Truely Special! Inter eliminated Barca

• Inter Milan win semi-final 3-2 on aggregate
  

There were times here when both teams could have used a couple of bodyguards. In defence for Inter Milan. Around Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets when he resorted to histrionics to get an opponent sent off.

Alongside Jose Mourinho when he ran towards the Italian fans in celebration only to be accosted by Victor Valdes, the incensed Barcelona goalkeeper.

But after seeing his side survive the onslaught that followed the most unjust dismissal of Thiago Motta after only 26 minutes of this utterly absorbing Champions League semi-final, Mourinho must have felt there was no need for such security.

That he, and indeed his Inter Milan players, were nigh on indestructible.