The main transfer move was an exchange with
Barcelona, as
Zlatan Ibrahimović and
Samuel Eto'o swapped clubs. From a tactical point of view, the line-up was not made up from this fact: Eto'o was himself a centre-forward. His partner was
Diego Milito, acquired from
Genoa, like the midfielder
Thiago Motta. There were also the arrivals of the centre-back
Lúcio and the playmaker
Wesley Sneijder. Inter unveiled the season losing the
Supercoppa Italiana, due to a 2–1 knockout against
Lazio. During the brief pause in September, Inter had four points in the
league, which became 16 before the October pause. Meanwhile, the side had started its European adventure, from the group phase, drawing in the first part of the stage: it was renamed the "
group of death" due to the presences of only national champions, from Spain (Barcelona, who was the European defending champion),
Ukraine (
Dynamo Kyiv) and Russia (
Rubin Kazan). and managed to recover their form in the Champions League, finishing the group in second place behind Barcelona. In the round of 16, they defeated
Chelsea (the club that
José Mourinho coached from 2004 to 2007) via a 3–1 aggregate; in the quarter-finals,
CSKA Moscow were beaten 1–0 in both legs. The last obstacle toward the final was, once again, Barcelona. Four days before the first leg, Inter beat
Juventus 2–0. The Spanish side lost the first leg, despite having scored the first goal (with
Pedro): the final score was 3–1, enough for Inter to progress to the final, despite a 1–0 loss in the second leg, and down to ten men, with a red card to Thiago Motta. As a result, Inter qualified for their first
UEFA final in twelve years, since the 1998 UEFA Cup. Milito was also
Man of the Match for
Champions League final, scoring both goals in the 2–0 victory, whereby Inter defeated
Bayern Munich, winning this trophy for the first time since 1965, and for the third time overall. In doing so, Inter became the first Italian club to achieve the Treble. ==Players==