Having polished off Real Valladolid, as had been expected, earlier today, FC Barcelona next turns its attention towards visiting Inter Milan on Tuesday. The midweek continental clash serves as the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal tie, after a 3-3 draw in the middle of last week.
Manager Hansi Flick rotated his squad, just as almost everybody expected him to. After all he faced the side that was not just bottom, but 14 points below the penultimate side.
UEFA Champions League Semifinals Leg 2/2
FC Barcelona at Inter Milan
Kickoff: Tue. May 6, 8pm, San Siro, Milan, Italy
Aggregate: 3-3
FC Barcelona Preview Material: Team News Starting Lineup Prediction
Google 90 Min Result Probability: FC Barcelona 44% Draw 24% Inter Milan 34%
And while we’ll see more first teamers come back in this midweek, it still seems doubtful for Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker is probably a 50/50 proposition at this point.
Alejandro Balde is likely more more of a long shot than Lewy; so we could probably put him in the 75% ruled out/ 25% fit to feature category.
Perhaps the La Liga El Clasico next weekend is a more likely scenario for both.
FC Barcelona Starting Lineup Prediction at Inter Milan
Wojcieh Szczesny; Eric Garcia, Inigo Martinez, Pau Cubarsi, Ronald Araujo; Frenkie De Jong, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Raphinha; Dani Olmo
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