IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : The semi final entered in History, Lamine Yamal and Yann Sommer were absolutely fantastic !
Statistics on Champions’ League: Semi-finals, 2nd leg (May 6)
Inter vs Barcelona 4-3 (agg 7-6)
*It was the 18th game between Inter and Barcelona in major European tournaments, with only 3 rivalries played more often in their history:
Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid (28),
Juventus vs Real Madrid (21).
Inter vs Real Madrid (19).
*The last 3 meetings between Inter and Barcelona in the Champions League have produced 19 goals (including 3-3 draw on 12 October 2022).
*Since Simone Inzaghi's joined Inter (from 2021-22), Inter are one of only 2 clubs to have reached multiple UCL finals (also Real Madrid: both two).
*Inter will play in the European Cup/Champions League final for the 7th time in their history, after:
1964 vs Real Madrid (won),
1965 vs Benfica (won),
1967 vs Celtic (lost),
1972 vs Ajax (lost),
2010 vs Bayern Múnich (won),
2023 vs Manchester City (lost).
*Barcelona have played extra time in the Champions League for the first time since 22 April 2003 against Juventus (lost it in quarter-finals).
*Barcelona have conceded 3+ goals in 3 consecutive Champions League matches for the first time in their history (also 1-3 vs Borussia Dortmund in the 2nd quarter-final).
*Barcelona have lost 4 out of their 5 last UCL semi-final ties, along with vs Chelsea (2012), vs Bayern (2013) and vs Liverpool (2019).
Thee only successful tie at this stage within this period: vs Bayern (2015).
*For the 4th time, Barcelona have conceded 7+ goals in a two-legged tie in European competitions, after:
vs Hibernian in the 1960-61 Fairs Cup (4-4, 2-3, quarter-final),
vs Valencia in the 1961-62 Fairs Cup (2-6, 1-1, final),
vs Bayern in the 2012-13 Champions League (0-4, 0-3, semi-final).
In a one-legged tie, there was also a disastrous 2-8 defeat vs Bayern in 2020 in the quarter-finals.
The Player of the match : Inter's Goalkeeper Yann Sommer, impressive World Class !
*Inter have conceded 5+ goals in a two-legged European Cup/Champions League tie for the 2nd time, after:
vs Schalke in the 2010-11 season (2-5, 1-2, quarter-final).
*Barcelona appeared 2 goals down for the 5th time in all competitions this season. In all 4 previous cases, they came back to score at least 4 goals (beat Benfica 5-4, beat Atletico 4-2, beat Celta 4-3, drew with Atletico 4-4).
Now they made “only” 3 goals in response, and that was not enough…
*Barcelona have lost their 6th consecutive away match in the semi-finals of the Champions League, after:
1-3 vs Inter in 2010,
0-1 vs Chelsea in 2012,
0-4 vs Bayern in 2013,
2-3 vs Bayern in 2015,
0-4 vs Liverpool in 2019.
*Inter have scored 4+ goals in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals of the European Cup/Champions League for the 2nd time, after the 1963-64 season, in which they won their first trophy.
*Inter have scored 4 goals in a Champions League knockout stage match for the first time in their history.
*Inter have never lost at San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza in the European Cup/Champions League semi-finals, including their two formally home meetings against Milan in 2003 and 2023 (7 wins, 5 draws in 12 games).
*It was 3rd two-legged tie in European Cup/Champions League history (and 1st in UCL era) in which both teams scored 3+ goals in the home and away matches, after:
Györi ETO vs Lokomotive Sofía in 1964/65 (5-3, 3-4),
Bayern vs Dynamo Dresden in 1973/74 (4-3, 3-3).
*It was the semi-final tie with joint-second most agregate goals in the competition’s history (joint-most in UCL era), along with:
Eintracht vs Rangers in 1960 (6-1, 6-3) – 16 goals,
Liverpool vs Roma in 2018 (5-2, 2-4) – 13 goals.
In UCL era, only 2 other semi-final ties produced 10+ goals, also:
Real Madrid vs Manchester City in 2022 (4-3, 1-3) – 11 in total,
Juventus vs Monaco in 1998 (4-1, 2-3) – 10 in total.
*Lautaro Martínez has scored 9 goals in Champions League this season: a joint-record for an Inter's player in a single campaign in the Champions League/European Cup, level with Hernán Crespo (9 in 2002-03).
*Lautaro Martínez has scored in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, something an Argentine player hasn't done since 2019 (Lionel Messi).
*Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter) became the third Turkish goal scorer in the Champions League semi-final, after:
Tanman Cüneyt with Galatasaray against Steaua Bucharest on 19 April 1989,
Arda Turan with Atlético Madrid against Chelsea on 30 April 2014.
*Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored his 6th penalty out of 6 taken in UCL: joint-highest rate among players with 100-percent conversion, along with Timo Werner (not counting shoot-outs).
*Denzel Dumfries (Inter) became the 4th player in UCL history to score multiple goals (2) and provide multiple assists (3) in a semi-final tie, after:
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) in 1998,
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino (both Liverpool) in 2018.
*Francesco Acerbi (Inter) became the first player to score his first Champions League goal at the age of 37.
*Acerbi is the 2nd oldest player (37 years 85 days) to score in a UCL knock-out round, after Ryan Giggs (at 37 years 148 days).
Edin Dzeko is the 3rd on podium (at 37 years 54 days).
*Gerard Martin (Barcelons) is the 4th youngest player (23 years 69 days) to provide 2 assists in a Champions League semi-final match, and the youngest since Dele Alli in 2019 for Liverpool against Ajax (23 years 27 days).
*Lamine Yamal became the first player in history to reach 10 matches in the Champions League knockout stage before the age of 18.
*Four Spaniards scored for Barça in this tie against Inter (Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Eric García and Dani Olmo): joint-most from the same country scoring in a single Champions League semi-final tie.
Four Germans scored for Bayern Munich in the 1999 semi-finals against Dynamo Kyiv (Basler, Effenberg, Jancker and Tarnat).