Inter Milan’s Lautaro Martinez Denied Penalty Against Barcelona by Semi Automated Offside Technology

• Lautaro Martinez was denied a goal-scoring opportunity when Eric Garcia handled the ball in the box
• Inter Milan had two clear chances chalked off due to being offside, with one of them being a penalty chance
• Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored the only goal of the first half as Inter Milan dominated Barcelona in the first 45 minutes

Inter Milan were unlucky not to take a three-goal lead into the second half in their clash against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League.

The Italian side hosted the Catalan giants at the San Siro Stadium and led 1-0 at halftime, thanks to a long-range strike from Hakan Çalhanoğlu.

Italian fans however, were left cursing the new semi-automated offside technology. The technology, which will be used at the World Cup later this year, denied Inter a clear penalty.

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Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez smartly turned past Eric Garcia and was ready to latch onto a lofted pass when the Barcelona defender stuck out an arm to knock the ball away.

The referee headed off to the touchline monitor and while everyone was certain it would be a goal, the referee chalked it off due to Martinez being adjudged as offside during the play.

Barca Universal shared an image of the new technology in action, showing just exactly how Martinez was offside.

Inter then scored a few minutes later when Joaquín Correa rounded Marc-André ter Stegen and found the back of the net. He was also found to be offside and the goal was denied.

Çalhanoğlu then grabbed the half’s only goal just before the half-time whistle.

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Inter headed into the Group C clash at San Siro in dreadful form, having lost five of their previous 10 matches in all competitions, but Turkey midfielder Çalhanoğlu ended the crisis talk when he lashed in the only goal of the game on the stroke of half-time.

Simone Inzaghi will also be smiling as his position as Inter coach was being discussed, before his team won a match which moves them above Barca and into second place in the group.