Inter - The road to Madrid

Group Stage

Inter 0-0 Barcelona, September 16, 2009

Two of Europe's heavyweights played out a goalless draw at the San Siro on the opening day of the group stage.

Rubin Kazan 1-1 Inter, September 29

Inter avoided an embarrassing defeat against the Russian minnows thanks to Dejan Stankovic's equaliser but failed in their quest for a winner which wasn't helped by the dismissal of striker Mario Balotelli with half an hour remaining.

Inter 2-2 Dynamo Kiev, October 20

A rare strike from Walter Samuel salvaged a point for Jose Mourinho's side in what continued to be a stuttering start to the group stage.

Dynamo Kiev 1-2 Inter, November 4

Goals in the last four minutes from Diego Milito and Wesley Sneijder ensured Inter came from behind to clinch a dramatic and much-needed victory in Ukraine.

Barcelona 2-0 Inter, November 24

Inter failed to recover from the blow of conceding early goals to Gerard Pique and Pedro as they were comfortably beaten at the Nou Camp.

Inter 2-0 Rubin Kazan, December 9

Inter's front two of Samuel Eto'o and Balotelli grabbed a goal apiece as the Nerazzurri clinched a place in the last 16 after winning a winner-takes-all showdown.

Round of 16 first leg

Inter 2-1 Chelsea, February 24, 2010

Esteban Cambiasso's second-half strike hands Inter the advantage against Mourinho's old club ahead of the return leg at Stamford Bridge.

Second leg

Chelsea 0-1 Inter, March 16

The Italians soaked up a Chelsea onslaught before hitting the Blues with a sucker punch when Eto'o netted 12 minutes from time to seal their passage into the quarter-finals with a 3-1 aggregate win.

Quarter-final first leg

Inter 1-0 CSKA Moscow, March 31

Milito broke down the Russians resistance with a well taken finish on 65 minutes to give Inter the advantage going into the second leg on CSKA's plastic pitch.

Second leg

CSKA Moscow 0-1 Inter, April 6

Sneijder's sixth-minute free-kick took the wind out of CSKA's sails as the Inter made a potentially tough trip to eastern Europe look straightforward.

Semi-final first leg

Inter 3-1 Barcelona, April 20

Mourinho's side came from behind to stun defending champions Barca thanks to goals from Sneijder, Maicon and Milito.

Second leg

Barcelona 1-0 Inter, April 28

Inter booked their place in the final thanks to an outstanding defensive display that restricted the defending champions to just one goal despite playing for over an hour with 10 men after Thiago Motta was shown a straight red card.