Inter Milan vs Barcelona LIVE: Champions League latest score updates from blockbuster semi-final

No idea who or what that red card check was for, but in any case, it’s not given.

Inter lead at the break, courtesy of a tap-in by captain Lautaro Martinez and an incredibly composed penalty by specialist Calhanoglu on the stroke of half-time.

More drama to come, I’m sure…

45+3 mins: The minutes tick by at the end of this increasingly dramatic first half with tempers continuing to fray.

Moment to breathe now as the players head off.

45+2 mins: Barca surround the referee – and suddenly VAR are checking for a red card?!

45 mins: Calhanoglu has only ever missed one penalty in an Inter shirt. He takes his time – and powers it into the bottom left corner, absolutely rifling it into the goal! Inter go wild.

44 mins: Penalty to Inter!

Hansi Flick is absolutely livid – it looked a well-timed challenge, but the slow-mo shows Martinez gets it first.

43 mins: The ref is called to the screen to check…

43 mins: VAR are checking for a penalty on that Cubarsi challenge…

42 mins: Bastoni times a challenge on the ever-threatening Yamal perfectly and the 17-year-old takes a while picking himself up from that.

But it’s Inter who have another clear-cut chance as Dumfries nicks it on the corner. The ball eventually falls to Calhanoglu, who takes a swing at it and hammers the side-netting!

Now Cubarsi takes out Lautaro Martinez as the Inter captain looks to double their advantage! The Argentine is still down and amid a chorus of noise from the crowd the ref eventually stops play.

39 mins: Yamal again down the right, sending it across goal for Ferran Torres, but there’s just too much on it. Calhanoglu goes into the book for a challenge on Olmo earlier in the move.

Now the ball falls well for Mkhitaryan on the edge of the area and he volleys it just wide!

34 mins: Yamal breaks down the right, squaring it to Garcia, who curls in a brilliantly weighted shot to the back post – but Raphinha and Ferran Torres, both in prime position, can’t make the most of it under pressure from Inter’s back line.