Alexis came in late: Inter drew Shakhtar and was out of all European competition | Football



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Marco Bertorello | French Media Agency



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Inter Milan, with Chilean striker Alexis Sánchez for the last 15 minutes, had no chances of reaching the round of 16 of the 2020-2021 Champions League by only drawing 0-0 in their visit to Shakhtar Donetsk, in a duel for the sixth and last date of Group B.

A parity that did not even serve the ‘neroazzurros’ to finish third and play the Europa League. With six points they finished at the bottom of a zone where Real Madrid (10) and German Gladbach (8) settled in the next round.

The Lombard team had two clear occasions, one at each time, to be able to change history. First, at 6 minutes, the Argentine Lautaro Martinez He took a powerful shot inside the area and the ball crashed violently in the horizontal.

At the start of the complement, meanwhile, Lukaku headed at 52 ‘in the’ hot zone ‘, but goalkeeper Valeriy Bondar was ready to avoid both the Belgian and the outsider.

The ‘Niño Maravilla’ entered the 75th minute for Roberto Gagliardini, with the firm mission of helping the goal that gave the internists the classification. The national striker was very close at 88 and 89 minutes, first with a forehead inside the area that went above the horizontal and then with a header that rebounded incredibly in Lukaku when he was going to the net.

Remember that the other Chilean of the Italians, the midfielder Arturo Vidal, did not say present due to a muscular discomfort that left him out of the summons of Antonio Conte.

An international failure for Inter, who will now focus on fighting for the Serie A title and ending a long Juventus hegemony. The team of the ‘King’ and the Tocopillano is today sub-leader of Calcio with 21 points, five points behind the leader AC Milan, played 10 rounds.



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