Lautaro Martines, nicknamed El Toro for his physical strength, made it 1-0 as the Nerazzurri beat an inoffensive Milan 3-0 on aggregate and awaits City or Real Madrid in the final on 10/6.
Tremendous joy for Inter. They beat Milan again and with a 3-0 aggregate win they got into the final of the Champions League. Lautaro Martinez was the great figure: the captain scored the only goal that made the Giuseppe Meazza vibrate and will try to get the Orejona months after having been world champion. He secured a place in the final on 10 June in Istanbul against the winner of Manchester City or Real Madrid on Wednesday (first leg 1-1).
Lautaro's goal for Inter.
A qualification to the final that ended up being fair for an Inter side that dominated both games and in a derby no less. After a 2-0 lead in the first leg in the first 15 minutes, in the second leg they were able to hold on to make the difference at just the right time to settle the series.
When Romelu Lukaku came on, the attack became even more agile and the fearsome duo with the Argentinian was once again in evidence. And it was through a connection between them that the former Racing player settled in and unleashed a left-footed shot at the near post to beat the resistance of goalkeeper Maignan and celebrate in front of the tifosi with pure joy.
A goal of immense value for El Toro, who took his tally against Milan to eight goals and thus became the second Inter player to score the most in the Derby della Madonnina behind Giuseppe Meazza (12), the historic player after whom the stadium is named.
A prize for Martinez, who had played a very good first leg with pure wear and tear and without giving a ball away. And he repeated it in this return, standing the cross with the two rival central until getting his goal, the third for him in this Champions League and the N° 99 with the Italian club.
Milan, a shadow.
Stefano Pioli's team was the one who had the obligation to come back, but it only remained in an initial desire that did not translate into situations. Just a deflected shot from Rafael Leao, the Rossoneri's star player who had missed the first leg through injury, was rushed back for this game and it showed physically.
They put up a good fight but were far from the penalty area and ended up falling back on their only resort: throwing crosses to Frenchman Olivier Giroud, who could not win any of them and ended up always losing out to Francesco Acerbi and the entire Inter defence, who knew how to retreat en bloc when they needed to. Too little for a semi-finalist from Europe's elite.
The line-ups.
Source images: Twitter UEFA Champions League.
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