Romelu Lukaku has an affair with the Europa League. The forward of the Inter de Milan he is showing a great scoring level in the second European competition. As a result of this and with the goal scored against Bayer Leverkusen becomes first player to score in nine straight Europa League games adding 12 goals in this time. Inter's '9' showed his physical prowess in Inter's second goal holding the ball and the defender before falling spinning to send the ball into the net. The Belgian could score two more goals if he had not been called offside and Del Cerro Grande did not cancel the penalty he was about to shoot.
Lukaku's streak in the Europa League started with the Everton in the 2014/2015 season when he scored eight goals in five consecutive games (Wolfsburg, Young Boys and Dinamo Kiev). The fall of Inter from the Champions League to the Europa League made Lukaku he will meet again with his fetish competition. Since those of Conte play this competition, the '9' has scored four goals in four games (Ludogorets, Getafe and Bayer Leverkusen) can still extend its mark in the semi-finals of the Europa League, which Inter will play against the winner of the Shakhtar Donestsk-Basel, and in case of scoring and qualifying, in the final.
The Inter forward highlighted the match of Barella in Sky Sport: “Now we have a week to prepare for the semifinals. Now they are all finals. The victory this Monday is important, because Leverkusen is a team with quality. We missed many chances, but we won. The defense played a good game, for me the Man of the match is Nicoló Barella. He has grown a lot in recent weeks, he is truly a great player. “
Reborn at Inter
Lukaku has been reborn at Inter. After not showing his full potential at Manchester United, the Belgian signed for Inter. In his first season as a neroazzurro he has scored 31 goals among all competitions, beating Los 30 by Diego Milito in the 09/10 and having only ahead Ronaldo's 34 in 97/98 and the 37 of Etoo on the 10/11.