Romelu Lukaku’s decisive strike against Porto. MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
Inter Milan took the lead in their duel against Porto by winning 1-0 at home to the Portuguese.
Simone Inzaghi, the coach of Inter Milan was satisfied after the victory against FC Porto (1-0) in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, in a press conference:
«We start with a slight advantage that we will try to build on the return. It’s very important, a great victory. Porto are a physical team, very strong, used to playing this type of match. We had an aggressive, determined match, using our heads as I had asked on Tuesday because Porto are a team that do very well on the counter-attack. In the first half, we could have built with more speed, but this victory is I think deserved with what we showed on the pitch, knowing of course that it does not stop there and that there will be a second leg very difficult. With Sergio Conceiçao (his ex-teammate at Lazio, editor’s note), we greeted each other but then, of course, we were each focused on his team.»
Author of the decisive goal, Romelu Lukaku said he was happy to have been able to help the team after complicated months following his injury, on Prime Video :
«It was too important to win. We wanted to score another goal, but we didn’t succeed, but the important thing was to win. A personal liberation? I had complicated months with the injury, I’m happy to help the team achieve its goals. I’m not an individualist, I only think of Inter Milan, I’m happy to have helped the team.»