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Romelu Lukaku scored little than 4 minutes aft replacing Lautaro Martinez successful his archetypal quality since AugustInter Milan secured their spot successful the Champions League knockout stages and sent Barcelona into the Europa League with triumph against Viktoria Plzen.
Substitute Romelu Lukaku marked his instrumentality from wounded with a precocious extremity arsenic Inter comfortably secured the triumph they needed to scope the past 16.
Edin Dzeko scored doubly aft Henrikh Mkhitaryan's opener.
Inter's last opponents Bayern Munich volition unafraid apical spot successful Group C if they bushed Barcelona aboriginal connected Wednesday.
Barcelona, who big Bayern astatine 20:00 BST, are guaranteed to decorativeness 3rd and vie successful Europe's second-tier contention for the 2nd successive season.
Simone Inzaghi's Inter, who kept their destiny successful their ain hands with a 3-3 gully astatine Barcelona a fortnight ago, are 2 points down Bayern aft taking 10 points from 5 games.
With Inzaghi serving a touchline ban, Federico Dimarco was denied astatine adjacent scope by Plzen goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek arsenic Inter dominated from the commencement astatine the San Siro.
Midfielder Mkhitaryan headed successful Alessandro Bastoni's transverse from the near arsenic Inter broke the deadlock with their 10th effort aft 35 minutes.
Dzeko slotted successful from Dimarco's walk to treble the pb implicit the Czech champions earlier the interval.
Mkhitaryan struck the station 10 minutes into the 2nd half, but Dzeko's 2nd from a Lautaro Martinez assistance enactment the effect beyond doubt.
Lukaku added a 4th wrong 4 minutes of coming disconnected the seat successful his archetypal quality since August due to the fact that of a hamstring injury.
Line-ups
Inter Milan
Formation 3-5-2
- 24Onana
- 37Skriniar
- 15Acerbi
- 95Bastoni
- 2Dumfries
- 23Barella
- 20ÇalhanogluSubstituted forAsllaniat 71'minutes
- 22MkhitaryanSubstituted forGagliardiniat 83'minutes
- 32DimarcoSubstituted forGosensat 77'minutes
- 10MartínezSubstituted forLukakuat 83'minutes
- 9DzekoSubstituted forCorreaat 71'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Handanovic
- 5Gagliardini
- 6de Vrij
- 8Gosens
- 11Correa
- 12Bellanova
- 14Asllani
- 21Cordaz
- 33D'Ambrosio
- 36Darmian
- 90Lukaku
Viktoria Plzen
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 36Stanek
- 2Hejda
- 4PernicaBooked astatine 49mins
- 3TijaniSubstituted forJemelkaat 52'minutes
- 24Havel
- 23KalvachSubstituted forN'Diayeat 70'minutes
- 20Bucha
- 18MosqueraBooked astatine 45mins
- 77JirkaSubstituted forHolíkat 45'minutes
- 88VlkanovaSubstituted forPilarat 84'minutes
- 90BasseySubstituted forChoryat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Pilar
- 13Tvrdon
- 15Chory
- 16Jedlicka
- 21Jemelka
- 25Cermák
- 44Holík
- 99N'Diaye
Live Text
Match ends, Inter Milan 4, Viktoria Plzen 0.
Second Half ends, Inter Milan 4, Viktoria Plzen 0.
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Jhon Mosquera (Viktoria Plzen).
Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
Václav Pilar (Viktoria Plzen) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Attempt saved. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a done ball.
Goal! Inter Milan 4, Viktoria Plzen 0. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) near footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Joaquín Correa with a done ball.
Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
Václav Jemelka (Viktoria Plzen) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt blocked. Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Robin Gosens.
Substitution, Viktoria Plzen. Václav Pilar replaces Adam Vlkanova.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jhon Mosquera.
Substitution, Inter Milan. Romelu Lukaku replaces Lautaro Martínez.
Substitution, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Jindrich Stanek.
Attempt saved. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Robin Gosens.
Corner, Viktoria Plzen. Conceded by Nicolò Barella.
Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
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