'We believed until the end': Inter beat Barcelona to reach Champions League final

Inter Milan advanced to the 2025 UEFA Champions League final, eliminating Barcelona with a 7-6 aggregate victory in one of the wildest ties in recent history.

Entering the second leg tied 3-3, Inter Milan scored twice in the first half to push their aggregate advantage to 5-3 by halftime. Barcelona responded quickly after the break, scoring two goals in seven minutes to even the tie again. In the 87th minute, Barcelona’s Raphinha scored the go-ahead goal and it looked like the Spanish giants would go through with a 6-5 aggregate win – but Francesco Acerbi tied it up in stoppage time to force an extra 30 minutes.

Davide Frattesi’s goal less than 10 minutes into extra time restored Milan’s lead and Inter managed to hold on at the San Siro for the 7-6 aggregate victory.

Inter midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was in the starting lineup and was substituted in the 79th minute, celebrated the victory in a social media post after the match.

"We gave everything. We believed until the end. United, as one TEAM. Together with our fans who pushed us forward every single second. These are incredible feelings!," he wrote.