With the final kick of a ragged, enthralling two legs Kingsley Coman volleyed too high and San Siro could erupt. The grand old venue had been buffeted by wind and water all evening but here was the fire: Inter’s players wheeled over towards their faithful, the stands bouncing to the tune of another legend in the making.
European football will miss this stadium achingly whenever it is finally put out to pasture; here it hosted another cocktail of gravitas and exuberance, tense to the last before bursting at the seams, and goodness knows what awaits when Barcelona arrive in the semi-finals three weeks from now.
