Inter Milan v Barcelona team news: Confirmed line-ups as both teams receive boosts up front

Inter Milan and Barcelona each received boosts to their forward lines for the second leg at San Siro.

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Inter Milan and Barcelona produced a Champions League epic last week in a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their semi-final tie.

As such, the reverse the fixture has a lot to live up to as the Nerazzuri welcome Barca to San Siro.

It is a stage befitting an encounter of such magnitude, and both sides will be hoping their stars shine bright as they eye a place in the final in Munich later this month.

Here are the confirmed line-ups for another mouthwatering encounter.

Inter Milan team news

Inter are unchanged from the first leg, with Lautaro Martinez fit to lead the line alongside Marcus Thuram.

Martinez was substituted following the half-time interval during the first leg because of a muscle issue.

But the Argentina international, having missed Inter’s 1-0 win over Hellas Verona last Saturday, is fully recovered from that problem.

Inter Milan: Sommer; Bisseck, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Thuram, Martinez

Subs: Arnautovic, Asllani, Carlos Augusto, Darmian, De Vrij, Di Gennaro, Frattesi, Martinez, Re Cecconi, Taremi, Zalewski, ZieliΕ„ski

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Barcelona team news

The big news for Barcelona is that Robert Lewandowski is back on the bench. The Poland striker has not featured for the Blaugrana since sustaining a hamstring injury against Celta Vigo on April 19.

Right-back Jules Kounde misses out because of a hamstring issue of his own, with Eric Garcia taking his place.

That is the only change to starting line-up from the first leg, Hansi Flick having rested much of his first XI for last weekend’s win at Real Valladolid.

Pedri and Gerard Martin were the only members of the starting XI from the first leg to start that LaLiga encounter, and they both unsurprisingly retain their places for the second leg.

Barcelona: Szczesny; Garcia, Cubarsi, Martinez, Martin; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Torres

Subs: Araujo, Astralaga, Christensen, Darvich, Farre, Fati, Fort, Gavi, Lewandowski, Lopez, Pena, Victor

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