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Romelu Lukaku has scored 4 goals successful his past 5 Champions League appearances successful the last-16 stageSubstitute Romelu Lukaku scored the lone extremity arsenic Inter Milan bushed 10-man Porto successful the archetypal limb of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Lukaku converted a rebound aft his archetypal effort had bounced disconnected the station successful the 86th infinitesimal astatine the San Siro.
Porto had a treble accidental astatine 0-0, but Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana denied some Zaidu Sanusi and Mehdi Taremi.
The visitors had Otavio sent disconnected successful the 78th infinitesimal for 2 bookable offences and could not support Inter out.
The 2nd limb takes spot astatine Porto's Estadio bash Dragao connected Tuesday, 14 March.
Lukaku, who has played for Chelsea, West Brom, Everton and Manchester United, came connected successful the 58th infinitesimal for ex-Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko and became the match-winner aft helium reacted quickest erstwhile his header deed the woodwork.
Both sides volition regret missed chances. Inter, 2nd successful Serie A, astir scored successful the past infinitesimal of the archetypal fractional but Alessandro Bastoni's header was tipped implicit by Diogo Costa.
Hakan Calhanoglu had besides seen an earlier header pushed over, with Lautaro Martinez heading implicit erstwhile unmarked from six yards out.
Porto besides had their moments erstwhile it was goalless, but Mateus Uribe and Taremi missed opportunities.
Second successful Portugal's Primeira Liga, Sergio Conceicao's broadside had Otavio sent disconnected aft helium had been booked for dissent successful the archetypal fractional and past shown a 2nd yellowish paper for a foul connected Calhanoglu.
Otavio volition present miss the 2nd leg, but Porto volition inactive fancy their chances of overturning the shortage astatine location successful 3 weeks' time.
Line-ups
Inter Milan
Formation 3-5-2
- 24Onana
- 37SkriniarSubstituted forDumfriesat 81'minutes
- 15Acerbi
- 95Bastoni
- 36Darmian
- 23Barella
- 20Çalhanoglu
- 22MkhitaryanSubstituted forBrozovicat 72'minutes
- 32DimarcoBooked astatine 41minsSubstituted forGosensat 58'minutes
- 10La Martínez
- 9DzekoSubstituted forLukakuat 58'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Handanovic
- 2Dumfries
- 5Gagliardini
- 6de Vrij
- 8Gosens
- 12Bellanova
- 14Asllani
- 21Cordaz
- 33D'Ambrosio
- 45Carboni
- 77Brozovic
- 90Lukaku
FC Porto
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 99Diogo Costa
- 23Neto LopesSubstituted forAlbuquerque Borgesat 90+2'minutes
- 3Pepe
- 5Marcano
- 12Sanusi
- 16Grujic
- 8Uribe
- 11Aquino CossaBooked astatine 63mins
- 25OtávioBooked astatine 78mins
- 13Rodrigues bash Nascimento GalenoSubstituted forde Lima Barbosaat 51'minutes
- 9TaremiSubstituted forWendellat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Cardoso
- 4Mota Veiga Teixeira Carmo
- 14Morais Ramos
- 17Fernandes da Conceição
- 19Namaso
- 20Russo Franco
- 22Wendell
- 29Martínez
- 30de Lima Barbosa
- 46Eustáquio
- 70Albuquerque Borges
- 87Pereira Folha
Live Text
Match ends, Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0.
Second Half ends, Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0.
Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
Evanilson (FC Porto) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Marko Grujic (FC Porto).
Substitution, FC Porto. Gonçalo Borges replaces João Mário.
Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
Pepe (FC Porto) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Robin Gosens (Inter Milan).
João Mário (FC Porto) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is precocious and wide to the near pursuing a corner.
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the six gait container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Francesco Acerbi.
Attempt missed. Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Zaidu Sanusi.
Goal! Inter Milan 1, FC Porto 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) near footed changeable from the centre of the container to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella with a cross.
Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
Substitution, FC Porto. Wendell replaces Mehdi Taremi.
Attempt blocked. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
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