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Inter, to the Europa League final: first Italian team in 21 years

With a solid and effective performance, Inter beat Shakhtar 5-0 and won their first European final since 2010, year of the Mourinho Triplet, who will play against Sevilla next Friday. From the beginning of the clash, the Nerazzurri were superior to those of Luis Castro, which at times showed quality and good ball circulation, but hardly knew how to create dangers. Conte's set, who was consistent in giving up Eriksen until minute 81 ', It started with order and tranquility and ended up having fun like few times this season, living the most important night in recent years.

The goal that broke the balance was Lautaro's, which headed the network a center of Barella, very clever to take advantage of a bad pass from Pyatov. The Italians made merits for the 2-0 already before the break, but they got it only after a scare caused by Junior moraes, who incredibly alone in the area gave the ball to Handanovic.

It was 62 ', and two minutes later a header from D'Ambrosio after a corner from Brozovic extended the lead, putting the contest downhill, this time definitely. There the Nerazzurri were unleashed: Lautaro finished off the task with a shot from outside the area and, after a failure of Matviyenko, assisted Lukaku for 4-0. The Argentine had the best night after the break: he had barely three goals since football resumed, and none in the Europa League. The Belgian, for his part, completed the hand with an incredible career that was the 33rd goal. from his first impressive Italian course. You only need one to reach Ronaldo's 34 in its season premiere, which ended with a victory in the UEFA Cup.

With his lethal offensive partner and the tactically near perfect team assembled by Conte, Inter again dream of lifting a title for the first time since 2011. A historic achievement also for Italian football, which have not played in a Europa League final for 21 years. In the '90s, Calcio's teams dominated the competition, taking the trophy up to six times. He Seville it will be the last obstacle to interrupt the drought.

Changes

Manor soloman (58 ', Alan Patrick), Biraghi (65 ', Ashley Young), Konoplyanka (74 ', Marlos), Victor Moses (80 ', D'Ambrosio), Eriksen (80 ', Lautaro Martínez), Sebastiano Esposito placeholder image (84 ', Lukaku), Stefano sensi (84 ', Brozovic)

Goals

1-0, 18 ': Lautaro Martinez, 2-0, 63 ': D'Ambrosio, 3-0, 73 ': Lautaro Martinez, 4-0, 77 ': Lukaku, 5-0, 82 ': Lukaku

Cards

Referee: Szymon Marciniak
VAR Referee: Pawel Gil
Taison (57 ', Yellow

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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