Romelu Lukaku has done it again: the top scorer of the Red Devils made his 22nd and 23rd goal of the season in Serie A against Genoa on Saturday-evening. In the final phase, he made the 0-3 final score with some changes. In the meantime Alexis Sanchez had also taken his goal.
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Inter had a minuscule chance on the title beforehand: with 3 games to play, it was 7 points behind leader Juventus. So winning was the only option, especially in view of the battle for place two.
At Genoa, which is in seventeenth place and thus camps just above the relegation line, Inter did not get in trouble at all in the initial phase. The Milanese pressured and were rewarded after just over half an hour. Was signed: Romelu Lukaku, who simply outsmarted his man and made it 0-1, immediately also the halftime.
Romelu Lukaku scores.
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Genoa gradually got better in the second half. An equalizer was possible several times, but in the final phase the goal fell to the other side. Substitute Alexis Sanchez scored Victor Moses’ perfect cross: 0-2.
Sanchez makes the 0-2.
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Romelu Lukaku finished it off in extra time after a wonderful counter, with some changes he again outsmarted Genoa’s defense: 0-3 was the final score.
Lukaku scores a second time: 0-3.
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Inter has 76 points after the victory, 4 less than Juventus. The same Juventus is champion on Sunday when it beats Sampdoria at home. In the battle for second place, Inter is doing a very good thing: it will end on day 36 in second place. Atalanta has one point less, Lazio has four points less and still plays against Verona on Sunday.
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