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Barcelona vs Inter Milan, Champions League: Team News, Match Preview

Competition/Round: 2018-19 Champions League, Matchday 3 (Group B)

Barcelona Outs and Doubts: Lionel Messi, Samuel Umtiti, Thomas Vermaelen, Denis Suarez, Carles Aleñá, Sergi Samper (out)

Inter Outs and Doubts: Radja Nainggolan (out), Marcelo Brozovic, Ivan Perisic (doubt)

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Thursday)

Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Referee: Ovidiu Hau0163egan (ROU)

How to watch on TV: TNT (USA), BT Sport ESPN (UK), SuperSport 5 (Nigeria), SONY TEN 2 (India), others

How to stream: B/R Live (USA), BT Sport Live (UK), others

After a very solid performance and a great victory to reclaim the top of La Liga against Sevilla was spoiled by an injury to Lionel Messi, Barcelona now start a three-week life without the best player of all time, and the first two games will be real tests.