He Getafe woke up from his European dream in the AufSchalke Arena of Gelsenkirchen after falling (2-0) to him Inter de Milan, to which the goals of Lukaku and Eriksen gave the pass to the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Therefore, the Spanish team could not, who in the 76th minute missed a penalty (Jorge Molina) match the feat that twelve years ago had achieved, then with Michael
Laudrup coach, staying anchored this time in the round of eighteen, which was played in a single game and on neutral ground.
The first part had two well differentiated phases. A first section dominated by the Getafe, until the 25th minute, and a second in which the Inter took control of the reins. José Bordalás Initially, it bet on strengthening the medullary line with the inclusion of David Timor to the detriment of a striker. The play went well, since the Madrid team, based on pressure, locked the rival in his plot and, in addition, had a couple of good opportunities. But if something has lacked Getafe since the resumption of the competition after the stoppage caused by the pandemic it has been a goal. He made it clear again.
As soon as the shock began, a header from Maksimovic, anticipating Godín, made the goal shine Handanovic, who avoided the goal with a great intervention. Sufficiently mastered the Getafe before a Inter that he could not have the ball in his possession and in the 18th minute he had the second option to score. This time, and after a great action on the left between Olive and Cucurella, was shot from inside the area by Jaime Mata, but his shot ran into Bastoni.
He Getafe had made merit to get ahead of a Inter that in attack it did not exist. However, before reaching half an hour, the Italian team began to turn the situation around. The team of Bordalás He stopped pressing as he had done until then, he lost some silly balls, and that gave his opponent oxygen. It was from the 25th minute when the Antonio Conte they woke up from their lethargy and began to disturb the Madrid area. Luck had to have David Soria, that in just three minutes interval showed its quality by clearing two poisoned shots of Lautaro Martinez and another almost point-blank D’Ambrosio. This time, the fourth time was the due one, because in the 33rd minute Lukaku he received a deep pass from Bastoni, went into the area, protected the ball with his huge body and as if nothing exceeded the mark of Etxeit
to to beat David soria with a crossed kick.
The 1-0 stunned the Getafe, which did not create danger again, while the Inter he chose to manage his favorable income until the break was reached.
After passing through the locker rooms, the transalpine team came out with the lesson learned and willing not to repeat the same mistakes at the start of the match. He did not go back and in the first two minutes he could already see the door, but a shot from Barrella touched the right thing in Etxeita so as not to enter between the three poles and another acrobatic of D’Ambrosio was cleared by David soria.
Before reaching match time Bordalás started burning their ships, giving entrance to Angel and taking out Maksimovic. He Getafe He recovered his usual ‘1-4-4-2’ in search of a draw and was about to achieve it in a header from Jaime Mata than Handanovic sent for a corner.
The Alicante coach put more 'wood' into the field with Jason and George Molina and it was the veteran striker who had the golden opportunity to tie. In the 72nd minute, in a jump into the area, Godin He touched the ball with his hand and the VAR reviewed the action. After two minutes of viewing, even by the referee Anthony Taylor, the English whistled a penalty. The maximum penalty, however, wasted by Jorge Molina, throwing the ball out.
It was a jug of cold water for a Getafe who received the final sentence seven minutes later, when Eriksen, in his first appearance after entering the pitch, he took advantage of a lousy defensive retreat and a poor clearance from Djené to sign the 2-0 and end the tie in the AufSchalke Arena.
Inter: Handanovic; Godín, De Vrij, Bastoni; D’Ambrosio, Barella, Brozovic (Eriksen, min. 82), Gagliardini, Young; Lukaku and Lautaro (Alexis Sánchez, min. 70)
Getafe: David Soria; Damián Suárez, Djené, Etxeita, Olivera (Hugo Duro, min. 87); Nyom (Jason, min. 69), Maksimovic (Ángel, min. 56), Arambarri (Portillo, min. 87), David Timor, Cucurella; and Jaime Mata (Jorge Molina, min. 69)
Goals: 1-0, Lukaku (min, 33); 2-0, Eriksen (min. 83)
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England). Admonished Damián Suárez (min. 90)
Incidents: Europa League round of 16 match played behind closed doors at the Arena AufSchalke (Gelsenkirchen).