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If Inter go through to the Champions League semi-finals, then they will be up against Barcelona, who qualified this evening despite a 3-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

The Nerazzurri have a 2-1 first leg lead against Bayern Munich in their quarter-final, so by avoiding defeat at San Siro on Sunday, it will be enough to book their spot in the last four of the tournament.

Barcelona will be waiting for the winners of this tie, having already secured their ticket for the semi-finals.

Tougher than expected for Barcelona

Having won the first leg 4-0, it was meant to be a mere formality, but that was certainly not the case in Germany.

Borussia Dortmund emerged with a 3-1 victory on the night, as Serhou Guirassy bagged a hat-trick on the night.

Just as they were pushing hard to reopen the tie, Barcelona got a stroke of luck with the deflection off Ramy Bensebaini beating his own goalkeeper.

Barcelona ultimately went through 5-3 on aggregate and will face either Inter or Bayern Munich.

The first leg of the semi-final will be in Catalunya, so Inter could get the second leg at home.

The other semi-final will be between Paris Saint-Germain and either Arsenal or Real Madrid.

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Barcelona

Guirassy pen 11, 49, 76 (D), Bensebaini og 54 (B)

15-04-2025 20:00 1/4 Final Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)

Barcelona 3 - 1

Player statistic

1st half
Serhou Guirassy

11'         35' Frenkie de Jong 2nd half

Serhou Guirassy (Assist: Ramy Bensebaini) 49'    
    54'

56'     Serhou Guirassy

76'    

Match statistic

46 Possession % 54 18 Total shots 7 11 Shots on target 2 4 Shots off target 3 3 Blocked shots 2 8 Corners 4 4 Offsides 2 14 Fouls 11 Dortmund Barcelona

Starting lineups

1
Gregor Kobel Goalkeeper 24 Daniel Svensson Defender 25
Niklas Süle Defender 5
Ramy Bensebaini Defender 3
Waldemar Anton Defender 2
Yan Couto Defender 77' 8
Felix Nmecha Midfielder 64' 13
Pascal Groß Midfielder 27
Karim Adeyemi Attacker 77' 14
Maximilian Beier Attacker 64' 9
Serhou Guirassy Attacker 25
Wojciech Szczesny Goalkeeper 35
Gerard Martin Defender 23
Jules Koundé Defender 2 Pau Cubarsí Defender 4
Ronald Araújo Defender 16 Fermín López Midfielder 70' 21
Frenkie de Jong Midfielder 6
Gavi Midfielder 59' 19
Lamine Yamal Attacker 70' 11
Raphinha Attacker 9

86'

Substitutes

6
Salih Özcan Midfielder 26
Julian Ryerson Defender 33
Alexander Meyer Goalkeeper 35 Marcel Lotka Goalkeeper 38 Kjell Wätjen Midfielder 42 Almugera Kabar Defender 39 Filippo Mane Defender 7
Giovanni Reyna Midfielder 64' 16 Julien Duranville Attacker 64' 10
Julian Brandt Midfielder 77' 43 Jamie Bynoe-Gittens Attacker 77' 15
Andreas Christensen Defender 13
Iñaki Peña Goalkeeper 10
Ansu Fati Attacker 5
Iñigo Martínez Defender 14 Pablo Torre Midfielder 32 Héctor Fort Defender 31 Diego Kochen Goalkeeper 18
Pau Víctor Midfielder 8
Pedri Midfielder 59' 24
Eric García Defender 70' 7
Ferran Torres Attacker 70' 20
Dani Olmo Attacker

86'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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