Inter Milan beat Genoa 0-3 yesterday in a match that involved two main things. Firstly, the Milanese team continues to fight tooth and nail for the Serie A champion title, forcing Juventus to win against Sampdoria if they want to lift the trophy. La Vecchia Signora continues to lead four points with one game less and with three in total to play, a distance that in principle should be enough for Sarri's but which keeps Inter hopeful, especially seeing that Juventus comes from a streak of five points from the last fifteen.
But also, the victory against Genoa was the confirmation of the great season that is being carried out Romelu Lukaku with the Nerazzurri outfit. Belgian striker scored two goals with which he broke a total of three records. First of all, Lukaku has become the first Inter Milan player since Ronaldo Nazario (1997/1998) to score 23 goals in Serie A. Also, surprisingly, the striker has scored 15 of those 23 away from home, equating the record of goals as a visitor in a single season with Inter, which was held solo by the club legend Istvan Nyers (1949/1950) and that Lukaku can break against Atalanta on the last day.
But it is that, far from the scope of Inter Milan, this season has also set a record regarding Lukaku's career. Specifically with 29 goals, 23 in Serie A, 2 in the Champions League, 2 in the Europa League and 2 in the Italian Cup, this is the striker's most scoring season, thus overcoming his first year at Manchester United (2017/2018) in which he achieved 27 goals.
Finally, despite not assuming a record as such, with his 23 goals in Serie A the Belgian is placed in the third position of players who have scored the most goals in their first season with Inter, behind only those already mentioned Ronaldo Nazario (25 in 1997/1998) and Istvan Nyers (26 in 1948/1949). Lukaku still has two games pending in the domestic competition, against Naples and Atalanta, as well as at least one against Getafe in the Europa League, so he could even beat both marks and become the player with the best scoring debut in Inter's history.
Be that as it may, Romelu Lukaku has taken advantage of this season to claim himself as one of the best strikers in Europe. The aspirations of the Italian team, mainly in the Europa League, go through the boots of the striker who in the match against Genoa confirmed all the good feelings transmitted during the season.