Inter host Barcelona in supreme clash of styles (Reuters)

Monday, April 19, 2010

MILAN, April twenty (Reuters) - Inter Milan host holdersBarcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-finalon Tuesday (1845 GMT) when the sorcery of Lionel Messi comes upagainst the beast force of the Serie A outfit.

The constrast in styles between Jose Mourinho’s mechanicalInter appurtenance as well as Pep Guardiola’s thing of beauty creates for anintriguing match where Barca will be blissful to leave protection butare similarly able of causing carnage.

Barcelona brazen Zlatan Ibrahimovic is fit to face hisformer club after the knock carrying played them already in thegroup stages whilst Samuel Eto’o, who went the alternative way in theJuly swap deal, is eventually settled during Inter as well as in tip form.

Inter are during full strength whilst Andres Iniesta is injuredfor the visitors, who done the 985 kilometre bus trip to reach theSan Siro after charcoal from an Icelandic volcano promoted the Europeanflying ban.

Bayern Munich welcome Olympique Lyon in Wednesday’s secondsemi-final first leg. (Reporting by Mark Meadows; Editing by Miles Evans; To queryor criticism on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)



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