At 3:00 am on August 10, Beijing time, in the focus game of the quarter final of the European Union, Inter beat Leverkusen 2-1 to reach the semi-finals of the European Union Cup. The semi-final will be against the winner between Basel and Shakhtar Donetsk. In the first half of the game, Barrera broke the deadlock, Lukaku expanded the lead, and Haffetz pulled back a city. At the beginning of the second half, the two teams made no achievements and finally Inter won a small victory over their rivals. Lukaku once again broke his career scoring record in a single season, scoring nine consecutive goals in the European League.

Competition highlights

Game data

Goal Review

15 'Barrera

21 'Lukaku

24 'Haffetz

Competition process

In the final 6 minutes of the game, Inter played a wonderful match. After receiving the straight pass from his teammate, Lukaku took the ball with his back and forced him to turn straight. Lautaro took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Dan Brossio who followed on the right. The latter pushed to the front of the big restricted area at high speed to try to hit the ground ball, and Lautaro and Lukaku followed quickly. Unfortunately, the ball happened to be sent between Lukaku and Lautaro, and the ball was destroyed by the tower falling down.

In the 15th minute, Inter took the lead in breaking the deadlock. Rautaro made the ball with his heel near the bottom line of the left road. Ashley Young, who followed up, took a few steps with the ball, and then pushed the ball into the restricted area. Lukaku leaned on the defender and forced his feet to hit the goal. The ball was blocked by Tapsoba. Barrera, who followed in the middle, started to hit the goal near the big restricted area. The ball passed through the defensive crowd in the restricted area and accurately penetrated the far corner of the goal, 1-0.

In the 20th minute, Rautaro crossed from the right to the bottom, and Barrera, who followed in the middle, was unmarked. He started to shoot from close range, and the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper. This time, Barrera's luck was a little poor.

In the 21st minute, Inter scored another goal. After advancing to the front court along the left road, Ashley Yang's grounder was sent to the middle of the restricted area, and Lukaku leaned against Tapsoba. When Lukaku was about to reach the ground, he managed to get up and hit the goal. The ball passed the attacking goalkeeper and reached the far corner of the goal, leading Inter 2-0.

In the 23rd minute, Inter played a quick counter attack, and Lukaku and Brozovic played together. After receiving the straight plug sent by Brozovic, Lukaku entered the restricted area with the ball. As a result, Lukaku shot low in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper with his body, and Inter missed the excellent scoring opportunity.

In the 24th minute, Diaby moved forward along the left road, and Leverkusen played a wave of attacks. Haffetz wiped the defender in front of the big restricted area and gave the ball to Frank. The latter gave the ball to Hafferts, who was in a better position. The German super nova's heavy artillery bombarded the goal, but Handanovic failed to stop the ball. After the ball bounced high, it still went into the net. 2-1, Leverkusen fought back tenaciously.

In the 26th minute, Inter pushed forward to the front court, and Barrera distributed the ball to Dan Brossio who followed on the right. The latter entered the right rib of the restricted area, took off to cross, and the ball hit the arm of the defender in the restricted area. The referee whistled for a penalty kick. However, after watching the VAR, the referee canceled the penalty decision.

In the 54th minute, after Galliardini held the ball near the midfield circle, he began a long-distance attack. Pushing to the top of the arc of the big restricted area, Galliardini still tried to hit the goal in the face of multi man double teaming defense, and the ball was blocked by the defender. Galliardini's attack this time was very wonderful, and the final goal was a little short.

In the 61st minute, Leverkusen launched an attack by taking advantage of the outfield ball on the right side of the front court. After receiving the ball from his teammate, Demirby wiped Barrera who was following up the defense at the top of the arc of the big restricted area, and then shot the ball with heavy artillery. The ball was lifted out of the beam by the double fists of Handanovic. Leverkusen's shot was dangerous.

In the 66th minute, the substitute Eriksson sent a straight plug in the middle of the field. After Sanchez took the ball on the line of the big restricted area, he slightly adjusted his feet and shot, and the ball was blocked by the outgoing Leverkusen goalkeeper Hradtsky.

In the 72nd minute, Barrera held the ball in the middle of the court and was hit by Jonathan Ta. After Barrera fell to the ground, his raised leg kicked Ras Bender, who fell to the ground in pain, so that the game was suspended and the team doctor came in for inspection.

In the 80th minute, Inter played a quick counter attack, and Lukaku was kicked down by Tapsoba near the middle circle. The Belgian star fell to the ground and covered his legs, looking very painful. Conti was very dissatisfied and got a yellow card.

In the 89th minute, Eriksson went straight ahead of the big restricted area, and Barrera was knocked down by Bella Rabbi in the restricted area. Later, Eriksson once again entered the restricted area with the ball and was hit by Bellarabbi. The referee gave Inter a penalty. As a result, after watching the VAR, the referee cancelled the penalty again because the ball first touched Barrera's arm.

At the last moment of injury stoppage time in the second half, Lukaku scored a goal in a long-distance attack, but was called off.

Both lineups

Inter Milan (3-5-2): 1 - Handanovic/2 - Godin, 6 - De Fry, 95 - Bastoni (84'37 - Skrinyar)/33 - Dan Brossio (58'11 - Moses), 23 - Barrera, 77 - Brozovic, 5 - Galliardini (58'24 - Eriksson), 18 - Ashley Young/10 - Lautaro Martinez (64'7 - Sanchez), 9 - Lukaku.

The unused substitutes: 27 Padelli, 12 Sensi, 13 Larnokia, 20 Valero, 30 Esposito, 32 Agumet, 34 Biraji, 87 Kandereva.

Leverkusen (4-2-3-1): 1-Heraldtsky/4-Ruotan-Ta, 8-Las Bender (85'38 Bellarabi), 12-Tapsoba, 22 Sinkgraven (67'18 Wendell)/15-Baumgartlinger (67'11 Amiri), 25 Palacios (58'9-Bailey)/19 Diaby, 10 Demirby, 29 Haffetz/31 Flanders (86'13 Alario).

The unused substitutes: 28 Ozjan, 6-Dragovich, 23 Weizel, 27 Weltz.

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