The dreams of Barcelona about a Champions League, Copa del Rey and Laliga Treble have disappeared after Inter was broken back from the edge of elimination to win a phenomenal 7-6 aggregated victory in a Champions League classic on Tuesday.
The Blaugrana were overthrown in an epic second stage in San Siro, because Inter claimed their place in the Champions League final.
Barca, who now has to recover for a potential title decision Clasico against Real Madrid in LaLiga on Sunday, could not see the result despite taking an 87th minute ahead by Raphinha.
The Brazil striker, one of the players who this season thriving under Hansi Flick, contributed to 21 Champions League goals, which corresponds to the record of Single-Season by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14.
The will of Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal have contributed to the best attacking unit in Europe this campaign.
Barca has scored 163 goals in all competitions, more than any other team from Europe's top five competitions, while they have registered 135.5 expected goals.
However, they sent 66 goals of an XG against 64.3 and their defensive vulnerability came back to bite them as interramic in a dramatic way.
After having admitted 16 goals in their last seven games, Barca's Young Squad learned a painful lesson.
Over both legs, Inter scored seven goals of only 20 shots, but those opportunities were worth 3.18 xg – 0.15 per shot. In essence, the Simone Inzaghi team created opportunities that gave them a 15% chance of scoring on average.
That said, Barca was also a pity. Yamal hit the woodwork with a brilliant low ride just prior to the equalizer of Francesco Acerbi deep in the second half of the stopping time, and Lewandowski passed with the goal in extra time.
Inter's Yann Sommer also made 14 saves over the two legs, including a vital intervention to refuse Yamal on Tuesday.
However, the Flick team cannot afford to wallow for too long in this defeat.
They must quickly focus their attention on Laliga; They lead Madrid with four points with many matches left.
Barca, in her own country, strives in its own country and strives for a fourth consecutive victory over Madrid this season, and the second in the space of a few weeks after their dramatic Copa del Rey Triumph in April, in which they were on the right of a late comeback.
“It is very cruel. It is true that the team gave everything and it earned to be in the final, but we are young and we have to learn from this and we will give more battle next year,” midfielder Pedri reporters said after the loss against Inter.
“Now we are injured, but we have to concentrate on Real Madrid because the competition on Sunday is at stake for us.”