0-0 Draw !!

Wasteful opportunity for Barcelona...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi and Seydou Keita were all guilty of glaring misses for the Spaniards, while Wesley Sneijder went closest for the home side. In undoubtedly the biggest game of the competition so far, all eyes were on the fashion capital as the respective coaches Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola locked horns.

Mourinho had caused a stir on Tuesday by naming his entire team at the pre-match press conference, and it was this XI who took to the field with Sulley Muntari being preferred to Dejan Stankovic in midfield, and Wesley Sneijder sitting behind frontmen Diego Milito and Samuel Eto'o.

The main rivalry going into the game was, of course, between Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic - who had sensationally swapped clubs in the summer in a mega exchange. 'Ibra' led the line for the Blaugrana, with Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry flanking him on either side.

Andres Iniesta wasn't yet ready to start after his long lay-off.

1st half
Barcelona could have scored three times within the first eight minutes. First of all Messi dribbled past three players before forcing a low save out of Julio Cesar. Then, Ibrahimovic was released clean through by Xavi but volleyed wastefully wide. Finally Lucio closed down Ibrahimovic as he bore down on goal, and Julio Cesar made another smart stop from Messi's follow-up header. It took until the 11th minute for Inter to register an effort, as Maicon blasted over from 25 yards.On 40 minutes, Barcelona missed a glorious chance to take the lead. A chipped ball over the top found Dani Alves with just Julio Cesar to beat from eight yards.

2nd half
Ibrahimovic was put clean through by Xavi, but was flagged incorrectly offside. Then, seconds later, Sneijder was centimetres from giving Inter the lead with a low shot from outside the area. Ibrahimovic was being particularly wasteful, and squandered another superb opportunity as he flicked the ball over at the back post from another inspired Xavi pass. Henry roared past Lucio down the left, but Chivu made his second vital challenge of the match to stop a certain Messi tap-in. Later, Keita then wasted another fine chance as he shot over from the edge of the box.

Controvercy
Happen after Stankovic appeared to deliberately handle the ball in the penalty area, but the referee waved play on, with Guardiola going furious on the touchline. Barca threw on Iniesta for the last 13 minutes, but there was little to report in the closing stages. Both sides settled for a share of the spoils in a highly entertaining game.