardi
Substitutes
- 2Vrsaljko
- 6de Vrij
- 10Martínez
- 11Keita
- 13Ranocchia
- 16Politano
- 27Padelli
- Referee:
- Ovidiu Hategan
- Attendance:
- 86,290
Match Stats
Home TeamBarcelonaAway TeamInter Milan
- Possession
- Home67%
- Away33%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home11
- Away2
- Corners
- Home9
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away22
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0.
Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matías Vecino.
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Coutinho.
Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nélson Semedo with a cross.
Foul by Coutinho (Barcelona).
Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
Goal!
Goal! Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kwadwo Asamoah with a cross.
Attempt saved. Keita (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danilo D'Ambrosio with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Arthur.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan).
Substitution
Substitution, Inter Milan. Keita replaces Ivan Perisic.
Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
Booking
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan).
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Nélson Semedo replaces Rafinha.
Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rafinha following a fast break.
Coutinho (Barcelona) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Coutinho.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Sergio Busquets.
Attempt saved. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
Rafinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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