BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 30: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of FC Internazionale scores a goal past Wojciech Szczesny of FC Barcelona that is later disallowed due to an offside offence during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 30: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of FC Internazionale scores a goal past Wojciech Szczesny of FC Barcelona that is later disallowed due to an offside offence during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan joked with reporters off camera that if he wore a smaller shoe size, he would have been credited with a goal during the Champions League semi-final second leg between Barcelona and Inter on Wednesday night. 

In one of the games of the season, Barcelona and Inter ended level at 3-3 in an entertaining evening in Montjuic on Wednesday night. 

Marcus Thuram opened the scoring after 30 seconds, Denzel Dumfries doubled the lead 20 minutes later only for Barcelona to fight back through Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres before half-time. Dumfries struck again and Raphinha forced an unfortunate own goal out of Yann Sommer midway through the second half. 

Mkhitaryan jokes with reporters about Barcelona 3-3 Inter offside call

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 30: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of FC Internazionale reacts after scoring a goal that is disallowed due to an offside offence during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN – APRIL 30: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of FC Internazionale reacts after scoring a goal that is disallowed due to an offside offence during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Inter had the ball in the back of the net for a fourth time courtesy of Mkhitaryan, but he was ruled offside by a toe’s length after a long VAR review. 

The Armenian told Amazon Prime that he “might think about it for the rest of my life,” in reference to the offside call. 

According to Amazon’s pitchside reporter Alessandro Alciato, Mkhitaryan also joked off camera: “I wear a size 43, If I wore a 40, my goal wouldn’t have been offside.” 

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ByPeter Young

Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.

One thought on “What Mkhitaryan told reporters off camera about Barcelona 3-3 Inter offside call”
  1. inter was robbed of victory.
    if it was in favor of barce the var wld have been interpreted differently..

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