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Inter vs Barca: Fati & Perez knock Nerazzurri out of UCL & drop them into UEL

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4 years ago

December 11, 2019

Inter have failed to get beyond the Champions League group stage for a second successive season after losing 2-1 at home to Barcelona, with Ansu Fati’s late winner making him the youngest scorer in the competition’s history.

The Serie A leaders needed to at least match Borussia Dortmund’s result against Slavia Prague due to being level on seven points before the game, but the Germans emerged 2-1 victors to secure their progression as Inter were made to rue their own wasteful finishing.
After weathering an early Inter storm, a much-changed Barca went ahead through fringe forward Carles Perez, though their lead did not last – Romelu Lukaku blasting in from 20 yards.

Lukaku was otherwise wasteful in front of goal, however, missing a particularly fine opportunity early in the second period, before the visitors sealed Inter’s fate late on through 17-year-old Fati, dropping the Italians into the Europa League.