Match ends, Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0.
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Barcelona maintained their 100% start in this season's Champions League as they cruised to victory over Inter Milan at the Nou Camp.
Rafinha opened the scoring for the hosts, who were without Lionel Messi after he fractured his arm on Saturday, before Jordi Alba netted the Spanish giants' second late on.
Despite threatening early on, Inter never really got going, and Barca will hope to put in a similarly stylish performance in Sunday's El Clasico against Real Madrid.
The Italian visitors had goalkeeper Samir Handanovic to thank throughout as the Slovenian made nine saves.
They included excellent stops to deny Luis Suarez and Clement Lenglet, while Philippe Coutinho hit the Inter crossbar midway through the second half.
Barca took the lead on 32 minutes as Rafinha, who had a spell on loan at Inter last season, volleyed home from Suarez's sublime cross.
Alba then applied gloss to the result as he fired past Handanovic from Ivan Rakitic's pass with seven minutes left.
The match featured a moment of innovation from Inter midfielder Marcelo Brozovic who stopped Suarez's shot from a free-kick with his back having decided to lie down behind the wall as an extra barrier.
Victory sent the five-time Champions League winners clear at the top of Group B with three wins from three, with Inter second on six points, while Tottenham and PSV Eindhoven have a point apiece following their 1-1 draw earlier on Wednesday.
Line-ups
Barcelona
Formation 4-3-3
- 1ter Stegen
- 20Roberto
- 3Piqué
- 15Lenglet
- 18Alba
- 4Rakitic
- 5Busquets
- 8ArthurSubstituted forVidalat 78'minutes
- 12RafinhaSubstituted forNélson Semedoat 72'minutes
- 9SuárezBooked at 62mins
- 7CoutinhoSubstituted forEl Haddadiat 88'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Nélson Semedo
- 11Dembélé
- 13Cillessen
- 14Malcom
- 19El Haddadi
- 22Vidal
- 36Brandáriz
Inter Milan
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Handanovic
- 33D'Ambrosio
- 37SkriniarBooked at 74mins
- 23Miranda
- 18Asamoah
- 8Vecino
- 77BrozovicBooked at 73mins
- 87CandrevaSubstituted forPolitanoat 45'minutes
- 20ValeroSubstituted forLa Martínezat 63'minutesBooked at 85mins
- 44PerisicSubstituted forKeitaat 77'minutes
- 9Icardi
Substitutes
- 2Vrsaljko
- 6de Vrij
- 10La Martínez
- 11Keita
- 13Ranocchia
- 16Politano
- 27Padelli
- Referee:
- Ovidiu Hategan
- Attendance:
- 86,290
Match Stats
Home TeamBarcelonaAway TeamInter Milan
- Possession
- Home67%
- Away33%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home11
- Away2
- Corners
- Home9
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away22
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0.
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Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
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Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
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Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matías Vecino.
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Coutinho.
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Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
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Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
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Foul by Coutinho (Barcelona).
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Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
Goal!
Goal! Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
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Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
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Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
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Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kwadwo Asamoah with a cross.
