{"id":846200,"date":"2025-05-06T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/ex-super-eagles-star-taye-taiwo-tells-inter-milan-what-to-do-to-oust-barcelona-from-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:12:55","slug":"ex-super-eagles-star-taye-taiwo-tells-inter-milan-what-to-do-to-oust-barcelona-from-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/ex-super-eagles-star-taye-taiwo-tells-inter-milan-what-to-do-to-oust-barcelona-from-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Super Eagles star Taye Taiwo tells Inter Milan what to do to oust Barcelona from Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Super Eagles defender Taye Taiwo has advised Inter Milan to try to get an early goal when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan and Barcelona will renew rivalries on Tuesday in what is expected to be a blockbuster match-up as both teams battle for a spot in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<h3>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/olympique-marseille-honours-taye-taiwo.html\">Taye Taiwo: Olympique Marseille honour Ex-Super Eagles defender<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/hes-proven-his-worth-ex-super-eagles-star-urges-lazio-to-sign-dele-bashiru-permanently.html\">\u201cHe\u2019s proven his worth\u201d \u2013 Ex-Super Eagles star urges Lazio to sign Dele-Bashiru permanently<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2023\/05\/who-makes-nigerias-greatest-xi-at-the-fifa-u20-world-cup-mikel-obi-in-samson-siasia-out.html\">Who makes Nigeria\u2019s Greatest XI at the FIFA U20 World Cup? Mikel Obi in, Samson Siasia out<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first leg at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys ended 3-3, with Barcelona fighting back twice in the fixture. This time, Inter Milan will have the home advantage as the game will be played at the San Siro.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1061554586-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg FC Barcelona, vs Inter Milan\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159003\">UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg FC Barcelona, vs Inter Milan (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to their home advantage, Inter Milan are the slight favourites, but Barcelona pose a big threat due to their impressive attack.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the game, Taiwo, who spent two years in Italy, playing for AC Milan, has given Inter Milan a tip on how to defeat Barcelona.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor me, they (Inter Milan) have a big opportunity for sure, but it is not going to be easy to play against Barcelona,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/rg.org\/news\/soccer\/taye-taiwo-shares-advice-inter-why-milan-deserve-coppa-italia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwo told RG.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two teams are currently tied at 3-3 so Inter have to be very careful when they play at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Inter can score an early goal [on Tuesday], I believe they have the quality to go through with their strong defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Soccer Who is Taye Taiwo?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159570\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago6067006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Taye Taiwo of Nigeria during a 2010 World Cup Group B match between Greece and Nigeria\" width=\"1752\" height=\"2560\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159570\">Taye Taiwo of Nigeria during a 2010 World Cup Group B match between Greece and Nigeria (Photo credit: Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taye Taiwo is one of the best defenders to come out of Nigeria. He played for some top clubs in Europe, including Marseille, AC Milan, and Dynamo Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Operating primarily from the left-back position, he won 54 caps for Nigeria and scored five goals. He was known for his pace, agility, and remarkable shot power.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old retired from active football in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Kelvin Omachonu\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG-20240522-WA0001-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/kelvin\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tKelvin Omachonu is a writer with many years of experience covering sports events in Nigeria and abroad. He is fueled by his love for the job, and is dedicated to delivering captivating stories.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/taye-taiwo-inter-milan-barcelona-ucl.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Kelvin Omachonu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Super Eagles defender Taye Taiwo has advised Inter Milan to try to get an early goal when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal on Tuesday, Soccernet.ng reports. Inter Milan and Barcelona will renew rivalries on Tuesday in what is expected to be a blockbuster match-up as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3577,129287,2005],"tags":[7956,129286],"class_list":{"0":"post-846200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eagles","8":"category-ex-super","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-eagles","11":"tag-ex-super"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}