Soccer Recapp Wednesday ⚽️ ☕️

Inter win wild Champions League semi-final over Barcelona, Harry Kane wins first major trophy with Bayern, Chelsea defeat Liverpool to move into Champions League position 🌏 ☕️

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May 07, 2025

Champions League Cappers 🇪🇺 ☕️

Tuesday

Inter Milan 4 Barcelona 3 (7-6 agg.)

4-3 in soccer? Yep. And that was after a 3-3 first leg. For a grand total of 7-6 aggregate.

Barca were down 2-0 in this one at the half, and then came back and were up 3-2 after Raphinha scored with two minutes left in the game.

Enter 37-year-old Francesco Acerbi who equalized with a huge near post finish in stoppage time, to send the Inter faithful into a frenzy at the San Siro.

And then enter substitute Davide Frattesi who was the extra-time hero for Inter, firing home in the 99th minute, to conclude this absolute goalfest of a semi-final.

Today

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Arsenal

Premier Pours 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ☕️

Chelsea 3 Liverpool 1

With the league title confirmed, Liverpool manager Arne Slot gave playing time to some of his lesser used players away to Stamford Bridge on the weekend.

The result was almost inevitable as the likes of Elliot, Endo, Jones, Tsimikas, and Quansah were unable to compete with a Chelsea squad hungry for Champions League qualification.

The Blues got goals from Fernandez, Quansah (og), and Palmer, to win 3-1 and end the game week in the fifth and final European spot.

La Liga Con Leches 🇪🇸 ☕️

Real Valladolid 1 FC Barcelona 2

Going into this match with last-place Real Valladolid, Barca manager Hansi Flick elected to make 9 changes to his squad after a draining 3-3 draw with Inter Milan mid-week in the Champions League, and ahead of the second leg in Italy today, and it nearly cost him and the team valuable points in their quest for the La Liga title.

By the sixth minute, the Blaugrana were down 1-0 and it wasn’t until the 54th that substitute Raphinha was able to get Barca on the board. Fermin Lopez scored the winner in the 61st.

The three points were critical as second-place Real Madrid later won their match 3-2 over Celta Vigo, to remain four points back.

Serie A Espressos 🇮🇹 ☕

Lecce 0 Napoli 1

Napoli continue to edge closer to their second Serie A title in three years, after Giacomo Raspadori scored the game’s only goal for the visitors with a sweet free-kick versus relegation threatened Lecce.

Inter Milan remain in second spot after defeating Hellas Verona later on Saturday.

Bundes Kaffees 🇩🇪 ☕️

RB Leipzig 3 Bayern Munich 3

Harry Kane finally has his first major trophy - but he still had to wait an extra day for it.

On Saturday, he was poised to win the Bundesliga with his Bayern Munich leading 3-2 over RB Leipzig, but Yussuf Poulsen scored a stoppage-time equalizer to delay Kane’s celebrations.

On Sunday Kane got his somewhat unexpected reward as last season’s champions Bayer Leverkusen dropped points in a 2-2 draw with Freiburg.

Kane’s first title is also Bayern’s 33rd Bundesliga trophy.

Ligue Un Café S’il Vous Plaît 🇫🇷 ☕️

Strasbourg 2 Paris Saint-Germain 1

For a second straight Ligue 1 game, Paris Saint-Germain chose to focus on the Champions League, and for the second straight time they suffered a loss.

Prior to the two most recent games, PSG were unbeaten in the league.

In the match versus Strasbourg, coach Luis Enrique opted for massive rotation, retaining only Joao Neves in the eleven.

It was a young team that he fielded and it showed on the pitch as they lost 2-1, giving up the first goal as an own goal.

The win was a bit of a gift for Strasbourg, who are unbeaten in 12 matches and now sit in sixth place in the standings.

Major League Americanos 🇺🇸 ☕️

Eastern Conference

Columbus 4 Charlotte 2

First place Columbus hosted Charlotte at Lower.com Field and there were goals.

Midfielder Dylan Chambost got the hosts on the board first, forward Diego Rossi slotted home a penalty in the 39th minute, and Columbus never looked back, winning 4-2 in the end.

Western Conference

Vancouver 2 Real Salt Lake 1

Winger Jayden Nelson scored a sweet goal in the 20th minute and centre back Tristan Blackmon got one in the 70th and the Vancouver Whitecaps put themselves in the history books.

The win makes the Whitecaps, who are undefeated in their last ten games, only the sixth team in Major League Soccer history, to reach 26 points in 11 games.