Benjamin Pavard is set to miss the tie after suffering a sprained ankle in last weekend’s loss to Roma. He had played the most Champions League minutes of any outfielder in Simone Inzaghi’s squad and scored what proved to be the winning goal as Inter edged Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

The fear that Lamine Yamal provokes in defenders when he gets the ball on Barcelona's right flank has inevitably conjured up comparisons to a young, floppy-haired Lionel Messi. Now, Barcelona 17-year-old star will face one of the very few teams that Messi never could score against when Inter Milan visits on Wednesday in the opening game of their Champions League semifinal.

Strange things happen when Inter Milan plays Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals. The last time the two teams met in the final four of Europe’s elite club competition, in 2010, Barcelona had to make a 15-hour journey by bus to Milan and lost that first leg 3-1.