Lukaku Marks His Return To Inter Milan By Scoring Against Lecce

Romelu Lukaku (Twitter @inter_en)

JAKARTA - Inter Milan stole three points when they beat Lecce 2-1 in the first week of Serie A at the Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy on Sunday morning WIB.

Romelu Lukaku and Denzel Dumfries scored two Inter goals. While Lecce got a goal through Assan Ceesay.

Quoted from Antara, this victory brought Simone Inzagi's team to third place in the Serie A standings with three points. Meanwhile, Lecce is in 17th position.

Since the start of the match, Inter immediately appeared pressing to trouble Lecce's defense. The Nerazzurri tried to score first.

Inter immediately took the lead in the 2nd minute. Romelu Lukaku managed to break into Lecce's goal with a header from Matteo Darmian's pass.

Winning one goal, did not make Inter reduce the intensity of the attack. Hakan Calhanoglu's kick from outside the penalty box was saved by Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone.

Inter threatened in the 11th minute. Nicolo Barrella 's kick can still be secured by Falcone .

Several times the Inter and Lecce players exchanged attacks, but no additional goals were created until the first half was finished.

After the break, Lecce tried to be more daring to attack. As a result, I Giallorossi managed to make it 1-1 through Assan Ceesay in the 48th minute.

After conceding the goal, Inter tried to increase the attack to get back ahead.

Not the most fluid of halves but we have a half-time lead #ForzaInter #LecceInter 0-1 (HT) pic.twitter.com/jNZzVbApyD

— Inter (@Inter_en) August 13, 2022

In the 70th minute, Denzel Dumfries almost scored for Inter. Unfortunately, the Dutch player's shot only hit the crossbar.

Lukaku also had time to break into Lecce's goal in the 79th minute. However, the referee annulled the goal because there was a violation first.

Inter were able to score the winning goal in injury time through Denzel Dumfries. The goal saw the Nerazzurri win the match 2-1.

Line-up: Lecce (4-3-3): Wladimiro Falcone; Valentin Gendrey, Mert Cetin (Alexis Blin 21'), Federico Baschirotto, Antonino Gallo; Kristijan Bistrovic (Marcin Listkowski 74'), Morten Hjulmand, Joan Gonzalez (Thorir Johann Helgason 74'); Gabriel Strefezza, Assan Ceesay (Lorenzo Colombo 63'), Federico Di Francesco (Lameck Banda 74').

Inter Milan (3-5-2): Samir Handanovic; Milan Skriniar (Joaquin Correa 88'), Stefan de Vrij, Federico Dimarco; Matteo Darmian (Denzel Dumfries 68'), Nicolo Barella, Marcelo Brozovic (Henrikh Mkhitaryan 57'), Hakan Calhanoglu (Edin Dzeko 68'), Robin Gosens (Alessandro Bastoni 57'); Romelu Lukaku, Lautaro Martinez.