MILAN (AP) – Romelu Lukaku scored the overdue tie for his moment-of-game purpose to give Inter Milan a 2–2 draw against Borussia Monchengladbach in his first Champions League match on Wednesday.
Ramy Bensebaini changed a penalty for Gladbach and Jonas Hofmann also scored for the German before Lukaku’s last-minute draw.
Another negative for Inter, who lost 2–1 to AC Milan in the City Derby on Saturday.
“For me, today’s result isn’t good, we may have done more, but we have to keep running and be mentally strong,” Lukaku said. “For us, it’s not just a timeArray . . . We have to be more powerful and we have to do more in defense as well. We conceded two goals for our own mistakes, we lost many occasions. In matches like today, you pay for it. “
In the other Group B match, Real Madrid fell to an unexpected 3–2 home defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk.
In Milan, it is the first match among the former heavyweights in more than 40 years. The German team defeated Inter on their way to winning the UEFA Cup in 1979.
Inter’s team had been severely affected by the coronavirus: side Achraf Hakimi did COVID-19 screening on Wednesday, while teammates Ashley Young, Milan Okriniar, Roberto Gagliardini and Ionut Radu also came out with the virus, but Alessandro Bastoni and Radja Nainggolan also did. negatives and were on the bench.
Lukaku almost gave the Inter the lead in a while before halftime, but fired from near the left post.
The Belgian striker controlled to break the impasse 4 minutes after the start of half the moment. Matteo Darmian’s shot blocked and fell into the path of Lukaku, who looked for him at the back of the net.
Lukaku has now scored in nine consecutive European matches after propelling Inter to the Europa League final last season.
However, Gladbach tied in a time after Arturo Vidal shot down Marcus Thuram in the penalty domain and the referee conceded a kick after examining the incident on the area monitor.
Bensebaini threw the penalty in the back corner.
Inter almost advanced with 8 minutes to the end, but Lautaro Martínez’s spinning volley fell on the right post.
Instead, it was Gladbach who took the lead two minutes later when Florian Neuhaus threw a ball to lose Hofmann in one-on-one to Samir Handanovic, and the midfielder scored between the goalkeeper’s legs.
There was a long control of the VAR for an offside imaginable before the purpose was conceded.
Inter defended himself at the last minute when Bastoni headed to a corner from the right and Lukaku drove to the post of the moment.
“There are certainly many emotions combined,” Hofmann said of Gladbach. “It was a while before we thought we could win here.
“I think before the game, not everyone thought we could take something home. And now we’re disappointed in the point won. “
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