Lukaku and Lautaro do not score, Conte out of Europe

MILAN – L ‘Bury is out of the Champions League. The formation of Antonio Conte draw 0-0 at home for Shakhtar in the last round of the group stage and fail to qualify for the last 16. Real Madrid did their duty and beat Mönchengladbach in Spain but the Nerazzurri did not take advantage of it and did not go beyond the draw against the Ukrainians. With the draw against Shakhtar, Inter remains in the last position of group B, with 6 points, and is also out of the Europa League. The Nerazzurri team had several chances to find the winning goals and qualification, but failed to break the deadlock: Conte is out of Europe.

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Lautaro center, 0-0 at halftime

Conte trusts the offensive couple formed by Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez. With Eriksen still on the bench, they are in the middle of the field Stretcher, Brozovic and Gagliardini. After an initial phase of study, the Nerazzurri team is one step away from the advantage in the 7th minute of play with Lautaro, who hits the crossbar with a very powerful shot from inside the area on a cross from Barella. Another ten minutes pass and the Argentine forward always gets dangerous with a left-footed shot that hits high. At 20 ‘the Shakhtar appears: Kovalenko He tries from afar, high ball. Inter attack with determination and the guests respond to the restart: a chance for the Nerazzurri with De Vrij in a corner action and a chance for the Ukrainian team at the initiative of Dodo. After half an hour of play, another opportunity for Conte’s training but Cabinet does not frame the goal mirror from the edge of the area. Then the first change of the game, with Vitao out due to injury and Khocholava entering the field in his place. In the end of the first half, Lautaro is close to scoring the advantage but his header is too central: he goes to rest at 0-0.

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At the beginning of the second half, Conte’s team appears immediately ahead, looking for the net to break the deadlock. Lukaku tries twice: first with a weak central header, then again with a free kick from Brozovic but Trubin he is very good on the corner with a phenomenal intervention. Inter attack with their heads down and pick up opportunities. Brozovic has the ball right from the edge but his conclusion is deflected to corner. Shakhtar gets dangerous on the counter: Young loses the ball in midfield and gives the guests the restart, a shot by Tayson from 16 meters and an important save from Handanovic. Double replacement for Shakhtar in the 65th minute: inside Solomon and Alan Patrick, outside of Tete and Marlos. At 69 ‘, however, Inter’s first change, with Conte inserting Perisic instead of Young. The second change comes at 15 minutes of the ninetieth: the Nerazzurri coach tests the card Sanchez, outside of Gagliardini. Inter are more offensive and close to the Ukrainians, who nevertheless have more room to restart. The Nerazzurri appear tired and lucid in the attack phase. Conte tries the triple change: at 85 ‘Eriksen, Darmian and D’Ambrosio enter and Lautaro, Hakimi and Bastoni leave. In the last minutes of the match there is a desperate siege to the hosts, who have excellent chances for the qualifying goal in the final: two conclusions of Eriksen from afar but above all Lukaku’s ‘parade’ in Sánchez’s header with the Belgian who stops the Chilean’s shot directly on target. Inter cannot find the net, draws 0-0 and is out of Europe.