Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys forms the backdrop for the first leg of Inter Milan’s Champions League semi-final tie against Barcelona. Wednesday’s clash in Catalonia finds two sides in

Strange things happen when Inter Milan plays Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals. The last time the two teams met in the final four of Europe’s elite club competition, in 2010, Barcelona had to make a 15-hour journey by bus to Milan and lost that first leg 3-1.

Inter arrives in Barcelona under difficult circumstances. The team has lost three straight matches without scoring a goal — something it hasn’t done in over 13 years.