MILAN, Italy -- Inter Milan snagged Barcelonas seemingly inevitable run to another Champions League crown with a resounding 3-1 win over the titleholder in the semifinal first leg on Tuesday. Ahmad Bradshaw Jersey . Pedro Rodriguez gave Barcelona the lead in the 19th minute, but Wesley Sneijder equalized before the break. Once Maicon gave Inter the lead early in the second period the host was able to dominate, and Diego Milito deservedly added a third with a header midway through the second half. "Yesterday I said it was 50-50 and we saw what happened today and it isnt a dream, it is real," Inter coach Jose Mourinho said. "We played Barcelona and we won. We have the match to come in Barcelona and I will still say it is 50-50." As the match continued Barcelona appeared fatigued, perhaps feeling the effects of the 725-kilometre coach trip the team was forced to take after flights were grounded across Europe following the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Inter might have to make the same arrangement for the return leg on Wednesday next week. To add to its problems, Barcelona captain Carles Puyol will miss the return leg after being booked for a foul on Milito. "Im not a doctor so I couldnt say if the journey effected us," Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said. "The result wasnt good and we lost the ball too often. Today wasnt our best game." After a slow start Inter had the first chance of the game. Samuel Etoo forced Victor Valdes into a low save with a shot from outside the area. Milito was first to the rebound, but pushed his effort across the face of the goal from a tight angle. Barcelona opened the scoring with relative ease. Maxwell beat a weak challenge from Esteban Cambiasso down the left flank, cut the ball back to Pedro and the winger shot low into the net from the penalty spot. Milito missed another chance in the 27th. Goran Pandev flicked the ball past Puyol to Milito, but he shot wide of Valdes far post from close in. Inter equalized in the 30th. Etoo picked out Milito in the area, Barcelonas defence tried to crowd him out, but he was able to pick out Sneijder to shoot past Valdes. Mourinhos side took the lead early in the second half with a flowing move that caught Barcelonas defence on the break. Pandev found Milito onside behind Barcelonas defence, he broke into the box and touched it into the path of the overlapping Maicon to score from close range. Messi had his first shot of the match in the 53rd, forcing Cesar into a sharp save with a shot from the edge of the box. A minute later Cesar needed to be quick again to stop Sergio Busquets close-range header from Xavi Hernandezs corner before Cambiasso eventually cleared the danger. Milito finally scored in the 61st. Etoo broke down the right wing and hit a cross to Sneijder at the back post. He nodded the ball back across the goal for Militos header from close range. "Tonight we saw a team that worked till the finish. We saw Milito cramp up. We saw Lucio cramp up," Mourinho said. "The team left everything out on the pitch. Cristian Chivu came on and left everything on the pitch. Dejan Stankovic came on and gave everything." It meant Inter was able to exploit space on the flanks or between the defence and midfield to stop Barcelona from playing its usual pressing game and keep the midfield on the back foot. "When I came here I found a team that was small in Champions League terms and a team that struggled to qualify for the elimination rounds," Mourinho said. "Now we have beaten the best team in the world. "Obviously we are ahead and we will be ahead when we go to Barcelona. We want to get to the final, but Barcelona is a great team with a great coach and great players. Losing 2-1 would be a better result than our 3-1 win tonight." Cesar kept out another effort from Messi in the 79th when he dived low to push away his free kick, and Thiago Motta stopped Gerard Piques shot on the line in the closing minutes. 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