🤩 The 6 best matches of 2025: from Inter vs Barça to Man City vs Al Hilal 🧨 | OneFootball

2025 is coming to an end, bringing to a close a whole year of matches all around the world. So many emotions and unforgettable challenges that will forever remain in the annals of history.

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Epic comebacks, high-scoring games, and true feats: 2025 was another year filled with many challenges. Below are the 5 (+1) best matches of the year.

JUVENTUS-INTER 4-3 (13/09/2025) - Serie A

The Derby d'Italia between Juventus, coached by Tudor, and Inter, led by Chivu, dominates the third matchday of Serie A. A crazy match featuring goals from the Thuram brothers and more.

Kelly opens the scoring, Calhanoglu equalizes for the first time before Yildiz's masterpiece at the end of the first half. In the second half, Inter takes the lead again with Calhanoglu and a goal from Marcus Thuram. The match reopens in the 82nd minute: a header from Thuram—this time Khephren—and the score is 3-3, which seemed definitive.

Breaking the deadlock, out of nowhere and from a set piece, is the young Adzic, who unleashes a thunderbolt from far out to beat Sommer and, in the 91st minute, gifts three points to a wild Juventus.

INTER-BARCELONA 4-3 (06/05/2025) - Champions League

After a 3-3 draw in Catalonia, Inter hosts Barcelona at San Siro for the return leg of the Champions League semifinal. The atmosphere is electric, the stadium packed to the brim, and the dream of reaching a second final in three years is alive. The first half is dominated by Simone Inzaghi's team, who go ahead in the 21st minute with Lautaro and then double their lead in stoppage time with a Calhanoglu penalty, setting the tone for a match that is just beginning.

In the second half, however, Flick's Barcelona shows all its strengths after having displayed its weaknesses: the Blaugrana dominate and overturn the match from 2-0 to 2-3 with goals from Eric Garcia (54'), Olmo (60'), and Raphinha's third in the 87th minute. When everything seemed headed for a KO, Inter conjures up a dream with Acerbi and his broken boot: a striker's turn in the 93rd minute sends the match to extra time.

With great saves, stretched teams, and Sommer's heroic stop on Yamal, the final 4-3 comes in the 99th minute: Frattesi follows the play and scores, celebrating by climbing the fence that separates the pitch from the stands. Wild celebrations and a resulting headache seal a historic night. 

Real Madrid-Barcelona 2-5 (12/01/2025) - Spanish Super Cup

The greatest clasico in world football is the final of the Spanish Super Cup: Ancelotti's Real Madrid faces Flick's spectacular Barcelona. The outcome is historic: 5 goals by Barça against Real, and it could have been more if not for Szczesny's red card just before the hour mark.

The night is disastrous for Real Madrid, though the initial signs are positive: in the 5th minute, Mbappé puts them ahead. This would be the only highlight of a disastrous evening. Barcelona racks up chances and goals: Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha, Balde, and Raphinha again in the second half: 5 goals in 48 minutes, a historic and humiliating defeat that only Szczesny's red card tempers. Rodrygo pulls one back for the final 2-5, but it doesn't change the overwhelming sense of difference rarely seen in recent history.

Manchester City-Real Madrid 2-3 (11/02/2025) - Champions League

The playoffs of the new Champions League immediately deliver a surprise: Pep Guardiola's Manchester City faces Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid. Both teams have had poor runs, and it's a do-or-die match that is, in effect, a sort of round of 16.

In the 19th minute, Haaland opens the scoring, with Mbappé equalizing in the 60th. In the 80th minute, the Norwegian scores again, and almost everyone was already thinking about the return leg, with the Bernabeu needing to overturn the result. Ancelotti, however, has other ideas: first Brahim Diaz in the 86th and then Bellingham in the 92nd minute turn around a game that seemed lost just minutes before, paving the way for the second leg. 

Barcelona-Atletico Madrid 4-4 (25/02/2025) - Copa del Rey

Once again, Flick's Barcelona is the protagonist, present both as executioner and victim thanks to their daring style. This time, the stage is the Copa del Rey semifinal, where the Blaugrana host Simeone's Atletico. The Colchoneros take advantage of Barça's disorganization and are two goals up within six minutes. After this double blow, Barcelona reacts: Pedri, Cubarsí, and Inigo Martinez overturn the match already in the first half.

Lewandowski makes it four in the 74th minute, and that's when things get interesting: Llorente pulls one back in the 84th, and Sorloth, on the counterattack in the 93rd, makes it 4-4, stunning the Montjuic crowd. 

Manchester City-Al Hilal 3-4 (01/07/2025) - Club World Cup

The wildcard of this collection is the Club World Cup match between Manchester City and Al Hilal, valid for the round of 16. The Demon, Simone Inzaghi, just arrived, delivers a sensational performance, writing a new chapter in Asian football history. 

Bernardo Silva's early lead is answered by Marcos Leonardo in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Malcom puts Al Hilal ahead for the first time, but the ever-reliable Haaland makes it 2-2, a score that holds until extra time. Koulibaly scores in the 94th minute to put Al Hilal ahead, but Foden equalizes in the 104th. The match is decided in the 112th minute by Marcos Leonardo, who seals the final, historic 4-3 for Al Hilal. 

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