74 passes and one shot: Breaking down Inter’s 2010 Mourinho masterclass vs Barcelona
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“The last time Inter visited Barcelona for a Champions League semi-final, back in April 2010, the night teemed with fascinating subplots. It begs the question: has a match ever contained this much narrative? There was the backdrop of Inter’s Icelandic ash cloud-affected first-leg victory, simmering ideological and personal antipathy between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, the Samuel Eto’o-Zlatan Ibrahimovic swap deal, the Milito brothers on opposing sides, and the very of-its-time dilemma of how to fit Lionel Messi and Ibrahimovic into the same team. …”
NY Times/The Athletic